Does the Waitangi Tribunal make binding decisions?
The Waitangi Tribunal can make binding recommendations when a claimant group has made well-founded claims for the return of certain Crown-owned lands. A spokesperson from Crown Law said Crown lawyers were considering the decision but could not comment on whether there would be an appeal.
Can the Waitangi Tribunal determine outcomes?
In fulfilling this role, the Waitangi Tribunal has exclusive authority to determine the meaning and effect of the Treaty. It can decide on issues raised by the differences between the Māori and English texts of the Treaty.
What did the Waitangi Tribunal achieve?
The Tribunal concluded that governments had breached the treaty on countless occasions since 1840, and that Pākehā New Zealand had been built on many broken promises and bad deals. These conclusions were highly controversial, and a public backlash followed.
What type of relationship did the Waitangi Tribunal state Māori has in relation to water in 1840?
The Tribunal decision supported the Māori claimants and found that Māori had rights and interests in water bodies for which the closest English equivalent in 1840, was ownership. It also found that these rights were confirmed, guaranteed, and protected by the Treaty of Waitangi (Waitangi Tribunal, 2012).
What is the Wai 262 claim?
Wai 262 was a Waitangi Tribunal claim about the recognition of rights around, and control of, traditional Māori knowledge, customs and relationships with the natural environment.
What are the 3 P’s of the Treaty?
The three “P’s”, as they are often referred to, are the principles of partnership, participation and protection. These underpin the relationship between the Government and Māori under the Treaty of Waitangi. These principles are derived from the underlying tenets of the Treaty.
What does the Tribunal do?
Tribunals such as the New South Wales Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal are primarily concerned with resolving private disputes such as building and tenancy disputes. It is apparent that Commonwealth tribunals are largely strict administrative tribunals while state tribunals are both administrative and civil.
What were the British intentions for the Treaty of Waitangi?
Preamble. The English version states the British intentions were to protect Māori interests from the encroaching British settlement, provide for British settlement and establish a government to maintain peace and order.
What is Te Pae Tawhiti?
In pursuit of wellbeing for our people: Te Pae Tawhiti represents a desired future, a future which will be realised when our people, through their own endeavours, are able to enjoy a quality of lifestyle where: Their spiritual, intellectual, emotional and physical wellbeing is strong.
What is the meaning of matauranga?
The term mātauranga Māori literally means Māori knowledge and is closely aligned to the period of pre-European contact as it encompasses traditional concepts of knowledge and knowing that Māori ancestors brought with them to Aotearoa/New Zealand.
What is the Waitangi Tribunal and what does it do?
Set up by the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975, the Waitangi Tribunal is a permanent commission of inquiry that makes recommendations on claims brought by Māori relating to Crown actions which breach the promises made in the Treaty of Waitangi.
What happened at the Māori Water Tribunal 2012?
In May 2012 the Tribunal decided to hear the two claims together. The inquiry was divided into two stages. This allowed for the most urgent part of the inquiry – Māori water rights and the impact of the imminent sale of shares in one of the four state-owned power companies – to be heard first.
What is the Rewai 2358 Tribunal?
Wai 2358 is about the Crown’s resource management reforms, which the claimants say are happening without a plan to recognise and provide for Māori rights and interests in water. In May 2012 the Tribunal decided to hear the two claims together. The inquiry was divided into two stages.
Do Māori still have proprietary rights in water?
These questions have been before the Waitangi Tribunal these past few months. On 24 August 2012, the Tribunal found that Māori still have residual proprietary rights in water and the Crown will breach the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi if it goes ahead with the intended share sale.
