Treaty Claims News

Update on Wai 85: Media Statement

The Crown took whanau land from Wairarapa Māori twice. The Crown prevented the Waitangi Tribunal from completing a process to determine whether the land that was taken should be returned to Wairarapa Moana, which the Supreme Court had directed was open for the Tribunal to consider.

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Update on Wai 85: The Māori Affairs Select Committee Report

The Māori Affairs Select Committee have now reported back on the Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-ā-Rua Claims Settlement Bill. Three out of four of the parties on the Select Committee expressed concern in the report about clause 14 in the Bill which extinguishes the Wai 85 and Wai 429 claims.

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Update on Wai 85: Decision of the Waitangi Tribunal

The Waitangi Tribunal decision identified that the Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki Nui ā Rua Settlement Trust had no mandate to enter into settlement with the Crown concerning interests of Ngai Tūmapūhia-ā-Rangi and Wairarapa Moana ki Pouākani Incorporation in Ngāumu Forest (Wai 429) and land at Pouākani (Wai 85).

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