Treaty Claims News
Update on Wai 85: Statement to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous People
Wairarapa Moana ki Pouākani Incorporation is a Māori Land Incorporation from Aotearoa New Zealand. We wish to share the impact and trauma for our people of the recent actions of the New Zealand Government
on our individual and collective wellbeing.
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.
Update on Wai 85: Crown forces settlement on Wairarapa Moana owners
On 13 December 2022, the Ngāti Kahungunu Ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-rua Claims Settlement Bill had its third and final reading in Parliament. It then became law.
Update on Wai 85: Supreme Court confirms Wairarapa Moana application can proceed
On 7 December 2022, the Supreme Court issued it’s decision on our appeal of the High Court judgement. The key points of the Supreme Court decisions are.
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.
Update on Wai 85: Māori Affairs Select Committee Hears Submissions on the Ngāti Kahungunu Ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-ā-Rua Claims Settlement Bill
The Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-ā- Rua Claims Settlement Bill had its first reading in Parliament on 11 May 2022. The Bill has been referred to the Māori Affairs Select Committee, and the committee is inviting submissions on the Bill by 22 June 2022.
Update on Wai 85: Waitangi Tribunal recommends that the Wairarapa Settlement does not go ahead
The Waitangi Tribunal sat under urgency on 11-12 November 2021 to hear the applications of Wairarapa
Moana Incorporation (Wai 85), and the hapù of Ngài Tùmapùhia-à-Rangi (Wai 429) in relation to the Deed
of Settlement recently signed by the Crown and the Ngàti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tàmaki Nui-à-Rua
Settlement Trust
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).
Update on Wai 85: Wai 85 Claim goes direct to the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court heard our application on 1 October 2021, and WMI received advice on 11 October 2021 that the Supreme Court agreed to grant leave for our appeal to be heard directly by them instead of being heard by the Court of Appeal
Update on Wai 85: VOTE NO to New Crown Settlement Offer
Voting starts on 26 July 2021 for the new Deed of Settlement on offer from the Crown.
