The Office of Treaty Settlements has now released its Progress Report for the year ending 30 June 2015. This report usefully tracks the progress of all Treaty Settlements in a simple tabular format, although the redress amounts are excluded. During the reporting period twenty-one milestones were completed by seventeen claimant
Day: August 31, 2015
This week the Hauraki District Mayor, John Tregidga, stated that the Treaty settlements within the Hauraki rohe had been stalled unnecessarily by the Minister of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Chris Finlayson, and needed to be resumed. The Mayor’s view was that the Minister was needlessly delaying settlements, which he considered
Last Friday at the koroneihana (coronation) celebrations for Kīngi Tūheitia (hosted by his iwi, Waikato-Tainui), Kīngi Tūheitia’s speech to attendees indicated the iwi would now be entering into a “new era of rights and claims”. His comment that this would start with “the Kīngitanga claims in Tāmaki” has created significant
This week investiture ceremonies were held at Government House, Auckland, to recognise Queen’s Birthday honours recipients. This included a KNZM (knighthood) for Dr The Honourable Pita Sharples, for services as a Member of Parliament and services to Māori. Yesterday the Minister of Māori Affairs, Te Ururoa Flavell, announced he will direct a ministerial investigation into