Examples of Waitangi Tribunal in a sentence
The principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, as articulated by the courts and the Waitangi Tribunal will guide the Southern DHB response to Māori health improvement and equity.
Where an employee is required to participate formally as a witness or special presenter of evidence in Māori Land Court or Waitangi Tribunal proceedings, the employee will be granted paid special leave.
Where a staff member is required as a witness, to lend expertise or to present a case on behalf of their iwi, to attend the Māori Land Court, Waitangi Tribunal hearings or claimant negotiations concerning land issues of their iwi, then they shall be entitled, subject to departmental convenience, to paid leave of up to 10 days per year.
The Waitangi Tribunal and Courts continue to establish the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi and it is recognised that the principles are continuing to evolve.
Individual Treaty settlements are final, meaning the historical claims they settle and the settlement itself (with the exception of disputes over interpretation) may not be the subject of a further historical claim to the Waitangi Tribunal or the courts.
This “pathway” effectively by-passes the Waitangi Tribunal and shortens the time it takes to achieve a Treaty settlement by comparison.
The principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, as articulated by the courts and the Waitangi Tribunal will guide the Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand - Southern response to Māori health improvement and equity.
That second stage will build on the finding the Waitangi Tribunal has made in its interim report that Maori rights in relation to water guaranteed by the Treaty are in the nature of ownership.
Affirmed in Waitangi Tribunal The Stage 1 Report on the National Freshwater and Geothermal Resources Claim (Wai 2358, 2012) [Freshwater Report] at [2.8.3(1)].
Most claims invoke the jurisdiction of the Waitangi Tribunal to recommend to the Crown how its Treaty obligations may be discharged, including by reparation.