Review into Waitangi Tribunal

Review into Waitangi Tribunal

Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka. Photo: RNZ The government says it will launch a review into the Waitangi Tribunal to refocus the "scope, purpose and nature" of the Tribunal's inquiries back to its "original intent".

Government announces review into Waitangi Tribunal, Seymour calls it 'activist'

Act leader David Seymour says the tribunal has gone well beyond its brief.

Government announces review into ‘activist’ Waitangi Tribunal

The Māori development minister says a review will take place into the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975, with the ACT Party saying it was “time to put the Tribunal in its place”.

Review Seeks To Improve Waitangi Tribunal

The New Zealand First and National Party coalition agreement includes a commitment to refocus the scope, purpose, and nature of the Tribunal’s inquiries back to its original intent.

Potaka launches review of Waitangi Tribunal

Public law expert Bruce Gray KC will lead a review of the scope of the Waitangi Tribunal’s jurisdiction, Māori-Crown Relations Minister Tama Potaka announced on Friday.The review kicks off the process of fulfilling the commitment in the National-New Zealand First coalition agreement to “amend the Waitangi Tribunal legislation to refocus the scope, purpose, and nature of its inquiries back to the original intent of that legislation”.“Given the pr…