Our Beehive bulletin
While Maori Development Minister Willie Jackson was addressing members of the Waitangi Tribunal, the High Court was setting aside a tribunal decision to return $800m in state-owned land to an iwi because it had failed to follow tikanga Māori and breached the Treaty
Good grief!
The tribunal breached “the Treaty”?
Apparently so.
Crucially, Justice Francis Cooke declared the tribunal had been in breach of the Treaty of Waitangi and not followed tikanga when it decided lands transferred to state-owned enterprises or in Crown forests in the central North Island should be returned to the Ngāti Kahungunu iwi.
The disputed tribunal ruling on the $800m of public lands accordingly has been overturned (although the judgement may be appealed).
Jackson’s speech to the tribunal members, telling them what a splendid job they were doing and giving them an idea of the future work that lies in store for them, was posted on the Beehive website along with – Continue reading “The High Court finds fault with the Waitangi Tribunal (and a breach of The Treaty) while Jackson is congratulating it”