Māori lawyer Annette Sykes joins calls to establish a separate Māori authority for Māori children and young people.
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Mother takes case to Waitangi Tribunal to help prevent kids from dying in care
It's been five years to the day since the death of three-year-old Moko Rangitoheriri, a tragedy that shook the country.
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Disparity in numbers of Māori vs Pākehā removed by Oranga Tamariki examined
This was the second day of evidence before the tribunal.
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Waitangi Tribunal report released on Te Takutai Moana Act
Labour List MP Willow-Jean Prime discusses whether the government should foot all legal cost for the coast and foreshore claims.
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Waitangi Tribunal claim to protect early Māori settlement from vineyard
Keelan Walker of Rangitāne is filing a Waitangi Tribunal claim over a vineyard being established on an 800-year-old pā site at Wairau Bar in Marlborough.
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Has the government done enough to protect native plants?
The government is using recommendations from the Waitangi Tribunal WAI 262 claim as part of its review of the 1987 Plant Variety Rights Act. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment is working to ensure it discharges its treaty responsibilities correctly. Susan Hall, intellectual property policy manager for MBIE, explains how the Ministry is doing that.
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Waitangi Tribunal inquiry into Oranga Tamariki continues to progress
It was announced last November that the Waitangi Tribunal would conduct their own inquiry into the policies and practices of Oranga Tamariki as they believe there is significant and irreversible prejudice towards Māori in their current policies.
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Waitangi Tribunal hearing begins for 'Pene Raupatu'
Ngāti Raukawa, Te Reureu and Ngāti Kauwhata claim that hundreds of thousands of hectares were taken from Māori, in what they call "Pene Raupatu" - confiscation by the pen.
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An original voice for the Māori renaissance
The Māori Law Society is honouring Justice Joseph Victor Williams (Ngāti Pūkenga, Te Arawa), following his appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. As the first Māori to attain the position, Justice Williams is a role model for a generation of aspiring Māori lawyers.
