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and seabed changes edit on 21 may 2024 66 treaty negotiations minister paul goldsmith oceans fisheries minister shane jones met with representatives of the seafood industry to discuss industry concerns about māori customary marine titles and claims 67 68 on 30 july goldsmith announced that the national led coalition government would disregard a 2023 new zealand court of appeal ruling that lowered the threshold for proving māori customary marine title claims goldsmith announce that the government would also amend section 58 of the marine and coastal area takutai moana act 2011 to require marine title claimants to prove they had continual exclusive use and ownership of the area since 1840 this proposed law change was part of national s coalition agreement with nz first 69 on 26 august 2024 the waitangi tribunal commenced an urgent inquiry into the government s plans to change the law to tighten the threshold for māori customary marine title claims the hearing was heard by maori land court judge miharo armstrong along with tribunal members ron crosby and pou temara on the first day treaty of waitangi lawyer tom bennion criticised the government for its perceived two faced approach towards māori and seeking to undermine māori customary marine claims 66 on the second day the tribunal heard testimony from te arawhiti office for māori crown relations deputy secretary tui marsh who had attended the 21 may meeting between cabinet ministers and seafood industry representatives 70 on 13 september 2024 the waitangi tribunal released its initial report into the proposed changes to the marine and coastal area takutai moana act 2011 the tribunal concluded that the government had ignored official advice failed to consult with māori and breached several principles including active protection and good governance 71 regulatory standards bill edit on 29 january 2025 the advocacy group toitū te tiriti which organised the hīkoi mō te tiriti filed an urgent waitangi tribunal claim opposing the proposed regulatory standards bill they claimed that the proposed legislation undermined the treaty of waitangi and would adversely affect māori today and for future generations 72 in mid may 2025 the tribunal heard evidence from lawyers representing 18 000 new zealanders opposed to the bill 73 on 16 may the tribunal released an interim report urging the new zealand crown to halt work on the regulatory standards bill to facilitate meaningful consultation with māori 74 new zealand citizenship law edit on 31 october 2025 the waitangi tribunal issued a ruling that the citizenship act 1977 breached the treaty of waitangi by limiting eligibility for citizenship by descent for māori people to one generation and failing to recognise māori as tangata whenua people of the land the tribunal was acting on a claim submitted by ngāpuhi man john ruddock a new zealand citizen by descent whose overseas born children were denied automatic new zealand citizenship since neither of their parents were born in new zealand 75 ruddock s claim was supported by other witnesses including actress keisha castle hughes who was born in australia and whose daughter was born in the united states making them ineligible for new zealand citizenship by descent under current law 76 the tribunal recommended that parliament amend the citizenship act 1977 to include a treaty clause recognising māori as tangata whenua create a whakapapa pathway for māori to claim new zealand citizenship and consult with māori communities when designing citizenship legislation 75 76 minister of internal affairs brooke van velden acknowledged the tribunal s decision but stated that her government had no plans to review the citizenship act 1977 van velden stated that citizenship should not be granted on the basis of race 75 school board and curriculum changes edit in late 2025 the northland iwi tribe ngāti hine and hapū clan te kapotai sought an urgent waitangi tribunal inquiry into the new zealand government s decision to scrap school boards legal obligations to uphold the treaty of waitangi and reset the new zealand school curriculum claiming they were inconsistent with the treaty and caused significant and irreversible prejudice to māori 77 on 11 march 2026 the tribunal granted urgency to the plaintiffs claim by that time the two parties had been joined by the primary school teachers union the new zealand educational institute nzei 78 on 15 april 2026 the tribunal began hearing the urgent inquiry into the government s school board and curriculum changes which is expected to last until 17 april 79 on 15 may 2026 the waitangi tribunal s interim report found that the government s proposed overhaul of treaty clauses in education law constituted a breach of the principles of the treaty of waitangi and urged the government to abandon work on such legislation and begin meaningful co design with māori the report also criticised the government s consultation with māori as inadequate and justice minister goldsmith s reliance on the select committee process while the nzei president ripeka lessels welcomed the tribunal s findings that the government had failed to adequately consult with māori goldsmith said the government was seeking greater consistency in how treaty clauses operated across legislation 80 on 17 september the tribunal released its full report on the government s school curriculum changes which concluded that the rewrite of the school curriculum was ideologically motivated aided by people hostile towards māori knowledge and breached multiple treaty principles while education minister erica stanford said the government would take the report into consideration green mp lawrence xu nan accused the government of prioritising overseas lobbyists over māori 81 treaty clauses review edit between 2 and 3 june 2026 the waitangi tribunal held a two day hearing in wellington on the government s proposal to weaken treaty of waitangi clauses in over 20 laws including the smokefree environments and regulated products act 1990 data and statistics act 2022 and the digital identity services trust framework act 2023 82 83 as part of the national party s coalition agreement with new zealand first justice minister paul goldsmith had confirmed that the government would seek to remove treaty references from six acts and weaken them in ten other laws 83 the tribunal had launched te tinihanga o ngā mātāpono o te tiriti the treaty principles reform urgent inquiry in may 2026 following an application by ngāti hine for an urgent inquiry which argued that the reforms would cause significant and irreversible prejudice to māori if they were allowed to proceed without scrutiny 84 tribunal s panel consisted of judge caren fox derek fox paul hamer and kevin prime 84 the tribunal heard from several parties including law lecturer carwyn jones the anti smoking collective te rōpū tupeka kore smokefree aotearoa and its representative hone harawira the national iwi chairs forum te whakakitenga o waikato te kahui raraunga te rūnanga o ngāti ranginui and representatives of the crown 82 83 84 on 31 july 2026 the tribunal criticised the government s plan to review references to the treaty of waitangi across 19 laws and accused cabinet ministers of putting politics ahead of māori welfare the tribunal urged the government to pause work on this review and engage in meaningful consultation with māori stakeholders on the review and their potential impact on treaty settlements 85 2026 ohakea land contamination edit in mid july 2026 the waitangi tribunal heard complaint from representatives of ngāti parewahawaha about the environmental effects of pfas chemicals linked to rnzaf ohakea s foam based firefighting equipment on the surrounding landscape the iwi tribe said that base s chemical pollution harmed their relationship with the environment they also sought accountability from the new zealand crown and new zealand defence force 86 disability system breaches edit on 5 september 2026 the tribunal found that the new zealand crown had breached the principles of the treaty of waitangi by failing to consult with māori communities while designing the disability system the tribunal had heard from 48 claimants and 13 interested parties over a period of 11 weeks between 2022 and 2025 87 reactions edit the waitangi tribunal s decision to hear these claims drew criticism from several figures in the sixth national government including nz first mp and cabinet minister shane jones and act leader david seymour who regarded them as interferences into government policy delivery on two occasions in january and february 2024 jones called for the tribunal s powers to be reviewed and claimed the government was delivering on election promises stating that an institution that s been around for 50 years should not expect to continue on uncritically for another set of decades without being reviewed 88 89 after the waitangi tribunal summoned chhour in mid april 2024 jones likened the tribunal to behaving like a star chamber jones remarks were criticised by the māori law society who issued a letter to prime minister christopher luxon and attorney general judith collins complaining that jones remarks breached the cabinet manual and undermined the tribunal s work 90 similarly seymour accused the waitangi tribunal of racial fanaticism and defended his act colleague chhour s efforts to repeal section 7aa of the oranga tamariki act in response to media coverage luxon conceded that jones and seymour s remarks were ill considered adding we expect all ministers to exercise good judgment on matters like this 91 a provision within national s coalition agreement with new zealand first is that the coalition government will amend the waitangi tribunal legislation to refocus the scope purpose and nature of its inquiries back to the original intent of that legislation ahunga tikanga head law lecturer carwyn jones has described the wording of the agreement as vague while victoria university of wellington law lecturer dr luke fitzmaurice brown expressed concerns about limiting the scope and powers of the tribunal by contrast former prime minister jenny shipley and former treaty negotiations minister doug graham have supported reviewing the powers and scope of the waitangi tribunal 92 during the lead up to the 2026 new zealand general election the act and new zealand first parties campaigned on abolishing the waitangi tribunal once all outstanding claims filed by 1 september 2008 had been resolved 93 94 by contrast te pāti māori has campaigned on creating an independent te tiriti commission to investigate alleged breaches of the treaty of waitangi by the new zealand crown and making the waitangi tribunal s recommendations legally binding 95 see also edit treaty of waitangi claims and settlements treaty principles bill new zealand wars new zealand land confiscations history of new zealand new zealand maori council v attorney general 1987 references 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