The Background to the
Wai 262 Claim
Oliver Sutherland and the late Murray Parsons in conjunction with Moana Jackson, and the whānau of claimants
February 2012
Wai 262 Timeline
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Introduction
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1980 to 1989
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1990 to 2000
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May
Third Amendment to WAI 262 - concerning Ngāti Kahungunu.
Photo inset: Saana Waitai-Murray addresses the Tribunal at Roma Marae, Ahipara 2011.
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By early 2003 all the claimant evidence had been heard and the Waitangi Tribunal was expected to develop a Draft Statement of Issues by mid-2003.
The Tribunal intended to put out a draft Statement of Issues for consultation with claimants and the Crown, after which a final definition of the issues would be made.
Tama Poata passed away 9 November 2005.
July
The Tribunal released the final version of the Statement of Issues. Hearings in the inquiry subsequently resumed, with claimants' refresher evidence having been heard in August-September 2006, interested persons or group’s evidence in late September 2006, and finally Crown evidence in December 2006 and January 2007.
WAI262 Claimants Kawe mate, Ahipara 2011
He Poroporoaki ki a:
John Hippolite
Witi McMath
Tama Poata
Dell Wihongi
Saana Waitai-Murray
Murray Parsons
Gina Rudland
and Martin Dawson
The authors acknowledge and appreciate the assistance of Hema Wihongi in assembling and including the photographs in this paper.
The claimants vision and aspiration seeks to restore “te tino rangatiratanga o te Iwi Māori in respect of flora and fauna and all of our taonga.” Taonga being those things and values which we treasure, material, non-material, tangible and intangible.