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![Disestablishing Māori Health Authority is still on Waitangi Tribunal agenda](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Disestablishing Māori Health Authority is still on Waitangi Tribunal agenda
Claimants have met the criteria for a ‘Priority Inquiry’ scheduled for October 2024
![Court of Appeal overturns High Court's decision on Waitangi Tribunal summons](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Court of Appeal overturns High Court's decision on Waitangi Tribunal summons
Iwi group succeeds in its challenge to ruling that tribunal cannot summon minister.
![The Ō-Rākau Remembrance Bill passes first reading in Parliament](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
The Ō-Rākau Remembrance Bill passes first reading in Parliament
Ō-Rākau was the site of the last major battle in the Crown’s 1863-64 invasion of Waikato.
![Urgent appeal in Waitangi Tribunal summons case heard by senior court](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Urgent appeal in Waitangi Tribunal summons case heard by senior court
Children's Minister gave a letter to the tribunal but claimants say she needs to appear.
![Audrey Young: Peters has the most to complain about after grim poll result](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Audrey Young: Peters has the most to complain about after grim poll result
OPINION: The poll will only prove to Peters' team that statesmanship doesn't win votes.
![David Seymour fronts up to the tough questions](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
David Seymour fronts up to the tough questions
Act Party leader gives his views on school lunches, the Waitangi Tribunal and apologies.
![Waitangi Tribunal turns, 50 but there’s no cause to celebrate - John Tamihere](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Waitangi Tribunal turns, 50 but there’s no cause to celebrate - John Tamihere
The Waitangi Tribunal turns 50 - happy birthday to you.
![Claimants want Children’s Minister to front up kanohi ki te kanohi (face to face)](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Claimants want Children’s Minister to front up kanohi ki te kanohi (face to face)
High Court decision to set aside summons issued by Tribunal will be appealed.
![High Court sets aside Waitangi Tribunal’s summons of Children’s Minister](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
High Court sets aside Waitangi Tribunal’s summons of Children’s Minister
Justice Andru Isac grants the judicial review and says minister doesn't have to appear.
![High Court reserves decision on Waitangi Tribunal summons](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
High Court reserves decision on Waitangi Tribunal summons
The Crown has called the situation unorthodox and unprecedented.
![Audrey Young: Minister for Children v Waitangi Tribunal - the players and the issues](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Audrey Young: Minister for Children v Waitangi Tribunal - the players and the issues
OPINION: Crown Law has pulled out its big guns to challenge the Tribunal summons.
!['By their own standards, they are buying a fight with someone of much greater mana'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
'By their own standards, they are buying a fight with someone of much greater mana'
Act leader David Seymour warns Waitangi Tribunal it has picked a scrap with the wrong MP.
![‘Stab in the back’: Abuse survivor decries plan to axe Oranga Tamariki Treaty commitments](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
‘Stab in the back’: Abuse survivor decries plan to axe Oranga Tamariki Treaty commitments
The Govt is being accused of turning its back on Māori survivors of abuse in state care.
![Jones says Waitangi Tribunal is ‘overstepping its brief’](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Jones says Waitangi Tribunal is ‘overstepping its brief’
NZ First MP questions tribunal authority to summons a minister.
![Audrey Young: Government on collision course with Waitangi Tribunal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Audrey Young: Government on collision course with Waitangi Tribunal
OPINION: An already tense relationship just got a whole lot worse.
![Crown lawyers expected to move on any Waitangi Tribunal summons of minister](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Crown lawyers expected to move on any Waitangi Tribunal summons of minister
Though the tribunal can summons a Cabinet minister, it hasn’t done so before.
!['Called me a Māori-loving' c***': Finlayson on Treaty referendum division](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
'Called me a Māori-loving' c***': Finlayson on Treaty referendum division
Chris Finlayson addresses Pākehā angst against Māori and the Treaty.
![What extent will the courts read in Treaty obligations, an expert asks](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
What extent will the courts read in Treaty obligations, an expert asks
The Government's move may be shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
![Hapū will talk about land and cultural loss caused by colonisation](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Hapū will talk about land and cultural loss caused by colonisation
Kāpiti hapū looking forward to the Waitangi Tribunal hearing.
![Government forced to confront multiple Waitangi Tribunal claims across all kaupapa](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Government forced to confront multiple Waitangi Tribunal claims across all kaupapa
The tribunal agrees te reo policies must be tested.
![Opinion: Do the Treaty principles really give Māori too much power – or not enough?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Opinion: Do the Treaty principles really give Māori too much power – or not enough?
OPINION: We have heard a lot about the Treaty 'principles' since last year’s election.