Waitangi Tribunal

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Crown entity permanent commission of inquiry tribunal

The Waitangi Tribunal is a New Zealand permanent commission of inquiry that investigates and makes recommendations on claims brought by Māori relating to breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi by the Crown.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi	1
Waitangi Tribunal settlements	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Crown entity ⓘ permanent commission of inquiry ⓘ tribunal ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Waitangi Tribunal ⓘ surface form: Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi
appliesTo	Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ
canMake	findings of fact ⓘ recommendations to the Crown ⓘ
cannotMake	binding judgments in most cases ⓘ
claimsType	contemporary Treaty of Waitangi breaches ⓘ historical Treaty of Waitangi breaches ⓘ
composition	Māori members ⓘ Pākehā members ⓘ judicial members ⓘ
country	New Zealand ⓘ
focusesOn	Crown actions and omissions affecting Māori ⓘ interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ
foundingAct	Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 ⓘ
governs	Treaty of Waitangi claim processes ⓘ
handlesClaimsFrom	Māori ⓘ
hasChairperson	Māori Land Court ⓘ surface form: Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court
hasPower	to commission research ⓘ to conduct hearings ⓘ to receive evidence ⓘ
hasType	specialist tribunal ⓘ
headquartersCountry	New Zealand ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Wellington ⓘ
inception	1975 ⓘ
jurisdiction	New Zealand ⓘ
legalBasis	Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 ⓘ
locatedIn	New Zealand ⓘ surface form: Aotearoa New Zealand
namedAfter	Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ Māori ⓘ
parentOrganization	Ministry of Justice (New Zealand) ⓘ surface form: New Zealand Ministry of Justice
partOf	New Zealand law ⓘ surface form: New Zealand public law system
primaryRole	investigate claims relating to breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ make recommendations on Treaty of Waitangi claims ⓘ
produces	reports on Treaty of Waitangi claims ⓘ
sector	justice ⓘ
subjectOf	Treaty of Waitangi claims process ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Waitangi claims
topic	Māori–Crown relations ⓘ indigenous rights ⓘ treaty settlement process ⓘ
website	https://waitangitribunal.govt.nz ⓘ
worksWith	Māori claimant groups ⓘ New Zealand Crown agencies ⓘ Office of Treaty Settlements ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Waitangi Tribunal → alsoKnownAs → Waitangi Tribunal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi

Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 → associatedBody → Waitangi Tribunal ⓘ

Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 → establishesBody → Waitangi Tribunal ⓘ

New Zealand courts → hasTribunal → Waitangi Tribunal ⓘ

New Zealand government → hasWaitangiTribunal → Waitangi Tribunal ⓘ

Treaty of Waitangi → interpretedBy → Waitangi Tribunal ⓘ

Treaty of Waitangi → redressMechanism → Waitangi Tribunal ⓘ

Treaties of New Zealand → relatedProcess → Waitangi Tribunal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Waitangi Tribunal settlements

Māori sovereignty movement → relatedTo → Waitangi Tribunal ⓘ