Other fourth Labour government innovations included greater recognition of the Treaty of Waitangi through the Waitangi Tribunal, Homosexual Law Reform, the Constitution Act 1986 and the New Zealand Bill of Rights.

Based on the principles of partnership, Māori-speaking government, general revitalisation and dialectal protective policy, and adequate resourcing, the Waitangi Tribunal has recommended " four fundamental changes ":

Section 162 of the Education Act 1989 ( re-affirmed by the Waitangi Tribunal in 2005 ) specifies that wānanga resemble mainstream universities in many ways.

In 1975, the Waitangi Tribunal was established as a permanent commission of inquiry tasked with researching breaches of the Treaty by the Crown or its agents, and suggesting means of redress.

The Waitangi Tribunal, in Te Paparahi o te Raki inquiry ( Wai 1040 ) is in the process of considering the Māori and Crown understandings of He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga / The Declaration of Independence 1835 and Te Tiriti o Waitangi / the Treaty of Waitangi 1840.

The Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 established the Waitangi Tribunal, but this initially had very limited powers.

Because the state-owned enterprises were essentially private firms owned by the government, there was an argument that they would prevent assets which had been given by Māori for use by the state from being returned to Māori by the Waitangi Tribunal and through Treaty settlements.

This process may involve courts, the Waitangi Tribunal, or direct negotiation.

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* Treaty of Waitangi Amendment Act 1985 – extended the scope of the Waitangi Tribunal to retrospective claims dating back to the Treaty

In June 1986, the Waitangi Tribunal received the Wai 26 claim that the Treaty of Waitangi was breached by the Crown proceeding to introduce legislation related to Māori language before the delivery of the Tribunal's " Report on the Te Reo Maori Claim ", and as a consequence the Māori people would be denied their claims for radio frequencies and a television channel.

The Waitangi Tribunal amalgamated the Wai 26 with the Wai 150 claim ; with the final report of the Tribunal recommending that the Crown suspend the radio frequency tender process and proceed to negotiate with the iwi.

In November 1996, various members of Te Roroa file a claim with the Waitangi Tribunal concerning the Maunganui block, the Waipoua Forest, Lake Taharoa and surroundings, and the Waimamaku Valley in Northland.

The Wai 262 claim in the Waitangi Tribunal is a claim of rights in respect of mātauranga Māori or Māori knowledge in respect of indigenous flora and fauna.

Numerous reports by the Waitangi Tribunal have criticised Crown actions during the wars, and also found that the Māori, too, had breached the treaty.

The Waitangi Tribunal in The Te Roroa Report 1992 ( Wai 38 ) state that " fter the war in the north, government policy was to place a buffer zone of European settlement between Ngapuhi and Auckland.

On 12 March 1863, 300 men from the 57th Regiment, led by Colonel Sir Henry James Warre, marched out to Omata to retake the land and a month later, on 4 April, Browne's successor, Governor Sir George Grey, marched to Tataraimaka with troops and built a redoubt and re-occupied the land in what the Waitangi Tribunal described as a hostile act.

New Zealand has no formal codified constitution ; the constitutional framework consists of a mixture of various documents ( including certain acts of the United Kingdom and New Zealand Parliaments ), the Treaty of Waitangi and constitutional conventions.

The date of the signing has been a national holiday, now called Waitangi Day, since 1974.

There are differences between the Māori and English language versions of the Treaty, and virtually since 1840 this has led to debate over exactly what was agreed to at Waitangi.

In London, United Kingdom, which has one of the largest New Zealand expatriate populations, the occasion is celebrated by the Waitangi Day Ball, held by the New Zealand Society UK.

Another tradition has arisen in recent years to celebrate Waitangi Day.

The bay has many interesting historic towns including Paihia, Russell, Waitangi and Kerikeri.

National front bencher Christopher Finlayson, sworn in as Minister for Treaty of Waitangi negotiations in November 2008, has described the act as " discriminatory and unfair ".

Much of the land in the area has recently reverted to Tainui control through the Treaty of Waitangi claims and settlements process.

Paraone has been on the board of the Waitangi Trust since 1997.

The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in the grounds of this house, and it has been the focus of protests over recent decades.

Section 8 has the title “ Treaty of Waitangi ” and states that in achieving the purpose of the RMA, ' account shall be taken ' of the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.

New Zealand has stronger administrative and political recognition of the ancestral rights of its indigenous Maori population due to the Treaty of Waitangi, however the Treaty of Waitangi would continue in operation in any union, just as it has through New Zealand's development from colony to independent nation.

Many of the arguments being used are outlined in Paul Moon's 2003 book Te Ara Ki Te Tiriti: The Path to the Treaty of Waitangi, which argued that not only did the Maori signatories have no intention of transferring sovereignty, but that at the time the British government and James Busby did not wish to acquire it and that the developments and justifications leading to the present state were later developments.

Many of the arguments being used are outlined in Paul Moon's 2002 book Te Ara Ki Te Tiriti: The Path to the Treaty of Waitangi, which argued that not only did the Māori signatories have no intention of transferring sovereignty, but that at the time the British government and James Busby did not wish to acquire it and that the developments and justifications leading to the present state were later developments.

In 2004, Professor Noel Cox argued " In strict legal terms, if New Zealand became a republic tomorrow it would make no difference to the Treaty of Waitangi.

In 1990, the core rail operations of the Corporation were transferred to New Zealand Rail Limited, a state owned enterprise, with the Corporation retaining non-core assets which were gradually disposed of, apart from a significant land portfolio ( due to Treaty of Waitangi claims ) which it continued to manage.

After the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 New Zealand's security was dependant on British Imperial Troops deployed from Australia and other parts of the empire.

The Treaty of Waitangi ( Māori: Tiriti o Waitangi ) is a treaty first signed on 6 February 1840 by representatives of the British Crown and various Māori chiefs from the North Island of New Zealand.

Forty-four chiefs from the Waikato-Tainui tribe signed the Treaty .< ref >< P298-302 Treaty of Waitangi.

" This bill eliminates all references to the expressions " the principles of the Treaty ", " the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi " and the " Treaty of Waitangi and its principles " from all New Zealand Statutes including all preambles, interpretations, schedules, regulations and other provisos included in or arising from each and every such Statute ".

Claims of a " Treaty of Waitangi Grievance Industry ", which profits from making frivolous claims of violations of the Treaty of Waitangi, have been made by a number of political figures, including former National Party leader Don Brash in his 2004 " Orewa Speech ".

The emphasis on tino Rangatiratanga draws from an inconsistency arising between Article One and Article Two of the Treaty of Waitangi:

On 14 December 2009, Prime Minister John Key and Māori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples announced that the Māori Tino Rangatiratanga flag was chosen to fly from the Auckland Harbour Bridge and other official buildings ( such as Premier House ) on Waitangi Day.

• The Raupatu Document Bank, prepared by the Waitangi Tribunal, consists of copies of documents held by the National Archives of New Zealand relating to land claims in New Zealand from the 1870s to 1960s, together with statutes relating to confiscated land.

Forty four chiefs from this area had signed the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 which gave the British sovereignty over the land and the people.

Many of these early features remain a part of Waitangi Day ceremonies, including a naval salute, the Māori cultural performance ( now usually a ceremonial welcome ), and speeches from a range of Māori and Pākehā dignitaries.

After the 1972 election of the third Labour government under Norman Kirk, it was announced that from 1974 Waitangi Day would be a national holiday known as New Zealand Day.

The official celebrations were shifted from Waitangi to Wellington in 2001.

Celebrations at Waitangi often commence the previous day, 5 February, at the Ngapuhi Te Tii marae, where political dignitaries are welcomed onto the marae and hear speeches from the local iwi.

It reappeared in 1840 when the Treaty of Waitangi was being translated from English into Māori.

After the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, the British Union Flag was used, although the former United Tribes flag was still used by a number of ships from New Zealand and in many cases on land.

A house was completed for him at Waitangi where he planted a vineyard from which wine was being made before his vines were productive in Australia.

Most New Zealanders consider the Treaty of Waitangi as the founding document of the nation of New Zealand, with formal sovereignty vested in the British Crown ( the Crown in Right of New Zealand from 1947 ), but the existence of different versions of the Treaty, in both Māori and English, and its brevity, leave this subject to arguments over the preferred interpretation.