Thomas Cranmer (the Kiwi one) lands a job on the Waitangi Tribunal
As a lawyer, Philip Crump spent some 25 years buried in the minutiae of legal contracts, “oblivious to everything save for family and the superficiality of current events”. Then he decided to take a closer look at the challenges that New Zealand faces and reported what he found under the pseudonym Thomas Cranmer on Twitter and – when the word-count there became a constraint – on Cranmer’s Substack.
NBR in 2023 described him as one of the best commentators to have emerged on the media scene that year after he had attracted attention – and built a readership – “for his evisceration of the Three Waters fiasco”, notably analysing the financial aspects of the Three Waters legislation, and the high-risk profile that the new Water Services Entities would assume.
He wrote about other hot-button topics like the Three Waters co-governance provisions, the decision to approve Covid vaccines and the Posie Parker tour, tending to focus on areas in which he viewed New Zealand’s news media having failed in some way.
And he drew public attention to how co-governance worked to the disadvantage of DoC – and the Crown – in Tuhoe country.
His articles were republished on Point of Order and by The Spectator Australia and several blogs including Bassett, Brash and Hide, The Common Room and Plain Sight.
He was the founding editor of Newstalk ZB Plus and is a member of the Board of New Zealand on Air.
He says on his blog that in accordance with the requirements of the New Zealand on Air role, he will be maintaining a politically neutral position in his writings for so long as he remains on the Board.
Today we learn he has another reason for maintaining a politically neutral position in his writings. He has been named as one of a host of new appointments that “will strengthen the Waitangi Tribunal and help ensure it remains fit for purpose”.
Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka said:
He wrote about other hot-button topics like the Three Waters co-governance provisions, the decision to approve Covid vaccines and the Posie Parker tour, tending to focus on areas in which he viewed New Zealand’s news media having failed in some way.
And he drew public attention to how co-governance worked to the disadvantage of DoC – and the Crown – in Tuhoe country.
His articles were republished on Point of Order and by The Spectator Australia and several blogs including Bassett, Brash and Hide, The Common Room and Plain Sight.
He was the founding editor of Newstalk ZB Plus and is a member of the Board of New Zealand on Air.
He says on his blog that in accordance with the requirements of the New Zealand on Air role, he will be maintaining a politically neutral position in his writings for so long as he remains on the Board.
Today we learn he has another reason for maintaining a politically neutral position in his writings. He has been named as one of a host of new appointments that “will strengthen the Waitangi Tribunal and help ensure it remains fit for purpose”.
Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka said:
“As the Tribunal nears its fiftieth anniversary, the appointments coming on board will give it the right balance of skills to continue its important mahi hearing and reporting Māori treaty claims in a timely manner.
“Ensuring we have a range of talented appointees on boards and tribunals is absolutely key to the delivery of better public services and, for the Waitangi Tribunal, supporting the progress of the Treaty-based Crown-Māori relationship.”
The new members, appointed for a three-year term, are:
Tipene Chrisp (Whāngai to Rangitāne) has held senior roles across the public service, with extensive knowledge of Waitangi Tribunal hearings and negotiation experience. He is currently General Manager of Rangitāne Tū Mai Rā Trust.
Philip Crump has practised law for over 20 years in both New Zealand and the United Kingdom, giving him significant experience of statutory and contractual interpretation, negotiation and dispute resolution procedures. He is currently a board member of NZ on Air.
Vanessa Eparaima (Raukawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa) is an experienced Governor across a range of nonprofit organisations, commercial and investment boards. Her experience includes Treaty negotiator for Ngāti Raukawa. She is currently the Chairperson of Te Wananga O Aotearoa council.
Rex Edward Hale is an author and experienced public servant, including information and data management and experience in preparing oral and written resources to support Tribunal claimants.
Grant Hadfield is a Councillor on the Manawatū District Council and serves as Chair of the Chief Executive’s Employment Committee. He has held a range of executive and governance roles, including CEO and Executive Secretary of Manawatū Agricultural and Pastoral Association and former CEO of FarmSafe.
Kingi Kiriona (Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Apa) is an orator, kapa haka exponent, composer, educator and broadcaster. He is currently a Director of Whakaata Maori and a member of Te Mātāwai. He is the Managing Director and Founder of Tupu Ora Education and Development Ltd, which supports building Māori capability for iwi and public sector agencies.
Honourable Ron Mark served in the New Zealand Army (1971 – 1990) before moving into governance and politics. He has been a respected Member of Parliament, serving as Minister of Defence and Veterans. Mr Mark is currently serving his second term as Mayor of Carterton
Professor Tafaoimalo Tologata Leiland Tuala-Warren is the Dean of Te Piringa Faculty of Law at the University of Waikato, making her Aotearoa New Zealand’s first Pacific Dean of Law. Professor Tuala-Warren has held a range of senior roles over her 26-year career, including becoming the second woman to act as Supreme Court Justice of Samoa. In 2022, she was recognised as a Distinguished Alumni of the University of Waikato.
The five members reappointed to the Waitangi Tribunal are:
Dr Ruakere Hond (Taranaki, Ngāti Ruanui) who will be serving a third term.
Derek Fox (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Porou) who will be serving a second term.
Kim Ngarimu (Ngāti Porou) who will be serving a third term.
Dr Hana O’Regan (Ngāi Tahu) who will be serving a second term.
Professor Sir Pou Temara (Ngāi Tūhoe) who will be serving a sixth term.
The announcement is to be found among the latest ministerial press statements posted on the government’s official website.
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The original Thomas Cranmer – whose name became Philip Crump’s pseudonym – was archbishop of Canterbury (1533 – 1556) and a leader of the English Reformation.
Having served Kings Henry VIII and Edward VI, Cranmer came unstuck when he supported Lady Jane Grey as Edward’s successor. Her nine-day reign was followed by the Roman Catholic Mary I, who tried him for treason. After a long trial and imprisonment, he was forced to proclaim to the public his error in the support of Protestantism, then was sentenced to be burnt to death in 1556.
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1 comment:
"Thomas Cranmer (the Kiwi one) lands a job on the Waitangi Tribunal".
So he went over to the "dark side" then! Another one bites the dust.
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