There have been 1,070 contemporary claims made to the Waitangi Tribunal. So far I can only find one of those claims (the 1995 Kiwifruit Marketing Claim) that did not find the Crown or Government had breached the Treaty. So it would seem that somewhere between 99% and 99.9% of all claims result in the Waitangi Tribunal saying the Government is wrong.
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders
8 comments:
Why wait until historic claims are concluded? The Tribunal has been in existence for over 50 years, so if some Maori group hasn't got it's claim in by now they should make their claim directly to the government. Ordinary people have a six year limitation period to make legal claims. Isn't 50 years long enough for iwi?
Agreed that another 2 generations have had the opportunity to get a claim into the Tribunal.
Clearly, any claims now are not important enough, or valid enough to be relevant.
Close it before Christmas !
"somewhere between 99% and 99.9% of all claims result in the Waitangi Tribunal saying the Government is wrong."
That sums it up in a nutshell - the Tribunal is a totally biased body, completely unfit for purpose, costing the taxpayers multi million dollars.
I thought the job of the Waitangi Tribunal was to say the Government is wrong. Did I misunderstand its purpose?
NZ First have promised to abolish it immediately and replace it with a body that will finalize existing claims and have no other scope.
Just do it!
ACT sure does have a big mouth for a party with such a small number of votes.
ACT has no bigger mouth than any other party, no matter how big or small!
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