Great National Debate and Human Rights

Waitangi Tribunal Report on the Crown's Foreshore and Seabed Policy (WAI 1071)

This report is the outcome of an urgent inquiry into the Crown’s policy for the foreshore and seabed of Aotearoa-New Zealand. The many claimant groups represented in the inquiry comprised most of the coastal iwi.

Abridged Extracts of Waitangi Tribunal Report on the Crown's Foreshore and Seabed Policy (WAI 1071)

The Waitangi Tribunal has issued a report following urgent hearings in January to consider claims that the Government's foreshore and seabed policy breached the Treaty of Waitangi, and this NZ Herald article provides abridged extracts of it.

Treaty of Waitangi Website

The NZ Government's official website on the Treaty, produced as part of the Treaty of Waitangi Information Programme.