network, include similar material.
Lists
of claims
Lists of claims heard and pending
to 1991, membership etc. can be found in
Oliver, W.H. Claims to the
Waitangi Tribunal. 1991 [NZ&P 354.95 W14ol - copies are also available from the
Short Loan Collection].
Lists of new claims and progress
on earlier claims are published in the newsletter of the Tribunal Te
Manutukutuku [MM 301.451095 M29].
9.4
Law
Acts
of Parliament
New Zealand Statutes are held at NZ&P 346.3 N56s.
The Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975
including all subsequent amendments is reprinted in RS 33. The earlier
version with amendments to 1993 is in RS 8. See 1975 No.114 for original
Act, 1985 No.148, 1988 No.233, 1993 No.92 for major Amendment Acts. See
also Treaty of Waitangi (Fisheries Claims) Settlement Act 1992 No.121
and Treaty of Waitangi (State Enterprises) Act, 1988 RS 33
Butterworths
Online is a database that
allows you to keyword search current legislation. Select NZ Legislation in the menu screen.
Gives full text of all New
Zealand Principal Acts currently in force, including repealed sections
and schedules. An historical summary at the end of each Act outlines the
effect of each later amending Act. Also gives full text of selected
repealed Acts (mainly 1960 on). The Status Regulations database, also
within Butterworths Online, covers statutory regulations.
Case law
The following databases are on Library Website:
BRIEFCASE
indexes New Zealand reported and unreported cases. It includes citations
for older and overseas cases mentioned in recent New Zealand case law.
Published in New Zealand by Law Library Management. Coverage is from
1986 to the present. Updated fortnightly.
LexisNexis.
[Library Website > Databases and Article Searching> B > Butterworths Online]
Via Butterworths Online. Indexes articles in all the major New
Zealand law journals and some overseas ones. Linxplus
includes headnotes for a very wide range of New Zealand case law
(coverage varies for particular courts and dates). Updated daily.
9.5
Waitangi
Tribunal Reports
Copies of all published reports are held in the NZ&Pacific
Collection. Most are at NZ&P 354.95 W14. There are also copies
in the Davis Law Library. They can be retrieved on VOYAGER
with the
author search
new zealand waitangi tribunal
The full text of the
published Waitangi Tribunal reports can be accessed on-line via the
Library Website. Click on Resources
by subject and on Māori Studies. Click on Databases.
The Waitangi Tribunal Reports are listed halfway down the screen. It
is possible to keyword search all the reports at once and download and
print the pages on which the sought names, words or phrases occur. The
database is also freely available on the Internet at http://www.waitangi-tribunal.govt.nz/reports/
Submissions and evidence
The Microtexts Room holds a
microfiche copy of evidence presented for the earlier major claims.
(Wai 4,8-11,17,22,26,27,32-33 and
150)
New Zealand. Waitangi Tribunal.
Waitangi Tribunal records of documents and submissions published on
microfiche. [Microfiche 95-113]
Some submissions for Wai 45 and
Wai 46 are held in printed form at MM 354.95 W14
9.6
Māori
Land History
The Waitangi Tribunal has recently published a series of general reports
on the history of Māori land. One 3 volume work gives an overview
of the legislative history of Māori land from 1840.
Ward, Alan. National overview. 1997.
[MM 354.95 W144ro Also Short Loan]
Further publications concentrate
on particular periods and facets of the land legislation; others cover
the country region by region. They are called the Rangahaua
whānui series and are held at [MM 354.95 W144]
A full list can be found with the
guided keyword search on VOYAGER, the Library online catalogue:
rangahaua whanui
See the Māori Studies guide Māori
Land for more information
9.7
Government Policy
Crown proposals for the settlement of Treaty of Waitangi claims:
detailed proposals. 1994 [NZ&P 354.95 W14c]
(There is also a summary in English and Māori at MM 354.95 W14cs
Policy papers and cabinet minutes released under the Official
Information Act and covering a range of government policies relevant to
Treaty settlements have been published in book form as: New Zealand Policy
papers for Crown proposals for the settlement of Treaty of Waitangi
claims. 1995 [MM 354.95 W14cp]
See also:
New Zealand Office of Treaty Settlements. Briefing to the incoming
Government. [1996] [MM 352.885 N53] for the general framework and
an area by area analysis.
9.8
Principles
of the Treaty
The principles have been referred to in numerous Acts but their
development has been left to case law. See the following sources:
New Zealand. Department of Justice. The Crown and the Treaty of
Waitangi : a short statement of the principles on which the Crown
proposes to act. 1989 [NZ Pamphlets 89-2] Also at Davis Law Library
and Geography Library.
New Zealand. Department of Justice. Principles for Crown action on
the Treaty of Waitangi. 1989 [NZ Pamphlets 89-1] Also at Davis Law
and Architecture.
New Zealand. Court of Appeal. The Treaty of Waitangi in the Court
of Appeal: the full judgments of the Court in the New Zealand Māori
Council?s case. 1987. [NZ&P 333.0995 N53c]
Further references can be found on VOYAGER,
Lexis Nexis
and Index
New Zealand with a keyword search for waitangi AND
principles
Land Bank
Land
Information New Zealand maintain a list of blocks of Crown land
which have been put aside for settlement of Waitangi Tribunal claims.
9.9
Treaty of Waitangi (1840) -- History and Texts
The standard account which has also been published in condensed and
pictorial formats and is widely available around the University Library
system is
Orange, Claudia. The Treaty of Waitangi. 1987 [NZ&P 995
W144o]
For an earlier view see
Buick, T. Lindsay. The Treaty of Waitangi : how New Zealand became
a British colony. 1933
[NZ&P 995.02 B93]
The most easily accessible eyewitness account first published in 1890
is
Colenso, William. The authentic and genuine history of the signing
of the Treaty of Waitangi... [New ed.] 1971. [MM 995 C69 1971] Also
at NZ Glass Case, and Architecture Library.
Facsimiles of the Treaty
Facsimiles of the Declaration of Independence and the Treaty of
Waitangi.
1960. [MM 995 W144 1960] Also NZGlass Case
New Zealand. Ngā whārangi o te Tiriti: a facsimile of
the Treaty of Waitangi. 1990. [NZ Glass Case 995 W144w]
Treaty
Principles
As outlined by the Waitangi Tribunal.
Text of the treaty
The official English and Māori texts and an English translation of
the Māori text can be accessed via the New
Zealand Government website. The Archives
New Zealand site contains a short history.
Signatories
Simpson, Miria. Nga tohu o te Tiriti: making a mark. 1990
[NZ&P 995 W144s] Lists and identifies all signatories. Photos.
