Application for Urgency

Index to documents

There are four key components to Ngai Te Rangi’s application for an urgent inquiry into the Crown’s settlement negotiations policy and practice concerning Hauraki redress. For the Tribunal’s ease of reference, an index with the details of each document is provided below:

#	Description	Details
1	Preliminary	Information designed to assist the Tribunal with navigating the application. Download the PDF
	Definitions	Terms applied throughout the application
	List of documents	Complete list of accompanying documentation
2	Statement of Claim	Sets out the grounds for Ngai Te Rangi’s claim. Download the PDF
3	Memorandum of Counsel	Establishes that the grounds for urgency can be satisfied. Download the PDF
4	Evidence and Appendices	Sets out Ngai Te Rangi’s position on a historical and contemporary basis
	Dr Hauata Palmer	Evidence of Ngai Te Rangi rangatira (key themes: Tauranga Moana, Tauranga Tangata, the Hauraki Deed, the Crown’s failures, the prejudicial effect, and pathways forward. Download the PDF
	Appendix A Appendix B	Wai 215, #A72, Brief of Evidence of Hauata Palmer Download the PDF Wai 215, #I020, Brief of Evidence of Hauata Palmer Download the PDF
	Charlie Tawhiao	Evidence of Chairperson of Ngai Te Rangi Settlement Trust (key themes: prejudice, the nature of Hauraki interests in Tauranga Moana). Download the PDF
	Reon Tuanau	Evidence provided on behalf of the Te Runanga o Ngai Te Rangi (key themes: Hauraki’s overlapping claim, lack of evidence, Ngai Te Rangi mana whenua/mana moana, the Crown’s role, prejudice). Download the PDF
	Huhana Rolleston	Evidence of Project Manager Ngai Te Rangi Settlement Trust (key themes: redress in issue, opposition to Hauraki Deed, and a pathway forward). Also attaches Appendices A-K.
	Appendix C Appendix D Appendix E Appendix F	Pare Hauraki Collective Redress Deed Redress tables Relevant Te Tiriti principles (Te Arawa extract) Crown overlapping claims policy (Red Book extract)
	Appendix G Appendix H Appendix I Appendix J Appendix K Appendix L Appendix M	Chronology of key events Document bank Relevant articles Tauranga Moana report extracts (2004 and 2010) Tauranga Moana Tribunal references to “rangatiratanga” NTR Deed of Settlement TMIC Deed of Settlement
	Affidavit of Ngarimu Blair	Evidence of Deputy Chairman of Ngati Whatua ki Orakei Trust (key themes: Crown’s failure to preserve tikanga/mana, Crown’s failure to examine customary interests, and prejudice). Download the PDF file

Description

Details

Preliminary

Information designed to assist the Tribunal with navigating the application. Download the PDF

Definitions

Terms applied throughout the application

List of documents

Complete list of accompanying documentation

Statement of Claim

Sets out the grounds for Ngai Te Rangi’s claim. Download the PDF

Memorandum of Counsel

Establishes that the grounds for urgency can be satisfied. Download the PDF

Evidence and Appendices

Sets out Ngai Te Rangi’s position on a historical and contemporary basis

Dr Hauata Palmer

Evidence of Ngai Te Rangi rangatira (key themes: Tauranga Moana, Tauranga Tangata, the Hauraki Deed, the Crown’s failures, the prejudicial effect, and pathways forward.
Download the PDF

Appendix A
Appendix B

Wai 215, #A72, Brief of Evidence of Hauata Palmer Download the PDF
Wai 215, #I020, Brief of Evidence of Hauata Palmer Download the PDF

Charlie Tawhiao

Evidence of Chairperson of Ngai Te Rangi Settlement Trust (key themes: prejudice, the nature of Hauraki interests in Tauranga Moana).
Download the PDF

Reon Tuanau

Evidence provided on behalf of the Te Runanga o Ngai Te Rangi (key themes: Hauraki’s overlapping claim, lack of evidence, Ngai Te Rangi mana whenua/mana moana, the Crown’s role, prejudice).
Download the PDF

Huhana Rolleston

Evidence of Project Manager Ngai Te Rangi Settlement Trust (key themes: redress in issue, opposition to Hauraki Deed, and a pathway forward). Also attaches Appendices A-K.

Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E
Appendix F

Pare Hauraki Collective Redress Deed
Redress tables
Relevant Te Tiriti principles (Te Arawa extract)
Crown overlapping claims policy (Red Book extract)

Appendix G
Appendix H
Appendix I
Appendix J
Appendix K
Appendix L
Appendix M

Chronology of key events
Document bank
Relevant articles
Tauranga Moana report extracts (2004 and 2010)
Tauranga Moana Tribunal references to “rangatiratanga”
NTR Deed of Settlement
TMIC Deed of Settlement

Affidavit of Ngarimu Blair

Evidence of Deputy Chairman of Ngati Whatua ki
Orakei Trust (key themes: Crown’s failure to
preserve tikanga/mana, Crown’s failure to examine
customary interests, and prejudice).

Download the PDF file

Several BOPRC Resource Consents are requiring consultation with Ngati Maru. See our Letter to Anaru Vercoe asking why an iwi that has no legal right to the Tauranga Moana is being included in the consultation process....