National Standards Committee v Poananga [2012] NZLCDT 12 [pdf, 292 KB]
...In effect this meant that after 1 September 2008, no Maori might submit a new claim to the Waitangi Tribunal. 9. This deadline created a significant workload for practitioners working in this area in order to ensure that claimants’ claims were filed in time. 10. In the chambers in which the practitioner practised, they went from 80 to 350 active claims in the 2008 year. 11. As part of arranging instructions and filing a claim, documents were signed by claimants, including: 11.1....