Waitangi Tribunal - issue 53 of Te Manutukutuku [pdf, 481 KB]
...te hunga ora. Tënä koutou, tënä koutou, tënä tätou katoa. MAIN FINDINGS The Tribunal found that: ♦ Moriori were covered by the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975. ♦ Slavery inflicted upon Moriori was contrary to the law and to standards of human rights recognised at the time. It was also a breach of the Treaty. ♦ Slavery continued on Rekohu long after it had ended elsewhere, and was tolerated by the Crown. ♦ It was feasible for the Crown to have intervened. Failure to do...