Waitangi Tribunal - issue 54 of Te Manutukutuku [pdf, 353 KB]
...This document sets out the issues that will be dealt with by the inquiry and brings focus to the process. It took note of the matters raised in the claimants’ statements of claim, and the Crown’s statement of response, distilling key areas of investigation. This approach is designed to stop hearings ‘blowout’ – this is the in- troduction of new claimants, new claims and new issues late in the process. Hearings ‘blowout’ has cre- ated pressure to extend inquiries by m...