Waitangi Tribunal - Ngāpuhi Mandate Inquiry report - prepublication version [pdf, 905 KB]
...situation, including (but not confined to) : ▶ its erroneous application of the ‘large natural groups’ policy to the whole of Ngāpuhi when a more flexible approach is required, especially when other smaller and less diverse iwi have been permitted to organise themselves on re- gional lines and provide mandates for their negotiation of Treaty claims ; ▶ a series of funding decisions which unfairly assisted the Tūhoronuku IMA to gain its mandate, predetermining that result ;...