Story: Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi – ngā mātāpono o te Tiriti o Waitangi

Consultation on the foreshore and seabed

Consultation on the foreshore and seabed

The treaty principle that the Crown has a duty to consult with Māori has been applied in dealing with the ownership of the foreshore and seabed. Above, the minister in charge of treaty negotiations, Michael Cullen, and Māori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia enter Maraenui Pā, Ōpōtiki, in 2008. They were recording progress on consultations with local Te Whānau-a-Apanui people. Below, Joshua Wikiriwhi-Heta leaps high during his wero to Cullen’s successor, Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson, at Puatahi Marae, Warkworth, in 2010. Finlayson was attending a hui as part of further consultation on the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004.

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Janine Hayward, 'Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi – ngā mātāpono o te Tiriti o Waitangi - Treaty principles developed by the Waitangi Tribunal', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/32973/consultation-on-the-foreshore-and-seabed (accessed 20 April 2024)

Story by Janine Hayward, published 20 Jun 2012, reviewed & revised 16 Jan 2023 with assistance from Janine Hayward