The purpose of this section is to provide details as to the origins, negotiation and settlement of the Te Ātiawa Claim, in Taranaki, as a way of illustrating how historic claims of this nature ultimately provided redress and security for Māori affected by the wars.
As a special case study into the intricacies of the complex claims process, we will focus here in more detail upon the Tribunal Claim of the Te Ātiawa iwi of North Taranaki. In providing such a focus, it is hoped that some appreciation of the influence and...
This report, entitled the Taranaki Report Kaupapa Tuatahi, was issued by the Waitangi Tribunal in 1996. The Tribunal had commenced its hearings on Taranaki in 1990. However, 1995, the Tribunal felt that it had heard enough to warrant the publishing of its interim...
The Te Atiawa (Taranaki) claim was launched in 1990 at Owae Marae, Waitara. To read more of the origins of the Te Ātiawa Claim, click here - Origins of Te Ātiawa Claim. The Te Ātiawa Claim process lasted for 24 years and proved to be exceedingly complex, culturally,...
Signing the Deed of Settlement On 9 August 2014, the Te Ātiawa ki Taranaki Claim Deed of Settlement was signed off by Te Ātiawa and the Crown at Rangiatea, New Plymouth. But not before complaints from Te Ātiawa members based at Owae Marae, Waitara, had been overcome....