[1] Waitangi Tribunal, Motunui-Waitara Report, Wai 6,1983; Kaituna River Report, Wai 4, 1984; Manukau Harbour Report, Wai 8, 1985; Te Reo Maori Report, Wai 11, 1986; Orakei Report, Wai 9, 1987.
[2] Wi Parata v Bishop of Wellington (1877) 3 NZ Jur (NS) SC 72, 78. See D V Williams, 'The Constitutional Status of the Treaty of Waitangi: An Historical Perspective', (1990) 14 NZULR 9, 14-16.
[3] In re the Ninety Mile Beach [1963] NZLR 461, 467.
[4] J Kelsey, Rolling Back The State, Wellington, Bridget Williams Books, 1993.
[5] Rata to Williams, personal communication, Waitara, 1983.
[6] See Te Runanga o Waitangi, He Korero Mo Waitangi, Ngaruawahia, 1985.
[7] Treaty of Waitangi Amendment Act 1985. This Act also corrected some egregious errors in the Maori text of the Treaty as set out in the 1975 Act.
[8] A Bill of Rights for New Zealand, A White Paper, Wellington, Government Printer, 1985. See Williams (1990), supra, 17. [The supreme law proposals were dropped before the enactment of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 as ordinary un-entrenched legislation.]
[9] The sequence of events is described in the judgment of Cooke P in New Zealand Maori Council v Attorney-General [1987] 1 NZLR 641, 651-654.
[10] New Zealand Maori Council v Attorney-General [1987] 1 NZLR 641.
[11] NZ Law Commission, Maori Custom and Values in New Zealand Law,NZLC Study Paper No 9, Wellington, 2001, para 352.
[12] New Zealand Maori Council v Attorney-General [1989] 2 NZLR 142.
[13] Tainui Maori Trust Board v Attorney-General [1989] 2 NZLR 513.
[14] G Palmer, 'The Treaty of Waitangi - principles for Crown action', (1989) 19 VUWLR 335; Office of Treaty Settlements, Healing the Past, Building A Future, Wellington, 1999, 19.
[15] New Zealand Railways Corporation Restructuring Act 1990, ss 38-43.
[16] Office of Treaty Settlements, Crown Proposals for the Settlement of Treaty of Waitangi Claims (2 vols - a bilingual Summary and Detailed Proposals), Wellington, 1994.
[17] 'A Report concerning the Government's Proposals for the Settlement of Treaty of Waitangi Claims and Related Constitutional Matters based on the proceedings of a hui held at Hirangi Marae, Turangi, 29/1/95', unpublished paper.
[18] D Graham, Trick or Treaty?, Wellington, Institute of Policy Studies, 1997
[19] M Wilson, 'New principles to guide the settlement of historical Treaty claims', press release 20/7/2000.
[20] Office of Treaty Settlements, Healing the Past, Building A Future, Wellington, 1999, 20-21.
[21] Office of Treaty Settlements, Treaty of Waitangi Claims: Direct Negotiations Process: An Introduction, Wellington, 1999.
[22] D V Williams, 'The Crown and Ngati Tama ki Te Tau Ihu: An Historical Overview Report', Wai 723/Wai 785, February 2000.
[23] D V Williams, 'Te Kooti tango whenua': The Native Land Court 1864-1909, Wellington, Huia, 1999, 30-32.
[24] 'A Report concerning the Government's Proposals for the Settlement of Treaty of Waitangi Claims and Related Constitutional Matters based on the proceedings of a hui held at Hirangi Marae, Turangi, 29/1/95', para 7.3.
[25] See, for example, Te Runanga o Wharekauri Rekohu v Attorney-General [1993] 2 NZLR 301 (CA); Treaty Tribes Coalition v Urban Maori Authorities [1997] 1 NZLR 513 (PC); Te Waka Hi Ika o Te Arawa v Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission [2000] 1 NZLR 285 (HC & CA), [2002] 2 NZLR 17 (PC).
[26] T Turia, 'Speech to the 9th annual Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies', Auckland, 9 March 2002.