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1. BORA Patents Bill [pdf, 317 KB]

   ...New Zealand’s patent regime to ensure that it continues to provide an appropriate balance between providing adequate incentives for innovation and technology transfer and protecting the interests of the public and the interests of Māori in their traditional knowledge and in indigenous plants and animals. It also updates the regulatory regime for patents attorneys. If passed, the Patents Bill will replace the Patents Act 1953. BILL OF RIGHTS ACT ISSUES Section 14 – Freedom of Expre...

2. Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination – concluding observations 18th-20th reports addendum [pdf, 257 KB]

   ...Tribunal’s first whole-of-government inquiry and addresses the work of more than 20 government departments and agencies. The Tribunal’s report focuses on the protection of Māori culture and identity, with a particular focus on mātauranga Māori (traditional knowledge) and associated taonga (treasure). The New Zealand Government is currently considering the report. 17. The New Zealand Government’s response to Wai 262 is complex and involves a range of agencies. Specific dome...

3. Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination – concluding observations 18th-20th reports [pdf, 191 KB]

   ...2 and 5). The Committee urges the State party to continue to review the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act of 2011 with a view to facilitating the full enjoyment of the rights by Mãori communities regarding the land and resources they traditionally own or use, and in particular their access to places of cultural and traditional significance. 14. The Committee welcomes the Waitangi Tribunal’s 2011 Wai 262 decision regarding Mãori intellectual and cultural property rights...

4. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 WML rebuttal Pita Rikys [pdf, 99 KB]

   ...captured by shell fish in particular. 25. The caucus of witnesses accept my conclusion as regards Mahinga Maataitai.3 As a result the northern bay cannot be treated as a mahinga maataitai / a place where food resources from the sea are currently and traditionally gathered. The proposed Marina will therefore have no effect on this dimension of cultural values. 26. The reference in Paragraph 23 to the impact Marina structures might have on currents and habitat constitute a legiti...

5. MLC - 2012 November - World indigenous housing conference 2012 [pdf, 325 KB]

   ...public was prepared to accept 99-year leases because of the desirable location of the land, the large apartments and the competitive pricing. Through its commercial developments the nation has been able to repurchase 800 acres of land within its traditional territory. Although this was not quite the “indigenous housing” that many delegates expected to see at the conference, the Tsleil-Waututh development provided an interesting example of an indigenous commercial housing development...

6. Plant Variety Rights [pdf, 210 KB]

   ...must not be appointed as a member of the committee unless, in the opinion of the Commissioner, the person is qualified for appointment. In determining this, the Commissioner must have regard to the person’s knowledge of mātauranga Māori (Māori traditional knowledge), tikanga Māori (Māori protocol and culture), te ao Māori (the Māori world view), and taonga species. 32. This provision could be seen as giving rise to indirect discrimination on the basis of race or ethnic origins,...

7. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 NPI Trust legal submissions [pdf, 143 KB]

   ...section  6(e)  is  very  important,  for:     “Of  all  of  the  values  of  tikanga  Maori,  whanaungatanga  is  the  most   pervasive.  It  denotes  the  fact  that  in  traditional  Maori  thinking  relationships   are  everything  —  between  people;  between  people  and  the  physical  world;   and  between  people  and  the  atua  (spiritual...

8. UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [pdf, 166 KB]

   ...resources will enable them to maintain and strengthen their institutions, cultures and tra- ditions, and to promote their development in accordance with their aspirations and needs, Recognizing that respect for indigenous knowledge, cultures and traditional practices contributes to sustainable and equitable devel- opment and proper management of the environment, Emphasizing the contribution of the demilitarization of the lands and territories of indigenous peoples to peace, economic and s...

9. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 NPI Trust Morehu Wilson numbered [pdf, 994 KB]

   ...well as the wider landscape of alienation of Ngāti Paoa lands on Waiheke. Wai 10 submitted by the late Hariata Gordon was the catalyst for this settlement. 5. Ngāti Paoa is currently negotiating the transfer of lands in which they have a traditional interest on many of the islands of Tikapa Moana (Hauraki Gulf). The iwi have vested interests in Te Haupa, Tiritiri Matangi, Motuihe and Waiheke Islands which have been duly acknowledged by the Crown. This will form the negotiation...

10. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 NPI Trust Morehu Wilson [pdf, 306 KB]

    ...the land, as well as the wider landscape of alienation of Ngati Paoa lands on Waiheke. Wai 10 submitted by the late Hariata Gordon was the catalyst for this settlement. Ngati Paoa is currently negotiating the transfer of lands in which they have a traditional interest on many of the islands of Tikapa Moana (Hauraki Gulf). The iwi have vested interests in Te Haupa, Tiritiri Matangi, Motuihe and Waiheke Islands which have been duly acknowledged by the Crown. This will form the negotiation...