Waitangi Tribunal - Wai 2522 2.5.0009 TPPA [pdf, 1.3 MB]
...the TTDMC have the right to be expressly notified that te Tiriti and other legal instruments protecting indigenous Maori rights may be effected. f) The TPPA may affect the ability of Maori to preferentially use, manage, conserve and access their traditional knowledge and intellectual property resources. g) The Crown has not considered the Maori Community Development Act 1962 being the only statute that explicitly recognises Maori rights to self-government and the Crown has failed to hav...