Waitangi Tribunal - issue 69 of Te Manutukutuku [pdf, 2.5 MB]
...government appointed Scott (Labour losing office before appointments were made), who instituted a formal, legal approach. Nonetheless, the approach was short-lived. The Tribunal first sat (on Joe Hawke’s fishing claim) under the chandeliers of Auckland’s Intercontinental Hotel as though it were dealing with the Treaty of Versailles. Māori walked out and that was nearly all that the Tribunal did for the first five years. During this time I was a judge sharing chambers with Chie...