Balanced News: Tears of joy, sadness, over ‘groundbreaking’ Waitangi Tribunal report

The Waitangi Tribunal has reported back about one of the largest Treaty claims ever heard – a document described as “groundbreaking”, and “defining” for Māori in Te Tai Tokerau. Some of the evidence at Te Paparahi o Te Raki hearings was presented more than a decade ago and the report was more than 1800 pages long. The Tribunal also recommended the Crown return all Crown-owned land in the district to Māori and provide economic compensation.