Parawera or Pārāwera is a village rural community in the Waipa District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island . It is located south-east of Te Awamutu and Kihikihi , and east of State Highway 3 . It was a Māori settlement during the 19th century.
92-606: Parawera has two marae: In October 2020, the Government committed $ 1,259,392 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade Pārāwera Marae and Ōwairaka Rāwhitiroa Marae, creating 18 jobs. 38°04′27″S 175°25′41″E / 38.074090°S 175.428081°E / -38.074090; 175.428081 This Waikato geography article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Provincial Growth Fund Shane Geoffrey Jones (born 3 September 1959)
184-508: A Labour Party MP, leaving at the end of May. He was appointed to the newly created role of Pacific Economic Ambassador by Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully . Kelvin Davis succeeded him as Labour list MP. On 30 June 2017, after months of speculation, Jones was confirmed as the New Zealand First candidate for Whangarei for the 2017 general election . Jones was also placed eighth on
276-760: A Master of Public Administration. Jones returned to Victoria University in the 1990s as a lecturer in Māori studies. He is fluent in te reo Māori . Jones was a public servant in the 1980s. He worked in the Māori secretariat in the Ministry for the Environment and later in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet , providing advice to the Fourth Labour Government on settling Treaty of Waitangi breaches . When
368-616: A Wellington-based lawyer with experience in Treaty claims with Ngāi Tahu, was appointed Minister for Treaty Negotiations following the National Party victory in the 2008 election . Between 2008 and 2017, Finlayson was credited with helping to resolve 60 Treaty settlements. As well as the much publicised land and financial compensation, many of these later settlements included changing the official place names. This introduced significant numbers of macrons into official New Zealand place names for
460-585: A case in 2017, using Ngati Tuwharetoa as a case study, for how hapū and iwi that did not sign the Treaty still maintain mana motuhake and how the sovereignty of the Crown could be considered questionable. This work builds on the Te Paparahi o te Raki inquiry (Wai 1040) decision by the Waitangi Tribunal. The Treaty settlement process has attracted criticisms since it began. The “fiscal envelope” decision by
552-461: A contemporary issue that could be revised or rectified by the government at the time, historical settlements raised more complex issues. The Office of Treaty Settlements was established in the Ministry of Justice to develop government policy on historical claims. In 1995, the government unilaterally developed the "Crown Proposals for the Settlement of Treaty of Waitangi Claims" to attempt to address
644-511: A list MP and was immediately made the chair of the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee . On 31 October 2007, by then still in his first term, Jones was promoted into Cabinet. He became Minister for Building and Construction and held additional responsibilities as associate minister in charge of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Immigration and Trade. He scrapped a government proposal requiring new buildings to have low flow showers heads, prior to
736-495: A litigious approach was used and was needed to keep things moving. The settlement deed was signed in 1997 in Kaikōura . Ngāi Tahu sought recognition of their relationship with the land, as well as cash and property, and a number of novel arrangements were developed to address this. Among other things, Ngāi Tahu and the Crown agreed that Mt Cook would be formally renamed Aoraki / Mount Cook , and returned to Ngāi Tahu to be gifted back to
828-582: A major heavy engineering and KiwiRail servicing hub. The fund was criticised by National for being a "slush fund" targeted toward marginal electorates and for the links between some fund applications and New Zealand First. Jones continued to court controversy in his new party. On 25 September 2019, Jones and Labour MP Kieran McAnulty were ejected from Parliament by the Speaker of the House Trevor Mallard after trading barbs with National MPs during
920-534: A parliamentary debate about Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern 's meeting with US President Donald Trump . In mid-October 2019, Jones drew media attention when he was photographed using an AR-15 style rifle while on holiday. The AR-15 rifle was among the semi-automatic weapons banned by New Zealand Government's Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Act 2019 following the Christchurch mosque shootings . Jones drew further criticism when he made
1012-745: A series of anti-Indian remarks in October and November 2019 and again in February 2020. In response to members of the Indian New Zealand community 's criticism of Immigration New Zealand 's recent decision to tighten partnership visas for those on arranged marriages , Jones had said: I would just say to the activists from the Indian community, tame down your rhetoric, you have no legitimate expectations in my view to bring your whole village to New Zealand and if you don't like it and you're threatening to go home – catch
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#17328524048221104-508: A warrant for his arrest in China. Jones defended his decision, saying it was based on humanitarian grounds because a high-level Government official had told him that Yan faced execution if he returned to China. Shearer said Jones supported the decision to refer the matter to the Auditor-General because Jones must be given a chance to clear his name. On 24 May 2012, Yan was found not guilty on all
1196-580: Is a New Zealand politician and a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives for the New Zealand First party. Jones' political career began in 2005 as a list MP for the Labour Party . He became a cabinet minister in his first term, serving as Minister for Building and Construction in the Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand . Following Labour's defeat in the 2008 election, he
1288-484: Is no negotiation, the Crown dictates...Public servants and ministers frequently mislead claimants and misrepresent facts in order to entice claimants into negotiations and then push settlements through...Negotiators frequently report being bullied by public servants and Crown agents and many report having settled under duress. As a result, many do not accept Crown apologies as they are meaningless . Academic Carwyn Jones in his PhD (published in 2016 by UBC Press , Vancouver)
1380-445: Is the truth you have been waiting a long time to hear. In terms of mana motuhake He Whakaputanga , creating a Māori state and government in 1835 and/or Te Tiriti o Waitangi , and those who did not sign anything, thus maintaining mana motuhake . In relation to the former, a summary report (entitled "Ngāpuhi Speaks") of evidence presented to the Waitangi Tribunal concluded that: Ngāti Tūwharetoa academic Hemopereki Simon outlined
1472-478: The New Zealand Listener ranked him the ninth most powerful New Zealander. Jones had seven children with his first wife Ngāreta, from whom he separated in 2011; she died from cancer in 2015. Jones began a relationship with former beauty queen Dorothy (Dot) Pumipi in 2011 while she was his campaign manager; they married in 2018. Jones has been elected to Parliament for two political parties—first with
1564-734: The 2008 general election . Labour was defeated at the election and Jones contested the Northland electorate unsuccessfully, but was returned to parliament as a list member due to his high list placing of 16 . Labour lost again in the 2011 election; Jones was defeated in Tāmaki Makaurau but remained a list MP. During his six years as an opposition MP, Jones held various portfolios in the Goff , Shearer and Cunliffe shadow cabinets including building and construction, infrastructure, economic development, transport, fisheries, forestry and Māori affairs. He
1656-507: The 2023 general election , Jones stood as New Zealand First's Northland candidate and was ranked second on the party list. During the campaign, he was described as New Zealand First's deputy leader and finance spokesperson and advocated for greater investment in regional New Zealand. In mid-August 2023, he released a TikTok video of himself singing to the tune of the American rock band Journey 's song " Don't Stop Believin' ". Jones also used
1748-651: The Fourth National Government began the settlements process in the 1990s, he was appointed a member of the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission . He became chair of the commission in August 2000 and completed the allocation of fisheries resources among iwi in 2004. He also chaired the Māori-owned fishing corporation Sealord during which period the company was merged with Nippon Suisan Kaisha . A 2004 " power list " by
1840-573: The Invasion of the Waikato and the subsequent indiscriminate confiscation of land. Ngāi Tahu 's claims covered a large proportion of the South Island of New Zealand, and related to the Crown's failure to meet its end of the bargain in land sales that took place from the 1840s. Chris Finlayson was one of the lawyers working for Ngāi Tahu during the mid 1990s as the negotiations were taking place, he states
1932-579: The Labour Party for nine years from 2005 to 2014, then with New Zealand First from 2017 to 2020—and was a Cabinet minister under both affiliations. Although he had often been speculated by the media and among his colleagues as a future leader of the Labour Party, and indeed contested the Labour leadership in 2013 , Jones' move away from Labour was not a surprise. Before his election as a Labour MP, Sir Graham Latimer had tried, unsuccessfully, to recruit him for
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#17328524048222024-560: The Māori version of the Treaty of Waitangi, known as Te Tiriti o Waitangi . Only 39 signed the English version after the Māori language version was read to them. The different understandings of the content of the treaty led to disagreements between Pākeha and Māori, beginning almost immediately after the signing of the treaty, and contributed to the New Zealand Wars , which culminated in
2116-576: The Māori Land Court alienating Māori land from its Māori owners. In 1975 the Treaty of Waitangi Act established the Waitangi Tribunal to hear claims about Crown acts that were inconsistent with the principles of the Treaty. It allowed any Māori to lodge a claim against the Crown for breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles . Originally its mandate was limited to claims about contemporary issues, that is, those that occurred after
2208-483: The National Party . Instead, Jones joined Labour in part because he had been impressed by David Lange and the Fourth Labour Government . Over time he felt less comfortable in the "modern Labour Party," and openly stated in 2014 that he was not "naturally left-leaning." He had been speculated as a New Zealand First candidate since at least 2015 before joining the party in 2017, in part due to his close relationship with New Zealand First leader Winston Peters . After
2300-725: The Sixth National Government of New Zealand on 27 November 2023. In late January 2024, Jones along with his New Zealand First and National parties colleagues including Winston Peters and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon attended the Rātana Church 's special annual hui (meeting). During his speech, Jones expressed support for reviewing the powers of the Waitangi Tribunal , stating: "An institution that's been around for 50 years should not expect to continue on uncritically for another set of decades without being reviewed.". In late March 2024, Jones as Fisheries Minister announced
2392-434: The South Island . It is one of the founding documents of New Zealand. In 1835, a Declaration of Independence or He Whakaputanga was written. The Treaty of Waitangi was written in English and translated into the Māori language ( Te Reo ). As some words in the English treaty did not translate directly into the written Māori of the time, this text is not an exact translation of the English text, such as in relation to
2484-420: The Treaty of Waitangi ( Māori : Te Tiriti o Waitangi ) have been a significant feature of New Zealand politics since the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 and the Waitangi Tribunal that was established by that act to hear claims. Successive governments have increasingly provided formal legal and political opportunity for Māori to seek redress for what are seen as breaches by the Crown of guarantees set out in
2576-525: The "cacophony of voices currently protesting New Zealand's farming footprint." In early August 2024, Jones accused electrical utility companies of exploiting soaring energy bills and said that the Government was seeking advice on potential regulatory intervention in the energy sector. In mid-February 2024, Jones criticised the Supreme Court of New Zealand for permitting climate activist Mike Smith to pursue legal action against several polluters, describing
2668-455: The 1920s, land commissions investigated the grievances of hapū whose land had been confiscated or otherwise fraudulently obtained in the previous century, and many were found to be valid. By the 1940s, settlements in the form of modest annual payments had been arranged with some hapū. However, hapū came to consider the amounts to be inadequate, especially as inflation eroded their value, and the Crown has conceded that it did not sufficiently seek
2760-594: The Collective. The agreement is the largest to date, by financial value, at NZ$ 196 million worth of forest land in total (including the value of the Affiliate Te Arawa Iwi and hapū share). In addition, but not counted by the government as part of the redress package, the tribes will receive rentals that have accumulated on the land since 1989, valued at NZ$ 223 million. By July 2008, there were 23 settlements of various sizes. In November 2008, Chris Finlayson ,
2852-417: The Government for ignoring alternative, renewable energy sources. In July 2024, Jones expressed interest in expanding the aquaculture sector in his capacity as Minister for Oceans and Fisheries. Jones told the news website Newsroom that the aquaculture sector faced fewer barriers and offered more opportunities than the wool, dairy and meat sectors. In addition, Jones said that the aquaculture industry lacked
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2944-731: The Government had halted work on legislation to create a 620,000sqkm ocean sanctuary around the Kermadec Islands . In mid April 2024, the Waitangi Tribunal summoned fellow ACT MP and Minister for Children Karen Chhour to an urgent hearing on the Government's plans to repeal Section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 . In response, Jones told Waatea News during an interview that "the Waitangi Tribunal has no business running its operations as some sort of star chamber delivering summons for ministers to rock up and be cross-examined or grilled." Jones' remarks were criticised as inappropriate by
3036-423: The Government in 1994 had a consultation period in which most Māori 'overwhelmingly rejected' the policy and sparked protests throughout New Zealand. The criticism was about the non-negotiable element of a fiscal cap as well as the amount ( $ 1 billion) when Crown valuers assessed that the 1990 dollar loss to just Ngāi Tahu was 'between $ 12 billion and $ 15 billion' and the context of Government spending (for example
3128-427: The Government reversed the partnership visa decision, restoring the exception for non-resident Indian marriages. The following year, Jones claimed in a television interview that immigration was placing "enormous stress" on the country's social and economic infrastructure and that the large number of international students from India had ruined New Zealand tertiary institutions. Jones' remarks were criticised by Ardern,
3220-439: The Government's proposed Treaty Principles Bill and rejected opposition claims that the Government was degrading tino rangatiratanga (self determination). He also said that the Government was funding wānanga (Māori tertiary institutions) and marae (meeting houses). During Māori King Tūheitia Paki 's 18th Koroneihana (coronation anniversary celebration) in mid-August 2024, Jones reiterated that NZ First would not support
3312-430: The Government's recent announcement that they would be introducing climate change education in schools. Jones was selected as New Zealand First's Northland candidate for the 2020 general election . He was defeated, coming third place with 5,119 votes behind Labour's Willow-Jean Prime (17,066) and National's Matt King (16,903). New Zealand First also lost all its parliamentary seats, gaining only 2.6% percent of
3404-625: The Governor . They agreed to a relationship: one in which they and Hobson were to be equal – equal while having different roles and different spheres of influence . in essence, rangatira retained their authority over their hapū and territories, while Hobson was given authority to control Pākehā . Tribunal manager Julie Tangaere said at the report's release to the Ngapuhi claimants: Your tupuna [ancestors] did not give away their mana at Waitangi, at Waimate, at Mangungu. They did not cede their sovereignty. This
3496-533: The Hon. Matiu Rata and Dr. George Habib. The first major settlement of historical confiscation, or raupatu, claims was agreed in 1995. Waikato - Tainui 's confiscation claims were settled for a package worth $ 170 million, in a mixture of cash and Crown-owned land. The settlement was accompanied by a formal apology as part of the claims legislation, granted Royal assent by Queen Elizabeth II in person during her 1995 Royal tour of New Zealand. The Crown apologised for
3588-487: The Ministry of Justice set up a Post Settlement Commitment Unit to create a central register of Treaty commitments that were created through the settlement process when it became clear that settlements were not being actioned. Government Minister Chris Finlayson was part of this and states the purpose was to create an 'institutional safeguard' to protect settlements and support them being durable and final. Finlayson's intention
3680-528: The Māori Law Society, who complained to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Attorney-General Judith Collins . They asked whether Jones' remarks breached the Cabinet Manual and for the Government to uphold the integrity of the judicial arm. In early June 2024, Jones announced that the Government would introduce legislation to reverse the previous Labour Government's ban on oil and gas exploration in
3772-659: The Te Roroa, Affiliate Te Arawa and Central North Island settlements, which were passed in September 2008. Not addressing overlapping interests in claims early in the process is a criticism made in 2019 over the Pare Hauraki Treaty settlement, a criticism made by Ngāti Wai and acknowledged by Treaty Negotiations Minister Andrew Little as a failing in the process. Academic Linda Te Aho (Associate Professor, Te Piringa Faculty of Law, University of Waikato ) summarises criticisms of
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3864-717: The Treaty Principles Bill beyond its first reading. Jones voted in favour of the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill to legalise same-sex marriage in New Zealand in 2012 and 2013. He supported the End of Life Choice Bill at all stages in 2017 and 2019. He supported the Abortion Legislation Bill at its first and second readings in 2019 and 2020. Jones has also attracted scrutiny due to his links to
3956-557: The Treaty is very different, the word 'sovereignty' was translated as kawanatanga ('governance'). And in contradiction to the English language version, Māori retained authority and sovereignty, and did not give this to the Queen. In addition, the English version guaranteed 'undisturbed possession' of all 'properties', but the Māori version guaranteed tino rangatiratanga ('full authority, sovereignty') over taonga ('treasures'). Around 530 to 540 Māori, at least 13 of them women, signed
4048-514: The Treaty of Waitangi intended to transfer sovereignty. The first stage of the report was released in November 2014, and found that Māori chiefs in Northland never agreed to give up their sovereignty when they signed the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. Although the Crown intended to negotiate the transfer of sovereignty through the Treaty, the chiefs' understanding of the agreement was they were only ceding
4140-521: The Treaty of Waitangi itself has little legal standing. The primary means of settling those claims is through direct negotiations with the government of the day. The Treaty of Waitangi was first signed on 6 February 1840 by representatives of the British Crown and Māori chiefs ( rangatira ) from the North Island of New Zealand, with a further 500 signatures added later that year, including some from
4232-430: The Treaty of Waitangi. While it has resulted in putting to rest a number of significant longstanding grievances, the process has been subject to criticisms including those who believe that the redress is insufficient to compensate for Māori losses. The settlements are typically seen as part of a broader Māori Renaissance . The Waitangi Tribunal was set up as the primary means of registering and researching claims because
4324-615: The Treaty settlement processes as being: too heavily weighted in the government's favour', not enough compensation for losses and that the process pits 'Māori against Māori . Research conducted by academics Professor Margaret Mutu and Dr Tiopira McDowell of the University of Auckland found that the purpose of the settlements was to extinguish claims so that claimants cannot have State Owned Enterprise and Crown Forest lands returned to them through binding recommendations. They also interviewed more than 150 claimants and negotiators and found that:
4416-528: The Treaty. Significant research has been undertaken in New Zealand as a result of claims being put to the Waitangi Tribunal. Much of this has been generated by iwi (Māori tribal groups), a lasting example is the Ngāti Awa Research Centre established in 1989. In 1985 the Fourth Labour Government extended the Tribunal's powers to allow it to consider Crown actions dating back to 1840, including
4508-529: The Waitakere Indian Association, National Party leader Simon Bridges , Green Party co-leader James Shaw , and Labour MP Iain Lees-Galloway . The Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon also condemned them as "racist, ignorant and harmful." Jones defended his comments, claiming that members of the Indian community were exploiting their own people. As Forestry Minister, Jones' flagship policy
4600-465: The agreement of hapū to declare their claims settled. During the late 1960s and 1970s the Treaty of Waitangi became the focus of a strong Māori protest movement which rallied around calls for the government to 'honour the treaty' and to 'redress treaty grievances'. Māori expressed their frustration about continuing violations of the treaty and subsequent legislation by government officials, as well as inequitable legislation and unsympathetic decisions by
4692-506: The annual spending in 2018 (excluding capital investment) was about $ 87 billion). The Government settlement process has since 1999 focused mostly on negotiating settlements with iwi (or 'large natural groupings') which has been criticised as not seeking the 'most appropriate social structures for resolving historical Treaty breaches'. Politicians critical include Winston Peters from New Zealand First suggesting in 2002 that too many claims were being allowed. The ACT party criticised
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#17328524048224784-512: The broadcaster Patrick Gower , who described Jones as a "gutless wonder." Ardern, Trade Minister Damien O'Connor , and Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway have disavowed Jones' remarks as not representative of the New Zealand Government. On 5 November 2019, Jones described the community response as a " Bollywood reaction" and claimed that he was speaking for New Zealanders who were anxious about immigration. On 6 November 2019,
4876-474: The claims. David Shearer resigned the Labour leadership in August 2013. Jones was the second MP to declare his candidacy, following Shearer's former deputy leader Grant Robertson. The pair would be joined by the party's economic development spokesperson David Cunliffe , who secured sufficient support from party delegates to win the leadership. Jones later said his candidacy was to honour Labour stalwart Parekura Horomia who had died earlier that year. Jones won
4968-639: The confiscation of a large part of the Waikato and Taranaki . Matiaha Tiramōrehu made the first formal statement of Ngāi Tahu grievances in 1849, only one year after the Canterbury purchase between Ngāi Tahu and Henry Tacy Kemp, this land transaction was very large, 20 million acres for £2,000. Between the 1870s and the 1990s almost every Ngāi Tahu leader was actively pursuing the Ngāi Tahu claim in Parliament. In
5060-458: The deal, referred to as the Sealord deal, marked full and final settlement of Māori commercial fishing claims under the Treaty of Waitangi. This included 50% of Sealord Fisheries and 20% of all new species brought under the quota system, more shares in fishing companies, and $ 18 million in cash. In total it was worth around $ 170 million. This settlement was undertaken under the leadership of
5152-481: The establishment of the Tribunal. Early claims included the "Te Reo Māori" claim. As a result of the Tribunal's report into the claim, in 1987 the government made Te Reo Māori an official language of New Zealand, and established the Maori Language Commission to foster it. The pivotal issue considered by the Tribunal was whether a language could be considered a "treasure" or "taonga", and thus protected by
5244-441: The extent of claims being fully known. The concept of the fiscal envelope was subsequently dropped after the 1996 general election although it remained de facto. Despite the protest, three major settlements during were reached during the 1990s. The Minister of Justice and Treaty Negotiations at the time, Sir Douglas Graham , is credited with leading a largely conservative National government to make these breakthroughs. In 2013
5336-460: The first time. The Waitangi Tribunal , in Te Paparahi o te Raki inquiry (Wai 1040) is in the process of considering the Māori and Crown understandings of He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga / the 1835 Declaration of Independence and Te Tiriti o Waitangi / the Treaty of Waitangi 1840. This aspect of the inquiry raises issues as to the nature of sovereignty and whether the Māori signatories to
5428-415: The fisheries settlement was passed by Parliament in 2004, Jones announced he was interested in standing for the Labour Party at the upcoming election . He was approved as the candidate for the Northland electorate and was ranked 27 on the party list. This was the highest position given by Labour to someone who was not already a member of Parliament. While Jones did not win Northland, he entered Parliament as
5520-512: The immigration charges. The Auditor-General investigation commenced on 30 May 2012. When it reported back the following year, it found no evidence that there was any improper motive, collusion, or political interference in the decision to authorise citizenship. In 2014, while economic development spokesperson, Jones alleged that Progressive Enterprises , owner of Countdown supermarkets , was involved in racketeering and extortion. A Commerce Commission investigation found no evidence to support
5612-409: The issues and extinguish all Māori treaty claims. A key element of the proposals was the creation of a "fiscal envelope" of $ 1 billion for the settlement of all historical claims, an effective limit on what the Crown would pay out in settlements. The Crown held a series of consultation hui around the country, at which Māori vehemently rejected the proposals including such a limitation in advance of
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#17328524048225704-407: The meaning of having and ceding sovereignty . In the English version, Māori ceded the sovereignty of New Zealand to Britain; Māori gave the Crown the exclusive right to purchase lands they wished to sell, and, in return, Māori were guaranteed full ownership of their lands, forests, fisheries and other possessions and were given the rights of British subjects. However, in the Māori language version of
5796-503: The next flight home. Jones' comments were condemned by the Waitakere Indian Association, who called on Ardern and Minister for Ethnic Communities Jenny Salesa to demand a public apology from Jones and to address the Indian community's concerns. A rally in protest of Jones' remarks was held on 3 November 2019 by members of the Migrant Workers Association and Love Aotearoa Hate Racism. Jones' remarks were also condemned by
5888-670: The party list for New Zealand First, above some of the members of the New Zealand First caucus of the Parliament at the time , increasing his chances of re-entering Parliament. New Zealand online magazine The Spinoff hosted a live debate on Facebook with seven of the 2017 election's candidates that the magazine found "most exciting", including Jones, representing New Zealand First. Jones placed third in Whangarei, behind National candidate Shane Reti and Labour candidate Tony Savage, but
5980-487: The party vote, below the five percent threshold needed to enter Parliament. The day after the election, Jones, hungover and dressed in a t-shirt and baseball cap, was one of the first New Zealand First MPs to address media, saying he was "astounded" with Labour's success in the election. Since leaving Parliament for the second time, Jones has provided media commentary critical of the Sixth Labour Government . In
6072-501: The party's tobacco policy. In March 2024, when Jones was asked if he was complying with the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control , which "obliges its parties to protect policy from tobacco industry influence and be completely transparent in its dealings with the industry", he stated that he didn't know about it and was not interested in it. Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission Claims and settlements under
6164-454: The people of New Zealand. The process of negotiating historical claims continued after the 1999 election and the subsequent change in government without radical change to government policy. The models developed for the early settlements remain a strong influence. The first Labour Minister of Treaty Negotiations was Margaret Wilson . On her appointment as Speaker of the House in early 2005, she
6256-582: The period covered by the New Zealand Wars. The number of claims quickly rose, and during the early 1990s, the government began to negotiate settlements of historical (pre-1992) claims. Typically a negotiated Treaty settlement has 'agreed historical account, Crown acknowledgements of Treaty breach, and a Crown apology' and legal extinguishment of all claims. Featured in the Waikato-Tainui Ngāi Tahu settlements in 2009 and all subsequent settlements
6348-584: The power for the Crown to control Pākeha and protect Māori. A month before the report's official release a letter was sent to Te Ururoa Flavell , Minister for Māori Development , to notify him of the Tribunal's conclusion. It was signed by Māori Land Court judge Craig Coxtead . Below is a brief excerpt: We have concluded that in February 1840 the rangatira who signed te Tiriti did not cede their sovereignty . That is, they did not cede their authority to make and enforce law over their people or their territories . rather, they agreed to share power and authority with
6440-530: The process and the concept that 'no amount of money can undo past wrongs'. Public Access New Zealand and the One New Zealand Foundation were lobby groups formed to oppose the aspects of Treaty settlements. The Orewa Speech in 2004 saw the National Party for the first time take up the term "Treaty of Waitangi Grievance Industry". National's Māori Affairs spokeswoman Georgina te Heuheu , who
6532-422: The process has traumatized claimants, divided their communities, and returned on average less than one percent of their stolen lands' with negotiators and claimants reporting that 'despite what settlement legislation may say, the settlements are not full, not fair and not final and that, like all previous settlements, they will be revisited...the Crown adopts divide-and-rule tactics and pursues them ruthlessly...there
6624-442: The ruling as the " Americanisation " of New Zealand's judiciary. Jones also claimed that the tobacco industry was being demonised by politicians, stating "that there's a great deal of catastrophisation and tainting going on with these people in the tobacco industry. They're running an industry that still, the last time I checked, was a legitimate part of the economy." During his 2024 Waitangi Day speech on 6 February, Jones' defended
6716-457: The second half of 2024. He also confirmed that the Government would also amend legislation to make it easier for companies to get permission for oil exploration. Jones argued that reversing the ban on oil and gas exploration would help attract investment and promote economic growth and jobs. The Green Party 's co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick said that reversing the ban would worsen climate change while Labour's energy spokesperson Megan Woods criticised
6808-466: The song to highlight his role in promoting the Government's Provincial Growth Fund. He polled in third place in the electorate. With New Zealand First winning 6.08% of the party vote, he returned to Parliament for a fifth term as a list MP. Jones was appointed the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries , Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Resources, and Associate Minister of Finance and Energy in
6900-470: The spiritual beliefs of Māori. In 2005 the Māori Party and Green Party both criticised Treaty settlements on the grounds that the Crown has too much power in negotiations, that settlements negotiated at an iwi level ignore the rights of hapū (clans or subtribes), and that settlement redress is too parsimonious. While some disagreement remains, parties unanimously supported the legislation to implement
6992-432: The tobacco industry and New Zealand First successfully pressing for the repeal of smoke free legislation as part of its coalition agreement with the National Party. According to Radio New Zealand , Philip Morris International 's external relations director and former NZ First staffer Api Dawson attended Jones' swearing-in ceremony at Parliament in late 2023. Jones also confirmed that Dawson was involved in "soundings" about
7084-445: The votes of seven out of 34 caucus colleagues and a minority of members' and affiliated unions' votes. Crucially, he did not have the support of senior Māori Labour MPs Nanaia Mahuta and Louisa Wall . Ten years later, The Spinoff founder Duncan Grieve would write Jones' candidacy was less an "expectation of success than [a] signal he felt his banishment had ended." On 22 April 2014, Jones announced his intention to step down as
7176-409: Was Associate Minister to Sir Douglas Graham, was replaced in the role by Gerry Brownlee . Specific criticism that members of the National Party have made against settlements is that they are not being negotiated quickly enough, that insufficient attention is being given to ensure that claimant negotiators have the support of their people, and that settlement legislation is giving inappropriate weight to
7268-496: Was a senior opposition MP and unsuccessfully contested the leadership of the Labour Party in a 2013 leadership election . He left parliament the following year for a brief diplomatic career, before returning as a New Zealand First MP at the 2017 general election . Jones was Minister for Regional Economic Development and Minister of Forestry in the Labour–New Zealand First coalition government from 2017 to 2020. He
7360-463: Was at St Stephen's School , a boarding school for Māori boys in Bombay , south of Auckland . His time there overlapped with future Māori Party MPs Hone Harawira and Te Ururoa Flavell . He next studied at Victoria University of Wellington where he earned a Bachelor of Arts. In 1990, he was awarded a Harkness Fellowship to study at Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University where he completed
7452-507: Was charged with making false declarations on immigration documents. On 23 May 2012, Jones stood down from the front bench and his shadow portfolios while an investigation took place. Labour Party leader David Shearer asked the Auditor-General to investigate Jones' handling of the citizenship application. Jones had acted against officials' advice that he should decline the application because of questions about Yan's multiple identities and
7544-419: Was created in 2019 as a searchable record by arms of the Crown to find Treaty settlement commitments as recorded in deeds of settlement and government legislation. The Treaty guaranteed to Māori their lands, forests and fisheries. Over time, however, New Zealand law began to regulate commercial fisheries , so that Māori control was substantially eroded. To resolve this grievance, in 1989 an interim agreement
7636-427: Was due to bad weather which forced a change in his schedule. Four days later, opposition leader Phil Goff demoted Jones along with two other Labour MPs for misuse of ministerial credit cards. As Associate Minister of Immigration in 2008, Jones approved the citizenship application of Labour Party donor, Chinese businessman and later convicted money launderer William Yan, also known as Bill Liu. Four years later, Yan
7728-446: Was elected as one of New Zealand First's nine list MPs. New Zealand First held the balance of power. Jones was part of the negotiating team that ultimately saw Winston Peters select a coalition with Labour over National. Jones was appointed Minister for Infrastructure , Minister of Forestry and Minister for Regional Economic Development and associate minister for finance and transport. As Minister for Regional Economic Development Jones
7820-649: Was elected for a fifth non-consecutive term in Parliament at the 2023 general election , and is Minister for Oceans and Fisheries , Minister for Regional Development, and Minister for Resources in the National–ACT–New Zealand First coalition government . Jones was born in Awanui, near Kaitaia, the eldest of six children to parents Peter, a farmer, and Ruth, a teacher. He is Māori , of Te Aupōuri and Ngāi Takoto descent, as well as having English , Welsh and Croatian ancestry. Jones' secondary education
7912-553: Was followed in the role by Mark Burton . He was replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Michael Cullen in November 2007. In June 2008, the Crown and representatives from seven Māori tribes signed an agreement relating to Crown forest land that was dubbed "Treelords" by the media, because of perceived similarities to the Sealord deal of the 1990s. Like Sealord, it relates to a single issue, but covers multiple tribes. The agreement contains only financial redress, on account against comprehensive settlements to be negotiated with each tribe within
8004-483: Was reached. The Crown transferred 10 percent of New Zealand's fishing quota (some 60,000 tonnes), together with shareholdings in fishing companies and $ 50 million in cash, to the Waitangi Fisheries Commission. This commission was responsible for holding the fisheries assets on behalf of Māori until an agreement was reached as to how the assets were to be shared among tribes. In 1992, a second part of
8096-404: Was redress described in these three areas: a historical account of grievances and an apology, a financial package of cash and transfer of assets (no compulsory acquisition of private land), and cultural redress, where a range of Māori interests are acknowledged which often related to sites of interest and Māori association with the environment. While early Tribunal recommendations mainly concerned
8188-794: Was responsible for the $ 3 billion Provincial Growth Fund and announced a number of grants for the development of various regions, e.g. for Southland, the West Coast, the Wairarapa and Kaipara District . The first grants in February 2018 included $ 6 million for the Whanganui rail line, $ 5 million for the Napier-Wairoa rail line and $ 2.3 million for the Gisborne port. Further grants were announced for Hillside Engineering in South Dunedin ($ 20 million) as
8280-573: Was that the Post Settlement Commitment Unit on completion of settlements would replace the Office of Treaty Settlements. The register was created and Finlayson states of the register, "By the time I left office, over 7000 commitments had been entered into various deeds of settlement." In 2018 the Post Settlement Commitment Unit was incorporated into a new Crown agency Te Arawhiti (Office for Māori Crown Relations). The web-portal Te Haeata
8372-528: Was to plant one billion trees. A farmers' protest in November 2019 against the Government's forestry policy caught Jones' ire; he described them as "rednecks." Federated Farmers vice president Andrew Hoggard described Jones' comments as unhelpful and alleged that the Government was ignoring the agricultural sector's concerns. In 2020, Jones described climate change activists for advocating reduced meat consumption as "medieval torture chamber workers" hellbent on "preaching this gospel of absolutism" in response to
8464-508: Was twice removed from his portfolios under controversy. On 10 June 2010, after the release of ministerial credit card records, Jones admitted to having used a Crown credit card for personal expenditure, but assured the public that he had reimbursed the Crown in full for the expenditure. Later that day Jones admitted that he had used the card to hire pornographic films at hotels while on ministerial business. The credit card record showed that he chartered an executive jet for $ 1200, which he claimed
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