E37 28 November 2025: Recent Legal Claims Against the Crown :
As noted in Pānui 34/2025, this month the Wai Manawa Whenua collective filed a claim in the Wellington High Court seeking a judicial ruling to
As noted in Pānui 34/2025, this month the Wai Manawa Whenua collective filed a claim in the Wellington High Court seeking a judicial ruling to
Review Summary: Regional councils’ relationships with iwi and hapū for freshwater management Last month the Controller and Auditor-General, John Ryan, released a report on the
On Wednesday the Water Services Entities Amendment Bill passed its third reading and will become law upon receiving Royal Assent. (We reviewed aspects of this
Over the past two weeks Pānui has focused on economic and environmental matters, providing reviews in the areas of international trade, fisheries, climate change, resource
The Water Services Entities Amendment Bill is speedily making its way through Parliament, having completed Select Committee processes in less than a month, and is
This week it was Wellington’s turn for an adverse weather event, with a storm that overwhelmed their wastewater treatment plant meaning both sewage and storm
Title: Cabinet Paper: Protecting and Promoting Iwi/Māori interests in the New Three Water Service Delivery Model: Paper Three (June 2021). Publisher & Date: Department of
We have undertaken a review of the Cabinet agreements concerning Te Tiriti and mana whenua policy matters within the ‘three waters’ management reforms. This follows
Title: Reflecting On Our Work About Water Management Publisher & Date: Office of the Auditor General (OAG): February 2020 Type of Document: Accountability report Length,
Waitangi Tribunal Freshwater Report Contextual summary In regard to the Waitangi Tribunal Report on freshwater, while there are many aspects within this inquiry, its genesis
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