Overview of Wai 262 Claim

* Known as the flora and fauna claim.
* Seeks rights around indigenous flora and fauna and other taonga.
* Taonga includes traditional knowledge and intellectual property rights over cultural ideas, design, language and much more.
* Legislation is said to breach the Treaty of Waitangi in this respect.
* Claimants also say the Crown has breached the Treaty by failing to protect tino rangatiratanga (sovereignty) and kaitiakitanga (guardianship) over flora, fauna and other taonga.
* Last year the Waitangi Tribunal released a chapter of its report on Wai 262, finding Te Reo Maori to be nearly at crisis point.
* The Tribunal will release the complete wai 262 report at Roma Marae in Ahipara on the 2nd July 2011.
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Te Rarawa Taumata - Media Release Jan 2014

Saana Murray's message to the Crown

Saana Murray is the last living claimant of six who first lodged the Wai 262 claim more than 20 years ago.