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1. Records from W5435 were refoldered and reboxed upon transfer. The new folders have been given a folder number in square brackets and this is considered the record number. These folders may hold multiple documents.
2. Some records pre-date the establishment of the Waitangi Tribunal Division.
This series comprises the official reports and documents associated with various claims made at the Waitangi Tribunal.
Each claim is given the 'WAI' prefix and a running number e.g. WAI-27. Accompanying documents are then assigned an individual alpha-numeric code based on the hearing in which the documents were admitted to the record, e.g. all records admitted at the eight hearing of a particular claim would be assigned an 'H', and then a running number. Only records from completed claims are transferred to Archives New Zealand. Archives New Zealand hold documents from:
WAI-22 - Muriwhenua Fishing Claim
WAI-27 - Ngai Tahu Claim
WAI-150 - Broadcasting
WAI-150 - Broadcasting
WAI-33 - Pouakani Claim
WAI-32 Te Nagae Mission Farm Claim
WAI-17 - Mangonui Claim
WAI-11 - Te Reo Claim
WAI-10 - Waiheke Claim
WAI-9 - Orakei Claim
WAI-8 - Manuaku Claim
WAI-38 - Te Roroa Claim
WAI-32 - Ngati Rangiteaorere Claim
WAI-315 - Te Maunga Railway Land Claim
WAI-27 - Ngai Tahu Ancillary Claims
WAI-350 - Maori Development Corporation Claim
WAI-4 - Kaituna Claim
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Series
21471
1974 ‑
Open
This series comprises the reports and documents that accompany claims made to the Waitangi Tribunal.
Wellington repository
1. Records from W5435 were refoldered and reboxed upon transfer. The new folders have been given a folder number in square brackets and this is considered the record number. These folders may hold multiple documents.
2. Some records pre-date the establishment of the Waitangi Tribunal Division.
Files
No restrictions.
This series comprises the official reports and documents associated with various claims made at the Waitangi Tribunal.
Each claim is given the 'WAI' prefix and a running number e.g. WAI-27. Accompanying documents are then assigned an individual alpha-numeric code based on the hearing in which the documents were admitted to the record, e.g. all records admitted at the eight hearing of a particular claim would be assigned an 'H', and then a running number. Only records from completed claims are transferred to Archives New Zealand. Archives New Zealand hold documents from:
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π How does it work?
The search results displayed here are sourced directly from the backend of Archives NZ's publicly available Collections Search system, in almost exactly the same way that the official website works, but organised and displayed differently.
To start with, you can do a straight-forward search with a few keywords and an optional date range and whether to focus on digitised items. You then have the option to filter the results futher (such as by Series and Format - photos, documents, etc).
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Only 12 search results are displayed at a time
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I have no way of identifying you as a person, or associating your search queries with you.
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π Who made this?
I'm Luke Howison, a freelance web developer with an interest in genealogy. I have written a few homebrew tools to assist with this research, such as NZ Ancestor Search Helper.