Crown breached Treaty by stripping school boards of legal duty, tribunal finds
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The Waitangi Tribunal found that the Crown breached Te Tiriti o Waitangi. This happened because the Crown abruptly removed the legal duty of school boards to give effect to the Treaty. The decision caused widespread confusion across the sector. It also damaged relations between Māori and the Crown.
The Crown breached Te Tiriti o Waitangi by abruptly stripping school boards of their legal duty to give effect to the Treaty, creating widespread sector confusion and damaging Māori-Crown relations, the Waitangi Tribunal has found.