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Ngāti Hine leader Waihoroi Shortland addresses the crowd gathered at the Treaty Grounds at the handover ceremony for Waitangi Tribunal’s Te Paparahi o Te Raki stage two, part one report, on Saturday 9 December 2023.
Caption:Ngāti Hine leader Waihoroi Shortland addresses the crowd gathered at the Treaty Grounds.Photo credit:RNZ/ Peter de GraafRehia Rameka issues a challenge to presiding officer Craig Coxhead as members of the Waitangi Tribunal arrive at the Treaty Grounds.RNZ/ Peter de GraafCultural group Te Pito Whenua performs a haka pōwhiri as members of the Waitangi Tribunal are welcomed onto the Treaty Grounds.RNZ/ Peter de GraafPhotos of Tribunal members and claimants who did not live to see the final report are displayed on the porch of Te Whare Rūnanga.RNZ/ Peter de GraafWaitangi Tribunal deputy director Sandra Edmonds reads a summary of the report.RNZ/ Peter de GraafTe Ihutai kaumātua Pai Tahere accepts a copy of the Waitangi Tribunal report, on behalf of Hokianga claimants, from presiding officer Craig Coxhead.RNZ/ Peter de GraafWhangaroa claimant Pat Tauroa, holding the report in a flax kete, challenges tribunal members to give a copy to the new prime minister.RNZ/ Peter de GraafNoted Ngāpuhi academic Hone Sadler addresses the Waitangi Tribunal.RNZ/ Peter de GraafLabour list MP and grandson of Sir James Henare, Peeni Henare, addresses the Tribunal.RNZ/ Peter de Graaf
The late Kihi Ngatai addresses hapū members at Rāwhiti Marae, in the Bay of Islands, during a 2013 site visit for the Waitangi Tribunal’s long-running Te Paparahi o Te Raki Inquiry. Photo: Peter de Graaf 
Note RNZ shouldn’t be named in the credit. These are photos from Peter’s archive.
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