24.         Three weeks of that inquiry were devoted to the presentation of historical and traditional evidence in support of the many breaches of the Treaty suffered by the Marutūāhu and Patukirikiri I Ngāti Tumutumu at the hands of the Crown.

25.         These claims were supported by the independent historical evidence of:

>            Dr Michael Belgrave / Dr Tracey Tulloch / Dr Grant Young: The Marutūāhu Historical Overview Summary - Volume Six³. (Volume One is the primary report⁴).

>            Dr Grant Young / Dr Michael Belgrave: The Operation of the Native Land Court in Hauraki Summary - Volume Seven⁵. (Volume Two is the primary report⁶).

>            Ms Emma Stevens: Nine Marutūāhu Land Blocks Summary - Volume Eight ⁷ . (Volumes Three and Three-A are the primary reports⁸).

>            Dr Cybele Locke: The Social and Economic Circumstances of the Marutūāhu 1840 to 1860 Summary - Volume Nine⁹. (Volume Four is the primary report¹⁰).

>            Dr Mervyl McPherson / Dr Michael Belgrave: A Socio-Demographic Profile of Marutūāhu and Pare Hauraki Summary - Volume Ten¹¹. (Volume Five is the primary report¹²).

26.         Volumes Four - Five and Nine - Ten of the Marutūāhu Historical reports were very influential in certain of the findings in the Tribunal’s Hauraki Report, and are of direct relevance in the Tauranga Moana Inquiry.

27.          In the Prologue to Part VI of its Hauraki Report (entitled Socio-Economic Impacts of Colonisation on Hauraki Maori), the Tribunal stated:¹³

“We have seen [after 150 years of British colonisation] ... that Hauraki iwi are left with only about 2.6 per cent of the land in the claim area in their possession, and that the Crown conceded in closing submissions that its aggressive land purchasing policy ‘contributed to’ the landlessness of Hauraki iwi. However, Crown counsel has also stated that it is ‘not ... acknowledging that landlessness equated with poverty. The

³     Wai 686, Document V6.

⁴     Wai 686, Document V1.

⁵     Wai 686, Document V7.

⁶     Wai 686, Document V2.

⁷     Wai 686, Document V8.

⁸     Wai 686, Document V3, V3(a).

⁹     Wai 686, Document V9.

¹⁰     Wai 686, Document V4.

¹¹     Wai 686, Document V10.

¹²     Wai 686, Document V5.

¹³    Page 1163.