The Climate Change priority inquiry (Wai 3325)
The Ministry is the lead agency for the Crown’s response to the Waitangi Tribunal’s Climate Change priority inquiry.
In February 2024, the Tribunal granted an application for a priority kaupapa inquiry into climate change policy. The inquiry (Wai 3325) addresses the physical, spiritual, and socioeconomic impacts of climate change policies on Māori.
Claims addressed in the Wai 3325 inquiry cover a range of kaupapa including:
- Climate targets, emission reduction budgets and plans, the Emissions Trading Scheme, national adaptation plans, and exemption of sectors in particular agriculture
- Enabling and resourcing Māori to respond to climate change (including risk of natural hazards to Māori land)
- Disproportionate impacts of climate change on Māori
- Incorporation of mātauranga Māori and Te Ao Māori into climate policy
- Protection and preservation of taonga from impacts of climate change.
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The Wai 3325 priority inquiry panel consists of:
- Judge Stephanie Milroy
- Prue Kapua
- Professor David Williams
- Kevin Prime CNZM, MBE
- Basil Morrison CNZM, JP
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Contact enquiries@mcert.govt.nz for more information.