Task 1:
Read the findings of the
Waitangi
Tribunal Taranaki Report (1996)
and summarise the findings of the case.
List all the violations of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Task 2:
What are the feelings of the people of Taranaki and people representing the government?
Task 3:
In groups, come up with three ideas/solutions about how the Maori of Taranaki and people in the government should proceed from here. You can use the process of the Waitangi Tribunal (see activity 9) as an idea, but you need to describe how it works.
Task 4:
Look at the positive and negative consequences of the ideas you have toward between relationships and resolving past issues in Taranaki.
Task 5:
Choose one of your ideas/solutions and explain why you would choose that one. Explain which of the thinking hats you would choose to use most as you attempt to improve relationships in Taranaki.
Reflect on your own work by asking the question:
What influenced the choices I made in Task 3?
Task 6:
Examine what the government has done so far (through the
Waitangi Tribunal) to repair relationships in Taranaki.
