Tirohanga whānui
I te tau 2012, ka whakamana te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi i te tono mō te nohoanga ohotata ki ngā kerēme e rua mō ngā mōtika puritanga Māori ki ngā horahanga wai māori me ngā rauemi ngāwhā:
- Ko te kerēme mō te Sale of Power Generating State-Owned Enterprises (Wai 2357) e hāngai ana ki te kaupapahere o te Karauna kia whakawhiti ki te puritanga tūmataiti ngā hinonga Kāwanatanga e whā (kamupene hiko) me te kore whakahaumaru, whakarato rānei mō ngā mōtika Māori ki ngā rauemi wai e whakamahia ana e ngā kamupene.
- Ko te kaupapa o te kerēme National Water and Geothermal (Wai 2358) e pā ana ki ngā whakahou whakahaere rauemi o te Karauna, ka kī ngā kaikerēme e ahu whakamua ana ahakoa kāhore he mahere kia aro atu, kia whakarato hoki mō ngā mōtika me ngā pānga Māori ki te wai.
I whakawehea te ruku tātari ki ngā wāhanga, e āhei ai te wāhanga ohotata te rangona tuatahitia – ngā mōtika me ngā pānga Māori ki te wai māori me te pānga torohū o te hokonga e tata ana o ngā whaipānga i roto i tētahi o ngā kamupene hiko hinonga Kāwanatanga e whā. Ko te arotahi o te wāhanga tuarua ko te kaupapa whakahaere wai māori o te Karauna me ana whakahou. Ka arotahi te wāhanga tuatoru o te ruku tātari ki ngā mōtika me ngā pānga Māori ki ngā rauemi ngāwhā.
Wāhanga 1 o te ruku tātari
I tū ngā nohoanga mō te wāhanga tuatahi o te ruku tātari i te tau 2012 i raro i te nohoanga ohotata. E hāngai ana ngā nohoanga ki ngā mōtika me ngā pānga Māori ki te wai i te tau 1840, ā, me te pānga o te hoko a te Karauna i ana pānga i roto i ngā kamupene hiko hinonga Kāwanatanga e marohitia ana. Ka tuku te Taraipiunara i te pūrongo taupua wāhanga tuatahi i te Ākuhata 2012 me tana pūrongo whakamutunga mō te wāhanga tuatahi i te Tīhema o 2012.
E ai ki te Taraipiunara:
'He nui te hononga i waenga i te rawa ka whakawhitia (ngā pānga ki ngā kamupene hiko) me te kerēme a Ngāi Māori (ki ngā mōtika ki te wai e whakamahia ana e ngā kamupene hiko), e rawaka ana kia herea te aukati i te hokonga mēnā ka tuku te take o te aronga me te whakatikahanga mōtika i tua atu i te āheinga o te Karauna ki te whakatutuki i ērā.