Intellectual property laws and Maori culture and identity: Recent developments in New Zealand on the Ko Aotearoa Tenei report

In New Zealand, the Waitangi Tribunal's highly significant Ko Aotearoa Tenei Report on the Wai 262 claim was handed down in 2011. The Wai 262 claim concerned the protection of Indigenous Maori culture and identity, and was one of the largest and most complex in the Waitangi Tribunal's history. The inquiry took 20 years, and examined processes and policies of a large number of government departments and agencies. While the recommendations from the Report are yet to be legislatively implemented, the Labour Government has recently indicated its commitment to progress the various issues raised in Ko Aotearoa Tenei.