Evidence of claimant concerns with the Sample Clauses

Evidence of claimant concerns with the engagement process We heard a range of evidence from claimant witnesses concerned about their experience of the Crown’s engagement process In particular, they referred to the timing of the engagement, whom the Crown engaged with, its methods of engage- ment, and the cultural competency of those involved in the engagement process Claimant Xxxxx Xxxxxxx stated: one of the key Māori concerns that this Tribunal must confront in addressing this issue is simply that consultation is often carried out too late, is too brief and that, on occasion, isolated individuals have been expected to respond on behalf of one or more hapū or iwi, or sometimes on a national basis 29 Xx Xxxxxxx said that the claimants had the ‘almost impossible task of speaking on behalf of Māori within Crown [prescribed] processes and timelines with the added pressure of resource constraints because most of the work that we do is done as obligations to be fulfilled for our people’ 30 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, the executive director of the New Zealand Māori Council, presented evidence in support of this view and argued that Māori are usually engaged or consulted only after the fact, which leaves them ‘stuck between a rock 24. Ibid, p 59 25. Ibid, p 62 26. Ibid, p 6 27. Ibid, pp 73–74 28. Ibid, pp 57, 70–72 29. Document B9, p 3