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The Waitangi Tribunal has found the Crown's decision to exclude the Treaty from a draft geothermal development strategy would be a Treaty breach.

The strategy was developed by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment with the aim of doubling New Zealand's geothermal energy by 2040.

Minister for Māori Development and Minister for Māori Crown Relations Tama Potaka, Minister for RMA Reform Chris Bishop and Minister for Resources Shane Jones were involved in the draft.

On 7 November the Waitangi Tribunal held a discre

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