Editing Taonga (section)

===Radio frequencies===
In June 1986, the Waitangi Tribunal received the Wai 26 claim that the [[Treaty of Waitangi]] was breached by the Crown proceeding to introduce legislation related to Māori language before the delivery of the Tribunal's "Report on the Te Reo Maori Claim", and as a consequence, the Māori people would be denied their claims for radio frequencies and a television channel.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010715203845/http://www.knowledge-basket.co.nz/waitangi/reports/wai26.html Report of the Waitangi Tribunal on Claims Concerning the Allocation of Radio Frequencies]</ref> In June 1990 claim Wai 150 was lodged by Sir [[Graham Latimer]] on behalf of the [[New Zealand Maori Council]]. The claim was in respect of their [[rangatiratanga]] over the allocation of radio frequencies; the claim being that in the absence of an agreement with the Māori, the sale of frequency management licences under the Radiocommunications Act 1989 would be in breach of the [[Treaty of Waitangi]].<ref>{{cite book |title= The Maori Broadcasting Claim: A Pakeha Economist's Perspective|publisher=Brian Easton|year=1990|url= http://www.eastonbh.ac.nz/?p=293|accessdate=1 September 2011}}</ref> The Waitangi Tribunal amalgamated the Wai 26 with the Wai 150 claim,<ref>{{cite book |title= Report of the Waitangi Tribunal on Claims Concerning the Allocation of Radio Frequencies (Wai 26)|publisher=Waitangi Tribunal |year=1990|url=http://www.waitangitribunal.govt.nz/reports/summary.asp?reportid={079F3543-0DDE-48E5-81B5-827FDFD73F12} |accessdate=1 September 2011}}</ref> with the final report of the Tribunal recommending that the Crown suspend the radio frequency tender process and proceed to negotiate with the iwi.<ref>{{cite book |title= Radio Spectrum Management and Development Final Report (Wai 776)|publisher=Waitangi Tribunal |year=1999|url= http://www.waitangi-tribunal.govt.nz/reports/view.asp?reportID=9b5ed50e-e089-4d64-8961-aea664b9a08d|accessdate=1 September 2011}}</ref>