记者 Ainsley Thomson 报道：新西兰怀唐伊法庭（Waitangi Tribunal）成立五十年来一直受理关于违反国家建国文件《怀唐伊条约》的索赔，民族主义政党新西兰第一党（New Zealand First）在其竞选政策中提出将废除该法庭。
By Ainsley Thomson New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal, which has heard claims of breaches of the nation’s founding document for five decades, would be abolished under an election policy unveiled by nationalist party New Zealand First.
该党领袖温斯顿·彼得斯（Winston Peters）拥有毛利血统，长期反对他认为给予毛利人优待的政策。他表示，其党将“终结《怀唐伊条约》申诉产业”，回归全民享有平等权利的公民身份。该党称将在11月7日大选后100天内提出立法，废除法庭并以《怀唐伊条约》完成委员会取而代之。
Leader Winston Peters, who is of Māori descent and has long opposed policies that he says give Māori preferential treatment, said his party would “end the Treaty of Waitangi grievance industry” and get back to everyone being equal citizens with equal rights. The party said it will propose legislation within 100 days of the election on Nov. 7 to scrap the tribunal and replace it with the Treaty of Waitangi Completion Commission.
作为现任联合政府三党之一的领袖，彼得斯称该法庭已从“合理的设立”演变为受理“虚构不满”的机构。他在北岛陶朗加市的演讲中指出：“‘怀唐伊条约法庭’已成为一个‘制造工作的组织’，现在它受理任何和所有索赔，而在过去这些索赔在申请阶段就会被驳回为不当。”
Peters, whose party is one of three in the current coalition government, said the tribunal has gone from a “justifiable establishment,” to one that hears “imaginary grievances.”
《怀唐伊条约》是1840年毛利人与英国王室签署的协议，长期以来一直是政治辩论的核心。自1975年以来，已提交超过2500项索赔，许多涉及历史不满。只有毛利人可向该法庭提交索赔，该法庭是由议会法案设立的常设调查委员会，并非法院，其建议通常对政府无约束力。
“The Treaty of Waitangi Tribunal has become a make ‘work organization,’” Peters said in a speech in the North Island city of Tauranga on Saturday. “Now it’s hearing any and all claims that in a former time would’ve been dismissed on application as being inappropriate.” The Treaty of Waitangi, an 1840 agreement between Māori and the British Crown, has long been at the center of political debate. Since 1975, more than 2,500 claims have beened, many involving historic grievances. Only Māori can lodge claims with the tribunal, a permanent commission of inquiry established by an Act of Parliament. It is not a court and its recommendations are generally not binding on the government.
新西兰第一党表示，新委员会将在2008年前最终解决所有索赔，此后其工作将告终。当代索赔、现代政策分歧及和解后的领导事务将由毛利发展部负责。
New Zealand First said the new commission will finalize all claims prior to 2008, after which time its work will be finished. Contemporary claims, modern policy differences and post-settlement leadership will be the responsibility of the Ministry of Māori Development.
同样属于联合政府一员的自由意志党（ACT Party）也承诺完成历史和解并撤销该法庭。
The libertarian ACT Party, which is also part of the coalition, has pledged to finish historic settlements and wind-up the tribunal.