Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith (Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou) and Dr Thomas Roa (Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato Tainui) have been appointed to the Waitangi Tribunal.

Professor Smith and Dr Roa join Dr Aroha Harris, Basil Morrison, Dr Robyn Anderson and Dr Ann Parsonson who have all been reappointed to the Tribunal for three-year terms.