Organizations in New Zealand Context

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Introduction
Business in the New Zealand context offered comprehensive insights and established a
pathway to wide-ranging Maori and Non-Maori businesses. It is the value of the Treaty of
Waitangi (TOW) that people in New Zealand business operate across well-equipped practice
areas to offer commercial, strategic as well as regulatory propositions (Came, Cornes &
McCreanor, 2018). New Zealand organisations exhibit a high level of commitment towards
Maori clients and relentlessly endeavour to develop the way the New Zealanders work. Such
behaviour not only signifies efficiently understanding clients but further proving a high level of
assurance and loyalty to sustainable associations and improving the way organisations
competently offer services to the client in these areas (Wilson, 2017). The following paper will
evaluate the significance of principles laid by the Treaty of Waitangi in the New Zealand
business operations. Furthermore, the paper will significantly explore ways in which these
principles of the TOW have impacted and will pose implications in the potential strategies of the
Rotorua Lakefront development plans.
Discussion
Treaty of Waitangi significance on New Zealand business
The Treaty of Waitangi (TOW) is identified as an exclusive agreement of New Zealand
that was signed between the Queen of England and the Maori chiefs as a significant covenant
during the 1840’s (Came, Cornes & McCreanor, 2018). The primary purpose of the Treaty was
to facilitate the British colonisers and the Maori communities to live in an amalgamation in New
Zealand under the implication of a universal set of regulations and agreements. Martin, (2015)
denotes that the TOW serves significant impact as it efficiently ensures rights and authorities of
both the Maori and Pakeha communities. Furthermore, one of the criticalities of the Treaty lied

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on successfully identifying the possessions and rights of Maori land and properties and further
protecting their lifestyles and other possessions (Wilson, 2017). The TOW also held the
government accountable for addressing the grievances of Indigenous people and further
establishes egalitarianism and fairness among the population of New Zealand.
The TOW thus has been posing significant implications on New Zealanders in several
ways specifically in ways they have been operating their businesses. Stark, (2015) reveals that
the influx of British colonizers in New Zealand led to the loss of land from the Maoris .
However, the principles set by the TOW ensure the rights and authorities of Maori resulting in
the establishment of large settlements from monetary terms and land. Several iwi communities
have been employing such strategies to proficiently execute business and further comprise vital
employers in New Zealand such as Wakatu Corporate (Wilson, 2017). The TOW principles
further serve critical roles in New Zealand business as it tends to offer the Maori communities
with similar authorities as the Pakeha concerning executing businesses. However, Jacobson et
al., (2016) mention that there can be found no concrete list of treaty principles. Furthermore,
official documents referred to the treaty values and beliefs through generalized terms without
incorporating the actual treaty transcript. Such a decision was made as the English, and Maori
versions of the agreement do not provide direct translations of each other thus resulting in higher
levels of misinterpretations.
Working with Maori business
Brown, (2014) found that acknowledging the Treaty can be beneficial for the New
Zealanders not only regarding employing people from Maori communities but also execute its
business with Marion enterprises. Reports reveal that Maori enterprises comprise around 2% of
the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) with approximate annual revenue of over 2.5 billion