Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 10, 2018 16:18:42 GMT 12
COURT ORDERS PROTESTERS TO LEAVE HATO PETERA COLLEGE SITE
A High Court judge has ordered Māori protesters to leave the former Hato Petera College site in Northcote within 48 hours.
Judge Pheroze Jagose has found that the Catholic Bishop of Auckland's substantive case to ownership of the disputed land "seems overwhelming", and has granted the bishop an order to the protesters to leave the land and remove their property within 48 hours.
However he declined a request by the church's lawyer Ben Upton for a further order authorising police to use force if necessary to evict the protest group, which has been occupying the site since mid-August.
The judgment means the church may have to go back to the High Court to seek an arrest order if the protesters do not comply with the order to leave......
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A High Court judge has ordered Māori protesters to leave the former Hato Petera College site in Northcote within 48 hours.
Judge Pheroze Jagose has found that the Catholic Bishop of Auckland's substantive case to ownership of the disputed land "seems overwhelming", and has granted the bishop an order to the protesters to leave the land and remove their property within 48 hours.
However he declined a request by the church's lawyer Ben Upton for a further order authorising police to use force if necessary to evict the protest group, which has been occupying the site since mid-August.
The judgment means the church may have to go back to the High Court to seek an arrest order if the protesters do not comply with the order to leave......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12139969