Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 25, 2019 16:28:40 GMT 12
SOUTH WAIKATO IWI ADVANCES TREATY CLAIM ON SITES OF MERCURY DAM, POWER STATIONS
A South Waikato iwi has won the right to challenge a decision over land where NZX-listed power business Mercury NZ has a dam and two stations.
The Raukawa Settlement Trust can now progress its position after a successful judicial review in the High Court at Wellington.
That overturned the Waitangi Tribunal's decision last October, withdrawing Raukawa's right to appear as an interested party in proceedings.
At stake is an application by Wairarapa Moana for the return of land in Mangakino, the site of Mercury's hydroelectricity dam and Maraetai 1 and 2 power stations.
Raukawa is claiming mana whenua over the land and won the case Raukawa Settlement Trust v The Waitangi Tribunal and others.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12215979
A South Waikato iwi has won the right to challenge a decision over land where NZX-listed power business Mercury NZ has a dam and two stations.
The Raukawa Settlement Trust can now progress its position after a successful judicial review in the High Court at Wellington.
That overturned the Waitangi Tribunal's decision last October, withdrawing Raukawa's right to appear as an interested party in proceedings.
At stake is an application by Wairarapa Moana for the return of land in Mangakino, the site of Mercury's hydroelectricity dam and Maraetai 1 and 2 power stations.
Raukawa is claiming mana whenua over the land and won the case Raukawa Settlement Trust v The Waitangi Tribunal and others.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12215979