Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 31, 2021 3:12:37 GMT 12
WAITANGI TRIBUNAL DECISION 'INCONSISTENT' WITH TREATY TIKANGA
A Wairarapa iwi’s attempt to claim ownership over $800 million of public assets, including land as far north as Waikato, has been knocked back in a precedent-setting court decision.
In its decision published on Tuesday, the High Court ruled the Waitangi Tribunal was not consistent with the “tikanga of the Treaty” when it proposed awarding land including a hydropower scheme at Mangakino to a Wairarapa iwi.
The High Court upheld judicial review challenges brought by the Crown, Mercury NZ Ltd, and the Raukawa Settlement Trust against a decision that lands be returned to Wairarapa-based Ngāti Kahungunu for historic breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi......
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/124698096/waitangi-tribunal-decision-inconsistent-with-treaty-tikanga
A Wairarapa iwi’s attempt to claim ownership over $800 million of public assets, including land as far north as Waikato, has been knocked back in a precedent-setting court decision.
In its decision published on Tuesday, the High Court ruled the Waitangi Tribunal was not consistent with the “tikanga of the Treaty” when it proposed awarding land including a hydropower scheme at Mangakino to a Wairarapa iwi.
The High Court upheld judicial review challenges brought by the Crown, Mercury NZ Ltd, and the Raukawa Settlement Trust against a decision that lands be returned to Wairarapa-based Ngāti Kahungunu for historic breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi......
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/124698096/waitangi-tribunal-decision-inconsistent-with-treaty-tikanga