Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 28, 2021 2:30:01 GMT 12
RIGHT OF IWI TO CHARGE COMMERCIAL OPERATORS ON LAKE TAUPŌ CONFIRMED AT HIGH COURT
A declaratory judgment from the High Court has finally settled years of contention about the right of iwi to require licences and charge commercial operators on Lake Taupō.
Ngāti Tūwharetoa, declared Justice Gwyn’s decision, had the right to do both.
The central North Island iwi had been confirmed as owner of the lake bed, the space occupied by the water and the airspace above the lake, via the Taupō Deed, by the Government in 1992 and in modifications to the deed in 2007.
Board chairman John Bishara welcomed the ruling.
“The trust board is pleased that the High Court has upheld the property rights of Ngāti Tūwharetoa in our taonga, Taupō moana,” he said......
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/125868960/right-of-iwi-to-charge-commercial-operators-on-lake-taup-confirmed-at-high-court
A declaratory judgment from the High Court has finally settled years of contention about the right of iwi to require licences and charge commercial operators on Lake Taupō.
Ngāti Tūwharetoa, declared Justice Gwyn’s decision, had the right to do both.
The central North Island iwi had been confirmed as owner of the lake bed, the space occupied by the water and the airspace above the lake, via the Taupō Deed, by the Government in 1992 and in modifications to the deed in 2007.
Board chairman John Bishara welcomed the ruling.
“The trust board is pleased that the High Court has upheld the property rights of Ngāti Tūwharetoa in our taonga, Taupō moana,” he said......
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/125868960/right-of-iwi-to-charge-commercial-operators-on-lake-taup-confirmed-at-high-court