Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 4, 2024 5:00:13 GMT 12
MĀORI WIN CUSTOMARY TITLE OVER TOKOMARU BAY ON EAST COAST
The entire stretch of Tokomaru Bay on the East Coast will be subject to a joint customary marine title for two hapū, and extending up to four miles out to sea.
A High Court judge has found the two groups, who during the case settled a dispute over boundaries for their rights, had proven they had held the area under tikanga, or custom, without substantial interruption since 1840.
Justice Helen Cull dismissed claims from the seafood industry that its commercial fishing had depleted the fish stocks of the waters to a point that had effectively ‘interrupted’ the two hapū’s use. The industry was also unsuccessful in arguing that commerce through the Waima Wharf, freezing works and shipping from the bay for over half a century had done so......
newsroom.co.nz/2024/05/03/maori-win-customary-title-over-tokomaru-bay-on-east-coast/
The entire stretch of Tokomaru Bay on the East Coast will be subject to a joint customary marine title for two hapū, and extending up to four miles out to sea.
A High Court judge has found the two groups, who during the case settled a dispute over boundaries for their rights, had proven they had held the area under tikanga, or custom, without substantial interruption since 1840.
Justice Helen Cull dismissed claims from the seafood industry that its commercial fishing had depleted the fish stocks of the waters to a point that had effectively ‘interrupted’ the two hapū’s use. The industry was also unsuccessful in arguing that commerce through the Waima Wharf, freezing works and shipping from the bay for over half a century had done so......
newsroom.co.nz/2024/05/03/maori-win-customary-title-over-tokomaru-bay-on-east-coast/