Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 3, 2024 5:18:19 GMT 12
NGĀTI MANUHIRI AND NGĀTI WHĀTUA MAY FIGHT CHANGES TO CUSTOMARY TITLES DESPITE THEIR COURT DISPUTE
Ngāti Manuhiri and Ngāti Whātua may join forces to try to stop the proposed legislation to nullify a Court of Appeal decision and amend the Marine and Coastal Area Act (MACAA), even though the two iwi are in court opposing each other over a giant landfill in Dome Valley.
Terrence ‘Mook’ Hohneck, chair of Ngāti Manuhiri Settlement Trust, told Te Ao Māori News his iwi would be willing to work with the opposing iwi.
“We made no secret about it that anything that repeals the current act. Ngāti Manuhiri has a long coastline and joining that is the coastline of our whanaunga ,so we definitely have issues with that....
www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/08/02/ngati-manuhiri-and-ngati-whatua-may-to-customary-titles-despite-their-court-dispute/
Ngāti Manuhiri and Ngāti Whātua may join forces to try to stop the proposed legislation to nullify a Court of Appeal decision and amend the Marine and Coastal Area Act (MACAA), even though the two iwi are in court opposing each other over a giant landfill in Dome Valley.
Terrence ‘Mook’ Hohneck, chair of Ngāti Manuhiri Settlement Trust, told Te Ao Māori News his iwi would be willing to work with the opposing iwi.
“We made no secret about it that anything that repeals the current act. Ngāti Manuhiri has a long coastline and joining that is the coastline of our whanaunga ,so we definitely have issues with that....
www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/08/02/ngati-manuhiri-and-ngati-whatua-may-to-customary-titles-despite-their-court-dispute/