Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 11, 2018 17:19:46 GMT 12
IWI’S GULF ISLAND RIGHTS TO BE TESTED
The Supreme Court has been asked to decide if an iwi's manaakitanga over an area gives it the right to effectively veto commercial operations there.
A University of Auckland legal expert who specialises in indigenous cases, Associate Professor Claire Charters, says this will be an important decision that all iwi will be keeping an eye on.
The case it will look at involves Auckland iwi Ngāi Tai, which recently lost a Court of Appeal case over the Department of Conservation’s issuing of five-year tourism concessions to Fullers and the Motutapu Island Restoration Trust on Rangitoto and Motutapu Islands.
The tribe argues that those roles give it more than just the right of objection to anything planned in the area. In its appeal, Ngāi Tai said it should be allowed to reap the benefits of the commercial return generated from such visitors.
Charters says another interesting aspect of the case is the extent to which the judiciary now takes into account of manaakitanga......
www.newsroom.co.nz/2018/05/10/108501/gulf-island-rights-to-be-tested
The Supreme Court has been asked to decide if an iwi's manaakitanga over an area gives it the right to effectively veto commercial operations there.
A University of Auckland legal expert who specialises in indigenous cases, Associate Professor Claire Charters, says this will be an important decision that all iwi will be keeping an eye on.
The case it will look at involves Auckland iwi Ngāi Tai, which recently lost a Court of Appeal case over the Department of Conservation’s issuing of five-year tourism concessions to Fullers and the Motutapu Island Restoration Trust on Rangitoto and Motutapu Islands.
The tribe argues that those roles give it more than just the right of objection to anything planned in the area. In its appeal, Ngāi Tai said it should be allowed to reap the benefits of the commercial return generated from such visitors.
Charters says another interesting aspect of the case is the extent to which the judiciary now takes into account of manaakitanga......
www.newsroom.co.nz/2018/05/10/108501/gulf-island-rights-to-be-tested