Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 1, 2020 4:52:28 GMT 12
MAN UNSUCCESSFULLY ARGUES SOVEREIGN RIGHTS IN $28K ARREARS CASE
The eviction of a South Taranaki man who unsuccessfully argued Māori sovereignty against paying more than $28,000 in property rates has been delayed until after lockdown.
Rerekura has owned the Normanby property, subject to a mortgage with TSB Bank, since 2004.
But since 2017, the bank has been seeking to evict him from the house due to him not paying rates, which was part of the mortgage contract.
But Rerekura didn't budge and on January 23 he filed to the High Court an application to delay the eviction until after the Waitangi Tribunal hearing into housing policy, scheduled for later this year.
Rerekura had filed a claim to the Waitangi Tribunal which when heard would be part of the first phase of The Housing Policy and Services Kaupapa Inquiry.
"In the exercise of his sovereignty, independence and tino rangatiratanga" Rerekura has refused to pay rates imposed under the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002, which did not refer to the Treaty of Waitangi or any of its provisions......
www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/120584104/man-unsuccessfully-argues-sovereign-rights-in-28k-arrears-case
The eviction of a South Taranaki man who unsuccessfully argued Māori sovereignty against paying more than $28,000 in property rates has been delayed until after lockdown.
Rerekura has owned the Normanby property, subject to a mortgage with TSB Bank, since 2004.
But since 2017, the bank has been seeking to evict him from the house due to him not paying rates, which was part of the mortgage contract.
But Rerekura didn't budge and on January 23 he filed to the High Court an application to delay the eviction until after the Waitangi Tribunal hearing into housing policy, scheduled for later this year.
Rerekura had filed a claim to the Waitangi Tribunal which when heard would be part of the first phase of The Housing Policy and Services Kaupapa Inquiry.
"In the exercise of his sovereignty, independence and tino rangatiratanga" Rerekura has refused to pay rates imposed under the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002, which did not refer to the Treaty of Waitangi or any of its provisions......
www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/120584104/man-unsuccessfully-argues-sovereign-rights-in-28k-arrears-case
