Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 26, 2021 2:13:58 GMT 12
AUCKLAND IWI HOPES LAND RULING SETS PRECEDENT FOR MĀORI TO HAVE SAY AS KAITIAKI
After a years-long legal battle, an iwi hopes it has helped build a framework for Māori to have some say over land to which they have strong cultural ties.
The Environment Court in December rejected a bid by a group of farmers and landowners seeking to expand the Rural Urban Boundary and the Future Urban Zone across more than 83 hectares of land on Pūkaki Peninsula, near Auckland International Airport.
But the Environment Court panel closed the door on the appellants after the High Court sent the matter back for clarification, cementing a decision which acknowledged local iwi Te Ākitai Waiohua’s ancestral and cultural ties to the land......
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/124012831/auckland-iwi-hopes-land-ruling-sets-precedent-for-mori-to-have-say-as-kaitiaki
After a years-long legal battle, an iwi hopes it has helped build a framework for Māori to have some say over land to which they have strong cultural ties.
The Environment Court in December rejected a bid by a group of farmers and landowners seeking to expand the Rural Urban Boundary and the Future Urban Zone across more than 83 hectares of land on Pūkaki Peninsula, near Auckland International Airport.
But the Environment Court panel closed the door on the appellants after the High Court sent the matter back for clarification, cementing a decision which acknowledged local iwi Te Ākitai Waiohua’s ancestral and cultural ties to the land......
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/124012831/auckland-iwi-hopes-land-ruling-sets-precedent-for-mori-to-have-say-as-kaitiaki