Kapiti Coast District Council - Pukehou 5K (2001) 103 Aotea MB 22 (103 AOT 22) [pdf, 639 KB]
...as Maori land for the benefit of their own descendants. He accepted that the land continue to be used as a road but in accordance with a lease in perpetuity rather than an outright sale to the District Council. The application before the COlllt is filed under Section 321 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993. In a timely reminder, Mr Rupene Waaka refelTed to the principles set out in the Preamble to the Act, in particular the following: "And whereas it is desirable to recognise that la...