Te-Manutukutuku-Issue-79.pdf [pdf, 11 MB]
...the day to pursue its preferred policy of corporatising Stateowned forestry assets. Under the agreement, the Government could sell the cutting rights to Crown forest land under new forestry licences. In exchange, Māori received an additional protection for their wellfounded claims relating to Crown forest land : they could seek an interim recommendation from the Tribunal that the land be returned to Māori ownership, and that recom mendation would become binding on the Crown...