Te Ohu Kaimoana Trustee Limited v Te Rūnanga nui o te Aupōuri - application under s 182(4) Māori Fisheries Act 2004 (2015) 102 Taitokerau MB 1 (102 TTK 1) [pdf, 314 KB]
...context from which it arose that the primary factor in any coastline determination is the customary rights and interests of the iwi. Any other approach would be to deny the rangatiratanga of the iwi, prevent the iwi from managing their own tribal resources and to give redress where there was no breach. This would run contrary to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. Submissions on behalf of Ngāti Kuri Trust Board [55] Counsel for Ngāti Kuri submits that the silence in the MFA...