but a river runs through it
The third significant case in a row taken under the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act has seen Māori awarded customary marine title and protected rights, this time across a long stretch of Hawkes Bay coast.
But a decades long fight by local Māori to regain control to protect the mouth of the Mohaka River did not succeed, because of a quirk in a coal mines law and a Supreme Court judgment that prevented the High Court granting Ngāti Pāhauwera marine title.
The Hawkes Bay case comes after successful early applications under the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act by iwi in the eastern Bay of Plenty around Opotiki, and for Tauranga Harbour.
Link to article: Māori win coastal title, but a river runs through it (newsroom.co.nz)
