12 Oct 2021
Re Reeder & Ors (Ngā Pōtiki Stage 1 – Te Tāhuna o Rangataua) [2021] NZHC 2726
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 2726
- Court
- High Court
The Court held the Rangataua Working Party applicants (Ngā Pōtiki ā Tamapāhore, Ngāi Tukairangi, Ngāti Tapū, Ngāti Hē, Ngāti Pūkenga) satisfied s58 MACA: they hold Te Tāhuna o Rangataua in accordance with tikanga and have exclusively used and occupied the area (or received customary transfer) from 1840 to present without substantial interruption; the Tauranga Foreshore Vesting and Endowment Act 1915 did not clearly and plainly extinguish customary rights in the foreshore and, in any event, the Foreshore Revesting Act 1991 revested interests in the Crown; Ngāti Ruahine and Ngāi Te Ahi failed t…