19 Jan 2023
Re Ngāti Pāhauwera (Stage 2) [2023] NZHC 15
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 15
- Court
- High Court
The Court refused to finalize any recognition orders until draft orders and maps comply with statutory requirements and the Stage One findings; key holdings directed: Ngāti Pāhauwera CMT boundaries fixed at northern bank of Poututu and midpoint of Pōnui, landward boundary MHWS and seaward five kilometres for that CMT area as found at Stage One; Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Pāhauwera hold the Pōnui–Waikari area jointly on equal footing and the CMT must so record joint holders; wāhi tapu claims by Ngāti Pāhauwera were removed from the draft order for lack of sufficient evidentially certain boundaries; W…