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A legal case to determine who owns the Hōteo River riverbed got off to a shaky start in the Maori Land Court in Whangarei on August 7.
The court is being asked to determine whether the riverbed is Māori customary land and, if it is, whose customary land it is – Ngāti Manuhiri Settlement Trust is seeking an order that they are the guardians of the bed upstream of the Tarakihi Falls, while iwi Te Runanga Ngāti Whatua are claiming customary ownership over the entire length of the river.
During a teleconference with Judge Miharo Armstrong, of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, lawyers for the two part...
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