The Excessive Courtroom has granted customary marine title to Māori for waters round an island in Foveaux Strait. It’s the first accomplished re-hearing of a case because of a tighter legislation handed by the coalition.
The courtroom’s resolution to re-grant the title for Ruapuke Island got here simply 4 months after the Nationwide-led administration modified the Marine and Coastal Areas (Takutai Moana) Act to make it more durable for claimants to reach searching for customary title on coastal areas.
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