Waitangi Tribunal theme G - Public works takings of Māori land [pdf, 1.4 MB]
...interests or to protections for landowners. The wide powers of taking authorities that had been acceptable to the general community when the country needed ‘opening up’ and developing, were no longer so acceptable by the 1960s. Other issues such as the environmental impact of major public works projects also began to cause concern. Governments responded in the 1970s with improved and more independent hearing processes for Summary 13 objections and with more liberal compensation provisi...