Whanganui District Council – Kai Iwi 5G3A1, 5G3A2, 5G3B, 5G3C, 5H1 & 5H2 (2012) 295 Aotea MB 17 (295 AOT 17) [pdf, 213 KB]
...primary submission of the owners whom he spoke for was that they should now administer the land themselves in place of the Council. The owners who supported these proposals had their own plans for the land that centred on cultural, historic and environmental considerations more than economic. [9] In addition, Mr Mair submitted that his kuia, Kahutaratara and Ngatatau, owned a significant proportion of the shares but had not yet had been the subject of succession orders. Even so, h...