Huakina Development Trust v Waikato Valley Authority - [1987] 2 NZLR 188

Water and water control — Water and soil conservation — Application for water right to discharge treated farm effluent into a tributary of the Waikato River — Objector claimed that the proposed discharge offended against the spiritual, cultural and traditional relationships of Maori people in the region to the waters of the Waikato River — Whether evidence of such relationships is admissible — Water and Soil Conservation Act 1967, ss 21 and 24(4).