Inspector of Fisheries v Ihaia Weepu - [1956] NZLR 920

Fisheries — Maori Fishing Rights — Treaty of Waitangi — "Existing Maori fishing rights" — Customary Fishing Rights within Protection of Treaty when Fisheries Act 1908 came into Operation — Such Rights extinguished by Issue of Certificate of Title in respect of Lands on which Fishing carried on — Maori Fishing Rights resting solely on Treaty not an "easement" omitted — Fisheries Act 1908, s 77 (2) — Land Transfer Act 1952, ss 12, 62 (b) — Maori Affairs Act 1953, s 155.