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Court of Appeal Wellington
CA519/2008; [2009] NZCA 584
1, 2, 3 September; 11 December 2009
Hammond, Robertson and Arnold JJ
CA519/2008; [2009] NZCA 584
1, 2, 3 September; 11 December 2009
Hammond, Robertson and Arnold JJ
Māori and Māori land — Treaty of Waitangi — Whether exclusion of claims relating to river from settlement applied to riverbed — Pouakani Claims Settlement Act 2000, s 10.
Constitutional law — Treaty of Waitangi — Whether Crown owes fiduciary duties to Maori — Observation.
Property law — Riparian rights — Whether river navigable and hence vested in Crown — Coal Mines Amendment Act 1903, s 14.