Te Runanganui o Te Ika Whenua Inc Society v Attorney-General - [1994] 2 NZLR 20

Constitutional law — Treaty of Waitangi — Aboriginal title — Aboriginal title interchangeable with Maori customary title — Treaty preserves Maori customary title — Hydroelectric dams on rivers claimed by Maori — Dams to be transferred to energy companies — Whether aboriginal title or Treaty of Waitangi preserves or assures to Maori any right to generate hydroelectricity — Whether any such right preserved or assured by statute — Resource Management Act 1991, s 354.

Constitutional law — Treaty of Waitangi — Aboriginal title — Observation as to necessity for fair conduct on extinguishment of title.

Constitutional law — Treaty of Waitangi — Observation as to appropriateness of rendering native title conceptually in terms appropriate to English law systems.

Constitutional law — Treaty of Waitangi — Observation as to justiciability of indigenous people — Observation as to fiduciary duty of colonising power.