Mt Albert tree removal: Legal battle fails to stop replacement of trees
In a press release, the authority said it welcomed the judgment. Abigail Dougherty/Stuff People have been protesting the tree removal since November 2019. Chairman Paul Majurey said he was pleased the Court had recognised the Reserves Act legislation must be read in the context of the Treaty of Waitangi settlement. He also “embraced” the Court’s view that the treaty settlement legislation established the authority to govern maunga “while providing for the exercise of mana whenua and kaitiakitanga by the mana whenua of Tāmaki Makarau”. The authority said it remained committed to...
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