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A blind and intellectually disabled West Auckland man who was recently diagnosed with incurable cancer has been sentenced to six years and seven months' pr
The central North Island iwi had been confirmed as owner of the lake bed, the space occupied by the water and the airspace above the lake, via the Taupō Deed, by the Government in 1992 and in modifications to the deed in 2007. Board chairman John Bishara welcomed the ruling. “The trust board is pleased that the High Court has upheld the property rights of Ngāti Tūwharetoa in our taonga, Taupō moana,” he said. CHRIS MARSHALL/Stuff The High Court has ruled in favour of the Tūwharetoa Maori Trust Board in seeking to clarify whether it can license and charge commercial operators on ...
Friday, 7 May 2021, 3:44 pm Waikato Regional Council has won a prestigious national award for its transfer of specific water quality monitoring functions to the Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board The award winners were announced at a gala dinner of Taituarā, a national organisation for local government professionals, in Wellington last night. Waikato Regional Council took the top spot in The Buddle Findlay Award for Bicultural Leadership, which recognises programmes, projects or initiatives that demonstrate outstanding results from working in partnership with Māori. The council won for transf...
Wiki Samuel was about to celebrate the national day until a councillor knocked on his door with a petition likely to limit Māori representation.