High Court rejects Maori Council water rights case

High Court rejects Maori Council water rights case
By Pattrick Smellie Dec 11 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand Maori Council's case to stop the partial privatisation of MightyRiverPower while tribal claims to water rights are outstanding has failed at the High Court and is now almost certainly heading for appeal. The key question now is whether it will go to the Court of Appeal, or whether grounds may be found to take it straight to the Supreme Court, thus improving the government's chances of floating a minority shareholding in MRP on the NZX before June 30, its latest deadline for a sale to...