Ngati Whatua files court papers over Crown snub on Auckland land sales

Ngati Whatua files court papers over Crown snub on Auckland land sales
By Paul McBeth June 26 (BusinessDesk) - Ngati Whatua, a member of the Tamaki Makaurau Collective, has filed a statement of claim in the High Court at Auckland over the government's decision not to offer land earmarked for housing development to the iwi first. The iwi is seeking a judicial review of recent decisions around the Auckland Crown Land Programme, and Moire Road property in particular, it said in a statement. Ngati Whatua claims it should have been offered the land under the right of first refusal (RFR) clause in the Ngā Mana Whe...