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In the News (Mon 28 Dec 09)

  
 New Zealand land wars - PakAF.com
Under pressure from settlers the Colonial Government gradually ignored the provisions of the Treaty of Waitangi and permitted settlers to settle in areas that had uncertain ownership.
The Treaty of Waitangi, signed in 1840, stated that the individual Māori tribes should have undisturbed possession of their lands, forests, fisheries and other taonga (treasures).
A group or category that is seldom mentioned or considered in the histories is the half-castes, the people of mixed Māori and Pakeha descent, of which there would have been several thousand in New Zealand at the time of the Wars.
www.pakaf.com /read/Maori_Wars   (2822 words)

  
 Supreme Court of New Zealand - case summaries
Te Runanga O Muriwhenua v Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission; The Attorney-General of New Zealand; The Minister of Fisheries; Te Kotahitanga O Te Arawa Fisheries Trust and Te Runanaga O Ngai Tahu.
Civil appeal - appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal dismissing an appeal from the interlocutory decision of the High Court entering summary judgment in favour of the respondent - whether detriment suffered by the applicant was within the category of unfair detriment in s174 Companies Act.
In particular, to come within article 33.2, the person in question must be thought on reasonable grounds to pose a serious threat to the security of New Zealand; the threat must be based on objectively reasonable grounds and the threatened harm must be substantial.
www.justice.govt.nz /supremecourt/casesummaries.html   (2822 words)

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