Re Edwards (Te Whakatohea No. 2)
Jurisdiction | New Zealand |
Judge | Churchman J |
Judgment Date | 07 May 2021 |
Neutral Citation | [2021] NZHC 1025 |
Court | High Court |
Docket Number | CIV-2011-485-817 |
Date | 07 May 2021 |
[2021] NZHC 1025
Churchman J
CIV-2011-485-817
IN THE HIGH COURT OF NEW ZEALAND
WELLINGTON REGISTRY
I TE KŌTI MATUA O AOTEAROA
TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA ROHE
Indigenous — application for recognition orders for either customary marine title or protected customary rights under the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 — Tikanga and the Courts — intersection between tikanga and the common law — meaning of “exclusive use and occupation” and “substantial interruption”
T Sinclair and B Cunningham for Te Whakatōhea (CIV-2011-485-817); Hiwarau C, Turangapikitoi, Waiōtahe, and Ōhiwa of Whakatōhea (CIV-2017-485-375); Pākōwhai Hapū (CIV-2017-485-264); and Te Whānau-a-Apanui Hapū (CIV-2017-485-278)
T K Williams and C Linstead-Panoho for Ngai Tamahaua Hapū (CIV-2017-485-262) and Te Hapū Titoko o Ngai Tama (CIV-2017-485-377)
E Rongo for Ngāi Tai (CIV-2017-485-270) and Ririwhenua Hapū (CIV-2017-485-272)
C Leauga, D Stone and D Lafaele for Te Whānau a Harawaka (CIV-2017-485-238)
B Lyall for Te Ūpokorehe Treaty Claims Trust (CIV-2017-485-201)
M Sinclair, M Sharp and J Waaka for Ngāti Muriwai Hapū (CIV-2017-485-269)
A Warren and K Ketu for Te Uri o Whakatōhea Rangatira Mokomoko (CIV-2017-485-355)
A Sykes, J Chaney (17–21 August) and C Dougherty Ware (31 August–23 October) for Ngāti Ira o Waiōweka (CIV-2017-485-299)
T Bennion for Ngāti Patumoana (CIV-2017-485-253)
J Pou for Whakatōhea Māori Trust Board (CIV-2017-485-292)
C Hirschfeld for Ngāti Huarere ki Whangapoua (CIV-2017-404-482) (watching brief only)
T Castle for Ngāi Taiwhakaea (CIV-2017-485-185) (watching brief only)
K Feint QC for Ngāti Ruatakenga (CIV-2017-485-292)
C Finlayson QC, A Dartnall, P Cornegè and S Eldridge for Landowners Coalition Incorporated
H Irwin-Easthope and K Tarawhiti for Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa (CIV-2017-485-196)
M Mahuika and N Coates for Te Rūnanga o te Whānau-a-Apanui (CIV-2017-485-318)
R Roff, R Budd and S Gwynn for Attorney-General
M Jones for Whakatāne District Council
T Reweti for Bay of Plenty Regional Council and Ōpōtiki District Council
A Williams for Seafood Industries Representatives
Tangaroa piki ake | Tangaroa rise up |
Tutara Kauika piki ake | Tutara Kauika rise up |
Ruamano piki ake | Ruamano rise up |
Taea ngā kino o te wai | Cleanse the impurities of the waters |
Kia puta ki Rangiatea | So that they may rise to the heavens of Rangiatea |
Ko te Maranḡi | To fall again |
Tau atu e rea | Settling, sustaining the earth 1 |
Introduction | [1] |
PART I — THE PARTIES | |
The priority application | [4] |
The applicant groups | [17] |
Other applicants | [19] |
Applicants who participated as interested parties | [20] |
Other interested parties who were not applicants | [21] |
PART II — THE LEGISLATION | |
Statutory purposes, legislative history and legal concepts | |
Statutory purposes | [22] |
The Treaty, cession of sovereignty and customary title to the foreshore and seabed | [57] |
PART III — LEGAL ISSUES | [77] |
Standard and burden of proof | [78] |
Analysis | [94] |
Conclusion | [99] |
Holds the specified area in accordance with tikanga | [104] |
Tikanga as at 1840 | [110] |
Analysis | [119] |
Conclusion | [144] |
Exclusivity | |
Shared exclusivity | [145] |
Conclusion | [168] |
Ownership of abutting land | [171] |
Substantial interruption | [188] |
Raupatu | [193] |
Resource consents granted prior to 1 April 2011 | [208] |
Conclusion | [227] |
The effect of reclamation on CMT and PCR claims | [231] |
Third-party structures | [251] |
Third-party use and occupation | [256] |
Conclusion on substantial interruption | [270] |
PART IV — TIKANGA | |
Tikanga and the Courts and tikanga values | [272] |
Whakapapa/whanaungatanga | [301] |
Pukenga | [308] |
The pukenga report | [311] |
PART V — TECHNICAL MATTERS | |
Landward boundaries of the takutai moana relating to rivers and estuaries | |
Rivers | [333] |
Conclusion | [341] |
Navigable rivers | [342] |
Conclusion | [361] |
Estuaries | [362] |
PCR issues | |
Activities that can support a grant of PCR under s 51 | [363] |
Ambit of PCRs | [366] |
Ngā Rohe Moana o Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Porou Act | [391] |
Can PCR and CMT co-exist? | [395] |
The “dual pathway” problems and the potential conflict between direct engagement and litigation | [399] |
PART VI — ANALYSIS OF THE APPLICATIONS | |
CMT | |
Whakatōhea Rangatira Mokomoko | [413] |
Kutarere Marae | [421] |
Hiwarau C | [425] |
Pākōwhai | [431] |
Ngāti Muriwai | [439] |
Conclusion | [465] |
Whakaari and Te Paepae o Aotea | [466] |
Ngāi Tai | [479] |
PCR | [483] |
CIV-2011-485-817 — Edwards priority application | [485] |
CIV-2011-485-264 — Application by Larry Delamere on behalf of Pākōwhai | [488] |
CIV-2017-485-269 — Application of Christina Davies on behalf of Ngāti Muriwai Hapū | [497] |
CIV-2017-485-375 — Dean Flavell on behalf of Hiwarau C, Turangapikitoi, Waiōtahe and Ōhiwa o Whakatōhea | [514] |
CIV-2017-485-253 — Application by John Hata on behalf of Ngāti Patumoana | [521] |
CIV-2017-485-299 — Application by Te Rua Rakuraku on behalf of Ngāti Ira o Waiōweka | [535] |
CIV-2017-483-355 — Application by Te Uri o Whakatōhea Rangatira Mokomoko | [546] |
CIV-2017-485-253 — Application by Tracy Francis Hillier on behalf of Ngai Tamahaua Hapū; and | |
CIV-2017-485-262 — Application by Tracy Francis Hillier on behalf of Te Hapū Titoko o Ngai Tama and Te Uri o Te Hapū o Titoko Ngai Tama | [577] |
CIV-2017-485-201 — Application by Te Ūpokorehe Treaty Claims Trust on behalf of Te Ūpokorehe | [618] |
CIV-2017-485-270 — Application by Muriwai Maggie Jones on behalf of Ngāi Tai Iwi and Te Uri o Ngāi Tai; and | |
CIV-2017-485-272 — Application by Muriwai Maggie Jones on behalf of Ririwhenua Hapū | [643] |
CIV-2017-485-292 — Application by the Whakatōhea Māori Trust Board on behalf of Whakatōhea | [649] |
PART VII — CONCLUSIONS AND SUMMARY | |
CMT | [660] |
PCR | [668] |
APPENDIX A — PUKENGA REPORT | |
APPENDIX B — WHAKAPAPA |
In these proceedings, the Court is required to determine whether any of the applicants are entitled to recognition orders for either customary marine title (CMT) or protected customary rights (PCRs) under the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 (the Act).
Many of the issues that arise have not previously been addressed by the Courts. Therefore, this decision has implications for some 200 other such claims currently before this Court.
This decision is divided into seven parts. Part I is the introduction and description of the parties. Part II is a discussion of the background and legislative history of the Act, as well as its statutory purposes. Part III considers legal issues under the Act that have not arisen before. Part IV addresses issues of tikanga. Part V addresses technical matters. Part VI analyses the applications and whether the applicants have satisfied the relevant statutory tests. Part VII sets out the conclusions and a summary of the judgment.
The late Claude Edwards was a rangatira of Te Whakatōhea. 2 He was among the first to pursue litigation in respect of Māori rights in the coastal and marine area. Over many years he sought to advance claims on behalf of Whakatōhea and it is as a result of his actions and determination that these proceedings became the second proceedings seeking recognition orders under the Act to be heard. 3
In 1989, Mr Edwards filed a claim in the Waitangi Tribunal on behalf of Whakatōhea for the wrongs suffered as a result of Crown action, including raupatu and confiscation of the iwi's coastal lands.
On 6 January 1999, Mr Edwards filed an application on behalf of Whakatōhea in the Māori Land Court (MLC) seeking recognition of customary rights in the takutai moana. 4
On 17 January 2005, Mr Edwards applied to the MLC for recognition orders under the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 (the Foreshore and Seabed Act). 5
Following the repeal of the Foreshore and Seabed Act and its replacement with the Act in 2011, Mr Edwards' application was transferred from the MLC...
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