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Iwi refused leave to appeal

Mar 30 2023 Updated March 31, 2023

Gisborne Herald

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NOT GIVING UP: Te Whanau a Kai Trust chairman David Hawea is vowing to continue the iwi’s battle to have its claimed ownership rights to water in its rohe recognised in the Gisborne District Council’s freshwater plan. Mr Hawea is pictured at the Patutahi community drinking water outlet in Patutahi Domain. Picture by Paul Rickard

An iwi battling for formal recognition by the Gisborne District Council as being the owner of fresh water in its traditional territory has been dealt another blow by the courts but is vowing to fight on.

This month the trust that represents Te Whanau a Kai (TWK) was refused leave by the Court of Appeal to bring an appeal to it.

Te Whanau a Kai — an ancient iwi of Tūranganui-a-Kiwa — has bee...