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Judge rules Urewera hut destruction decision-making process unlawful

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A High Court judge says the iwi managers of Te Urewera and the Crown acted unlawfully in a decision that led to the demolition of more than half a network of  backcountry huts.

Twenty-nine of an overall 53 huts in Te Urewera were burned down last October at the direction of Te Uru Taumatua (TUT), the post settlement governance entity for Tūhoe, responsible jointly with the Department of Con...


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