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    Auckland iwi Ngati Whatua and Tainui have confirmed they will file a statement of claim over the right to first refusal on Crown-owned land earmarked for housing.

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    NGTI

    WHTUA / WAIKATO-TAINUI

    JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT
    MONDAY 15 JUNE 2015
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    NGTI WHTUA AND WAIKATO-TAINUI TO FILE STATEMENT OF CLAIM THIS WEEK
    Waikato-Tainui and Ngti Whtua say the Prime Ministers comments at his press
    conference today effectively rejecting their proposal to make a joint approach to the
    courts to clarify the extent of the right-of-first-refusal provisions of their Treaty
    settlement Acts are disappointing and risk delaying Auckland getting the new homes
    the city desperately needs.
    A joint approach to the courts by the Crown and iwi could have led to our
    difference of opinion being settled collaboratively in a matter of weeks and allowed
    us to be a greater part of the solution to Aucklands housing issue, Waikato-Tainuis
    Tukoroirangi Morgan and Ngti Whtuas Ngarimu Blair said today.
    Instead, we will have to go down the old-fashioned path.
    Time is of the essence when it comes to getting more Auckland housing built so
    Russell McVeagh has been instructed to file a statement of claim in the High Court at
    Auckland this week. Hopefully the courts will recognise the urgency of this matter
    and give it priority.
    Mr Morgan and Mr Blair said that, whatever the courts might rule, their iwi were,
    and planned to continue to be, leaders in building new, safe, warm, attractive and
    affordable homes for the benefit of their own people and all Aucklanders.
    We have very strong balance sheets; a deep connection with the Auckland region
    that goes back hundreds of years; a stronger appreciation than most of the need to
    get Auckland house-price inflation under control to help more young families into
    safe, warm, attractive and affordable homes; and we are the natural partner for the
    Crown, especially given the right-of-first-refusal provisions of our just-and-durable
    Treaty settlements that have been legislated for by Parliament in 1995 and 2014
    respectively.
    The legal advice that has been received is that when the Crown plans to sell surplus
    land to private interests, the law as legislated for by Parliament is that we must be
    given a right of first refusal. That is an absolute right under our just-and-durable
    Treaty settlement Acts, but we would also have thought that the Crown would want
    to work with us under our post-settlement partnership.

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    Mr Morgan and Mr Blair said the decision to file a statement of claim was taken
    without any malice towards the Crown.
    Differences of opinion between iwi and individual ministers such as Housing
    Minister Nick Smith are inevitable and do not affect the enduring post-settlement
    partnership with the Crown. Consequently, our invitation for the Crown to join with
    us in a more collaborative joint approach stands and remains our preferred option.
    We reiterate: the right-of-first-refusal provisions of the settlement Acts remain in
    force well into the 22nd century and it is to the benefit of both Treaty partners the
    Crown and iwi to have a clear ruling from the courts as soon as possible on the
    circumstances under which they must be applied.
    As this matter is shortly to become sub judice neither Ngti Whtua nor Waikato-
    Tainui plan to comment further.
    END
    Inquiries:




    Vanessa Wills
    Exceltium Ltd
    021 222 6628

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