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The major allied party funding of the Mau Whenua High Court case will cease on Friday Dec 18th, a bitter blow for the compelling case about Shelly Bay that is due to be heard in March.
Lawyers for the case filed a memorandum this morning notifying the Court of the pending cessation of funding arrangements. Mau Whenua are exploring alternative options for raising the estimated $2.2m required to continue their case. If the funds are not able to be raised, the case cannot be presented in the High Court.
The Mau Whenua case challenges the legality of sales by PNBST Trustees of four blocks of iwi Treaty Settlement land at Shelly Bay/Marukaikuru to The Wellington Company in 2017 and 2019, and seeks to have the sale overturned.
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Shelly Bay, on Miramar Peninsula in Wellington, has caused all manner of strife as developers push to turn it into a $500 million development.
Iwi members fighting to overturn the sale of Shelly Bay land have been dealt a “bitter blow”, after a major funder linked to the film industry pulled $2 million that was bankrolling their legal battle.
Mau Whenua, a group comprising Taranaki Whānui members who did not support selling the land, said in a statement on Thursday that it was exploring alternative options for raising about $2.2m to continue the case. The group warned it may not be able to continue.
Iwi members fighting the sale of land at Marukaikuru / Shelly Bay in court say they have been dealt a bitter blow after a major party pulled their funding for the case.