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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.