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The central North Island iwi had been confirmed as owner of the lake bed, the space occupied by the water and the airspace above the lake, via the Taupō Deed, by the Government in 1992 and in modifications to the deed in 2007. Board chairman John Bishara welcomed the ruling. “The trust board is pleased that the High Court has upheld the property rights of Ngāti Tūwharetoa in our taonga, Taupō moana,” he said.
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The High Court has ruled in favour of the Tūwharetoa Maori Trust Board in seeking to clarify whether it can license and charge commercial operators on Lake Taupō.
Aston Martin’s designers look to have won about as many battles as its engineers, which I’ll get to soon. The DBX is, in my opinion, probably the best looking new model from Aston at the moment. Which is weird, considering it’s a big two-tonne land barge. I think that’s partly to do with the fact that the front end looks more like older Aston Martin, rather than the newer look of the Vantage.
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The rear end is largely the same as the Vantage and it works in SUV form. The grille has the same wavy, slightly moustache-y shape as a 2012-era Vantage (even Aston sort of admitted this is a better look by bringing back the ‘vane’ grille on the new Vantage Roadster) and the headlights don’t have the angular DRLs of the DB11. It looks brilliant.
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“Unfortunately, we aren’t in a position to do the same for our jointly-owned businesses, which possibly still wouldn’t break even without the subsidy.” “Applying for the wage subsidy was the right move at the time due to the significant decline in revenue for our honey and tourism businesses. “We wanted to keep staff in employment for as long as possible and this funding helped us do that.”
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Ngāi Tahu Holdings chief executive Mike Pohio says Covid-19 caused an unprecented decline to revenue for tourism businesses. Pohio said the worldwide pandemic was “devastating”, especially for tourism.