Taupo fees open doors to iwi partnership 29 Jul 2021 12:24 PM
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The chair of Ngāti Tūwharetoa Trust Board says the iwi is keen to form partnerships with commercial users of Lake Taupō.
The High Court has rules that as the owner of the bed of the lake and its tributaries Tūwharetoa has the right to charge for commercial use.
John Bishara says while some companies like Mercury Energy started paying fees once the lake bed was returned to the iwi in its 2007 settlement, other users resisted.
He says the ruling confirms what the iwi always knew was right.
Power co sell off opened door for Lake Taupo charges 29 Jul 2021 10:00 AM Photo: Radio Waatea Image Database.
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Tuwharetoa Trust Board chair John Bishara says the National Government’s decision to sell off shares in state power companies is what triggered its quest to clarify its right to charge commercial users of Lake Taupo.
Tūwharetoa Trust Board chair John Bishara says the National Government’s decision to sell off shares in state power companies is what triggered its quest to clarify its right to charge commercial users of Lake Taupō.
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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.