Kaumatua Rore Stafford (centre), customary witness Trina Mitchell and Te Puoho Katene (partially obscured) who is descended from one of the Māori customary landowners in Nelson, in the Wellington ...

The Crown has apologised to Māori in the top of the south but is unlikely to budge on the extent of remedies sought over land deals during the settlement of Nelson. Photo / Tracy Neal The Crown ...

In interim High Court findings released this afternoon, Justice Rebecca Edwards largely sided with Rore Stafford, who sued the Crown on behalf of the customary owners of the Nelson Tenths.

The 180-year case relates to the Nelson Tenths Reserves and cultural lands in Te Tauihu (top of the South Island). It centres on the Crown’s failure to protect 15,100 acres of land - one-tenth ...

In a judgement delivered last month, Justice Rebecca Edwards largely sided with kaumātua Rore Stafford who sued the Crown on behalf of the customary owners of the Nelson Tenths. The Court of ...

High Court awards compensation to the Nelson Tenths descendants after a nearly two century long battle for justice against the crown. It's likely to be in the hundreds of millions. The High Court has ...