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The government is appealing an interim High Court ruling that will entitle iwi from the top of the South Island to thousands of hectares of Crown land and millions of dollars in compensation for an 1830s land deal it did not honour.
In a judgement delivered last month, Justice Rebecca Edwards largely sided with kaumΔtua Rore Stafford who sued the Crown on behalf of the customary owners of the Nelson Tenths.
The Court of Appeal confirmed the Attorney-General filed an appeal on Wednesday. RNZ has contacted Judith Collins for comment.
The government allocated $3.6m in May's budget to the Office for MΔori Crown Relations to appeal the decision, before it was
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