Background As you may recall, in October of 2023 Te Ohu Kaimoana filed a declaratory judgment proceeding against the Crown (Attorney General) to address its failing under the Fisheries Settlement and Te Tiriti o Waitangi to address the 28N rights issue. Since then, Te Ohu Kaimoana has had hearings in the Wellington High Court in July, and subsequently applied for interim orders to protect potential loss of settlement quota as a result of the [...]

6 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2023 On Monday 2 October, Te Ohu Kaimoana filed a declaratory judgement proceeding against the Crown (Attorney General and Minister of Oceans and Fisheries) to address its failing under Te Tiriti o Waitangi to address the 28N rights issue. The proceeding, filed at the High Court, claims that loss of settlement quota through 28N rights amounts to confiscation, and seeks a declaration that the Crown is in breach of the Fisheries Settlement. [...]