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flag Ngāi Tahu challenges New Zealand’s Conservation Act changes, saying they violate Treaty rights by centralizing control and extending land leases.

flag Ngāi Tahu has filed a High Court challenge against New Zealand’s proposed Conservation Act changes, alleging the reforms breach their 1998 Treaty of Waitangi settlement by centralizing decision-making and extending land concessions to 60 years. flag The iwi argues the changes undermine their guaranteed role in conservation governance, risk privatizing public land, and disregard their input and traditional knowledge, especially given that two-thirds of New Zealand’s conservation land lies within their ancestral territory. flag While the government says the reforms aim to streamline processes and boost biodiversity, Ngāi Tahu insists legal action is necessary to protect treaty rights and the integrity of their settlement.

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