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flag Ngāti Manuhiri challenges New Zealand’s 2025 marine law changes, citing breaches of Māori rights and constitutional concerns.

flag Ngāti Manuhiri is challenging New Zealand’s 2025 amendments to the Marine and Coastal Areas Act in the High Court, arguing the changes impose a Western exclusion test for customary marine title, undermining tikanga Māori, breaching the Bill of Rights Act, and retroactively altering rights. flag The National Iwi Chairs Forum and other iwi leaders support the challenge, saying the legislation erodes past settlements, including a Crown apology, and sets a dangerous precedent for future policy reversals. flag The case raises constitutional concerns over Parliament’s power to change legal rules mid-process and threatens trust in the justice system.

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