Muriwhenua definition

Muriwhenua means that area defined by the Muriwhenua Runanga in their application to the Waitangi Tribunal in 1985.

Examples of Muriwhenua in a sentence

  • Citing the Waitangi Tribunal’s Ngai Tahu Sea Fisheries Report 1992, Report on the Muriwhenua Fishing Claim, and Petroleum Report, the claimants argued that the right to a resource includes the right to develop that resource as technology and evolving practices permit.26 They contended that this right was ‘especially acute’ in Wai 1090 because the pur- pose for which the silna lands were granted could not be achieved, especially in view of the 25.