New Zealand Law/System/Huakina Development Trust v Waikato Valley Authority

This is a Wikiversity Law Report.

• Did a local council have to consider Maori spiritual values when allocating water rights for effluent
• The relevant legislation did not refer to the principles of the Treaty, or spell out relevant considerations

Held:

1. Principles of the Treaty and Maori beliefs on purity of water were relevant considerations
2. unlikely this outcome would be the same if a list of considerations existed)).