The Maungaharuru-Tangitu Trust (MTT) has appealed Hastings District Council decisions related to protecting sites of significance in Hawke's Bay.
MTT general manager Shayne Walker said the parties had been unable to settle all issues through Environment Court facilitated mediation and would proceed to a hearing which starts on Tuesday morning in Hastings.
"MTT submissions were the culmination of many years of work in trying to protect wahi taonga on Maungaharuru, across the takiwa and coastal pa sites, including one owned by the Tremain family at Waipatiki," Mr Walker said.
The hearing comes after public uproar over the construction of a walking track on the eastern face of Te Mata Peak late last year.
The council was criticised in an independent review for not considering the cultural significance of the area before granting a resource consent to Craggy Range winery to undertake the work.
