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A Supreme Court appeal challenging the Te Arawa Waitangi Treaty settlement has been withdrawn after the Government conceded it was in the wrong.
The Supreme Court was to hear the appeal of the Maori Council, the Federation of Maori Authorities and Tuwharetoa paramount chief Tumu te Heuheu against the Attorney-General, the Crown Forestry Rental Trust and the Te Arawa Trust next week.
They had wanted the Supreme Court to determine if the Crown was in breach of its legal obligations when it entered into the $36 million Te Pumautanga o Te Arawa settlement.
