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Debate: Who owns the water?
The Maori King and the Prime Minister drew the battle lines, with the former saying "Maori'' and the latter saying "No One''. Today, two legal academics explore the deep currents that lie beneath each claim.
Tariana Turia: The river is calling ... but are we ready to answer
Tariana Turia says the water debate has provided people with is a perfect opportunity to explain to each other why we feel the way we do about water.
Iwi tries to fix split on water
Meetings between two heavyweight Tainui leaders are under way to iron out internal tribal confusion around water ownership issues before iwi negotiate with the Crown.
Water unity under threat
The push for Maori unity of water rights negotiations looked in danger of unravelling yesterday after one iwi asserted its right to negotiate as it saw fit with the Government.
Fran O'Sullivan: Who owns what: for an answer, start here
How the PM might respond to the Maori King's water-rights claim.
Audrey Young: Government's water-rights dilemma becomes a tale of two hui
The unity on display at the Maori King's "people's hui" on water on Thursday wasn't exactly replicated yesterday at a gathering of iwi leaders.
Maori king: ‘We own the water’
Maori King Tuheitia challenged the PM's dictum that no one owns the water by ending his hui last night with the declaration, "We have always owned the water!"
All eyes on Maori water hui
King Tuheitia's summit on water for Maori is expected to draw 600 today to Turangawaewae Marae - and a former deputy PM says the Maori Council and Govt have to compromise.