Some in the Māori legal community are concerned by the High Court's use of tikanga to overrule the Waitangi Tribunal.
The High Court has overturned the Tribunal's order that $800 million of Crown-owned land in the central North Island should go to Ngāti Kahungunu.
The Crown's argument is that the iwi is not mana whenua of that area. Meriana Johnsen has more.