Wind claim not official Ngapuhi policy

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(Radio Waatea) Ngapuhi chair has denied reports he is part of a Waitangi Tribunal claim to wind.

The claim has been proposed by Ngapuhi maverick David Rankin, who says it’s similar to the New Zealand Maori Council-led claim for water.

Mr Rankin says his Te Matarahurahi hapu believes wind is a taonga, and it wants a share in the revenue generated by any state-owned wind farms.

A spokesperson for the Waitangi Tribunal says no claim has been received yet.

Mr Tau says it would not be an official Ngapuhi claim.

He says it’s good to have a discussion about what happens when the Crown creates and assigns individual property rights, such as what’s happened with fisheries quota and what is happening with the water – but it remains to be seen if the same principles apply to wind.

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