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LONG CONTENTS VOLUME II

CHAPTER 7: THE ANCESTRAL LANDSCAPE: THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, 1886–2006	489
7.1 Introduction	489
7.2 The issues	491
7.3 Ngā taonga: what rights did the Treaty protect?	492
7.3.1 The ancestral landscapes of Tauranga Moana	493
7.3.2 The coastal environment – a special taonga	497
7.3.3 Forests and freshwater	501
7.3.4 Conclusions	502
7.4 Has the Crown provided for the rangatiratanga and kaitiakitanga of Tauranga Māori over their taonga?	506
7.4.1 Tauranga Moana: ownership and Māori customary law	507
7.4.2 Crown displacement of customary title to Tauranga Moana	509
7.4.3 Rivers and waterways: Māori customary law and ownership	516
7.4.4 Rangatiratanga through management?	519
(1) Kārewa	520
(2) Tūhua	521
7.5 Environmental management and modification, 1886–1991	523
7.5.1 Losing the resources of the land	524
(1) Forests	525
(2) Lowlands	527
(3) Conclusions	530
7.5.2 Losing Tauranga Moana	530
(1) Port development, 1915–50	531
(2) Port development in the mid-twentieth century	532
(3) The Mount Maunganui deep-water wharf	534
(4) Sulphur Point development	535
(5) Dredging and the harbour bridge	538
(6) Other effects of harbour works	540
7.5.3 Pollution of Tauranga Moana	541
(1) Pollution of rivers and streams	543
(2) Pollution of the harbour	548
(3) Tauranga sewerage: the Sulphur Point outfall and the Chapel Street treatment plant	550
(4) Mount Maunganui sewerage: the Rangataua oxidation ponds and ocean outfall	551