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CHAPTER 7: THE ANCESTRAL LANDSCAPE—continued
7.5 Environmental management and modification, 1886–1991—continued
7.5.3 Pollution of Tauranga Moana—continued
(1) Katikati: dairy factory waste and Matakana Island sewerage outfall	554
(2) Conclusions	559
7.5.4 Losing customary fisheries	559
(1) Crown control of fisheries	559
(2) The depletion of customary fisheries: causes and consequences	563
(3) Modern management of customary fisheries	569
(4) Conclusions	572
7.6 The current resource management regime: can Māori now exercise rangatiratanga and kaitiakitanga?	574
7.6.1 The Resource Management Act	574
7.6.2 Claimant concerns	577
(1) Wastewater disposal	578
(2) Engagement in decision-making and planning	579
(3) Resource consent challenges	585
7.6.3 Some encouraging signs: Ngā Pāpaka o Rangataua	587
7.6.4 Conclusions	588
7.7 The submissions of the parties	588
7.7.1 Claimant submissions	589
7.7.2 Crown submissions	592
7.7.3 Local authority submissions	595
7.7.4 Claimants’ replies	597
7.8 Tribunal discussion, analysis, and findings	598
7.8.1 What rights did the Treaty protect over the natural resources and taonga of Tauranga Moana?	598
(1) Discussion of the facts	598
(2) Treaty analysis and findings	600
7.8.2 Has the Crown protected the tino rangatiratanga and kaitiakitanga of Tauranga Māori over their taonga?	605
(1) Loss of ownership over Tauranga Moana	606
(a) Discussion of the facts	606
(b) Treaty analysis and findings	608
(2) Loss of ownership of waterways	608
(a) Discussion of the facts	608
(b) Treaty analysis and findings	610
(3) Rangatiratanga in environmental management, 1886–1990	611
(a) Discussion of the facts	611
(b) Treaty analysis and findings	614
7.8.3 Has the Crown been responsible for degradation and pollution of the natural resources and taonga of Tauranga Māori?	615
(1) Discussion of the facts	615