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Motiti Island, just off the coast of Tauranga, is home to just 30 people and free of large scale development.
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A hapu of six Kaumatua from Motiti Island battled against the Crown, councils and commercial fishing industries to protect their fish and seabeds in a landmark court ruling. But a year after the Court of Appeal ruled in its favour, it's now facing down a National Party challenge in the form of a petition led by leader and Bay of Plenty MP Todd Muller, who says the future of fishing could be jeopardised. 

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