Patuharakeke hapu say any confiscated land damaged by the Marsden Point oil refinery should be cleaned up before its returned.
The Poupouwhenua land grab in the 1840s is a primary grievance in the Patuharakeke Te Iwi Trust claim, first filed to the Waitangi Tribunal more than a decade ago.
The Tribunal is yet to release its findings, but much of the refinery operations are about to end.
Sam Olley reports:
