February 2013 – Contents
Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie student essay competition 2012
Takamore v Clarke [2011] NZCA 587: The Most Significant Legal Development Affecting Māori – Laura Lincoln
Supreme Court
What does Takamore mean for tikanga? – Takamore v Clarke [2012] NZSC 116
Court of Appeal
Boundaries to land – Chief Executive Land Information New Zealand v Te Whanau o Rangiwhakaahu Hapu Charitable Trust [2013] NZCA 33
High Court
More on Mason: Cultural factors in sentencing – R v Mason [2012] NZHC 1849
Māori Appellate Court
Partition of land refused – Whaanga v Trustees of the Anewa Trust – Anewa Block (2013) 2013 Māori Appellate Court MB 45
Māori Incorporations – determining that land is investment land – Marumaru v Waipakuranui Incorporation (2012) Māori Appellate Court MB 572
Māori Land Court
Chief Judge’s power to correct errors – application dismissed that whenua tōpū trust wrongly constituted - Tane v Tanetinorau Opataia Whānau Trust – Hauturu East 7, 12, 13, 14 and Section 44 Block X Orahiri Survey District (2013) 2013 Chief Judge’s MB 112
Application by Incorporation for Māori Trustee to represent disengaged owners – Mangatawa Papamoa Incorporation – Lot 1 Deposited Plan South Auckland 65413 and Part Mangatawa Block (2013) 52 Waikato Maniapoto MB 82
Waitangi Tribunal
Tribunal declines to use binding powers in recommending remedies for Ngāti Kahu – The Ngāti Kahu Remedies Report (pre-publication edition) (Wai 45, 2013)
Book Review
Treaty of Waitangi Settlements – reviewed by Tom Bennion
Print Version
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