Māori Law Review

Māori Appellate Court - Te Kōti Pīra Māori

2014 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Māori Land Court - Te Kōti Whenua Māori

2014 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Ownership of land – land a public road – Trustees of Paenoa Te Akau Trust v Taupō District Council - Paenoa Te Akau (2014) 108 Waiariki MB 261 (108 WAR 261)

Chief Judge's powers – orders vesting urupā cancelled – Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa v Paul - Otara o Muturangi [2014] Chief Judge's MB 615

Chief Judge's powers - application to amend or cancel succession order granted - McCallum v The Maori Trustee of Whanganui - Estate of Ngapiki Waaka Hakaraia (2014) 2014 Chief Judge's MB 541

Status of land – no change to General land to facilitate sale - Skudder - Tahorakuri A No 1 Sec 8B and Lot 1 DP South Auckland 63822 (2014) 109 Waiariki MB 203

Incorporations - new election called for committee of management due to invalid election - Hutchison - Torere 64 Incorporation (2014) 109 Waiariki MB 260

Incorporations - licence to occupy - objective approach to dealings - Pohatu v Muriwhenua Incorporation - Te Hapua 42 (2014) 91 Taitokerau MB 251

Partition - hybrid partition for all owners - Heta - Taiharuru 4C3B (2014) 88 Taitokerau MB 136

Partition - insufficient support and unnecessary - MacDonald v MacDonald - Wairau Blk.XII Sec. 6C 2C (2014) 27 Te Waipounamu MB 68

Partition, ownership - conditional partition upheld - Morrison - Te Kaha No.2C Block (2014) 105 Waiariki MB 183

Trusts – Court will not interfere where trustee adheres to trust order and acts prudently – Albert v Te Tumu Paeroa - Omaio 39 (2014) 110 Waiariki MB 119

Injunction – no jurisdiction to grant injunctive relief - Hettig v ANZ Bank of New Zealand Ltd - Lot 1 Deposited Plan 158328, CT NA95A/121 (2014) 93 Taitokerau MB 238 (93 TTK 238)

Roadway – land never proclaimed as a roadline remains Māori land - Rice - Part Rangiuru No2A Roadway (2014) 107 Waiariki MB 148 (107 WAR 148)

Waitangi Tribunal - Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi

Crown review of Māori Community Development Act and Māori Wardens breaches Treaty principles - Whaia te Mana Motuhake / In Pursuit of Mana Motuhake: Report on the Māori Community Development Act Claim (Wai 2417, 2014)

Taonga waterways - Lake Waikaremoana - Te Urewera Part 5 (Wai 894. 2014)

Legislation - Ngā Whakaturetanga

Treaty settlement legislation before the House of Representatives in 2014 - Dr Carwyn Jones

United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Indigenous Peoples’ Good Governance, Human Rights and Self-Determination in the Second Decade of the New Millennium – A Māori Perspective by Dr Robert Joseph

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