Māori Appellate Court
Status of land - Māori Land Court able to question Crown's reasoning - Ngati Rarua Iwi Trust v Minister in Charge of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations and others - Section 38 Wairau West (1999) 4 Te Waipounamu Appellate MB 292
Māori Land Court
Status of land - investigation of customary title - Great Barrier Islands
Other courts and tribunals
Court of Appeal—fisheries assets allocation and “iwi”
High Court—closure of school—Treaty principles applying
Other
Boast, Erueti, McPhail, Smith—Mäori Land Law
Annual index
Māori Law Review Index December 1998 to November 1999
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Ngati Rarua Iwi Trust v Minister in Charge of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations and others - Section 38 Wairau West
Māori Appellate Court (1999) 4 Te Waipounamu Appellate MB 292 (4 APTW 292)
26 October 1999
Successful appeal against a decision of the Māori Land Court changing the status of the land from Crown land to Māori freehold land and vesting it in Te Runanga a Rangitane o Wairau Incorporated. Court should have adjourned to make fuller enquiries as to entitlement. It was appropriate for the Court to question the reasoning of the Crown in identifying the entitled group.
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