December 2010 Māori Law Review

2010 Māori Appellate Court judgments – index

This table lists the 2010 judgments of the Māori Appellate Court and contains links to reports about the decisions.

For other years: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023. For the 2010 Māori Land Court judgments index.

2010 Māori Appellate Court judgments

Judgment dateCitationMinute BookMLISLegislationSubject
2010
23.12.2010Ruka - Taheke 23A and Taheke 23B2010 Maori Appellate Court MB 6292010 APPEAL 629Maori Affairs Act 1953 sections 58, 432Survey - Boundaries, Validity of Order
21.12.2010Faulkner v Deputy Registrar - Allotment 5 Parish of  Tahawai2010 Maori Appellate Court MB2010 APPEAL 643; 2010 APPEAL 672 (minority decision)Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 sections 58, 129, 131Status of Land – Customary Land – Crown Grants
19.11.2010Te Hokowhitu v Proprietors of Matauri X2010 Maori Appellate Court MB 5662010 APPEAL 566Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 sections 58, 56; Land Transfer Act 1952Occupation order – deceased applicant – interim injunctions – permanent injunctions
17.11.2010Pene v Te Ngae Farm Trust2010 Maori Appellate Court MB 5632010 APPEAL 563Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 section 19Lease, Interim Injunction
02.11.2010Ruapuha and Uekaha Hapu Trust- Hauturu East 8 Block2010 Maori Appellate Court MB 5122010 APPEAL 512Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 sections 58, 59, 231, 244; Maori Affairs Act 1953 sections 167, 267, 436, 438WAI 51 – Waitomo caves – Who are the beneficiaries – variation of trust – ownership of trust - interpretation of trust order
04.10.2010Phillips v Trustees of Mohaka A4   Trust - Mohaka A42010 Maori Appellate Court MB 4252010 APPEAL 425Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 sections 58, 79Costs
09.09.2010O.Malley v Wyborn - Orokawa 3C2B2010 Maori Appellate Court MB 4942010 APPEAL 494Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 section 19Injunction, easement, access
16.08.2010Kopa v Cooper - Motatau 2 Section 23A1A2010 Maori Appellate Court MB 2432010 APPEAL 243Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 sections 58, 59, 289Partition
20.05.2010Tau v Nga Whanau o Morven and Glenavy -  Waihou 903 section IX Block2010 Maori Appellate Court MB 1672010 AP 167Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 sections 58, 18, 45,Civil standard of proof of the balance of probabilities; Succession to land vested in trustee in 1887 as reserve, whether land held in trust or not
29.03.2010Wall v Maori Land Court - Tauhara Middle 15 Trust and Tauhara Middle 4A2A (Mountain Reservation) Trust2010 Maori Appellate Court MB 552010 AP 55Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 sections 58, 222, 237, 238; Maori Assembled Owners Regulations 1995Trusts - re election of trustees, administration of the trust, voting procedure - powers of attorney, conduct of meetings, whether incumbent trustees who have previously breached trust can be reappointed
19.03.2010Apatu v Trustees of Owhaoko C Trust - Owhaoko C2010 Maori Appellate Court MB 342010 AP 342010 AP 34 Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 sections 58, 238, 240Trusts - re MLC refusal to remove trustees: mismanagement of trust assets, provision of information to beneficiaries
16.03.2010Maori Land Court - Lot 300 Parish of Waioeka2010 Maori Appellate Court MB 122010 AP 12Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 section 60Case stated. Status of block which had been returned to Maori owners by Crown Grant, following confiscation
26.02.2010Kemp v Kemp2010 Maori Appellate Court MB 72010 AP 7Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 sections 58, 242, 56(1)(g)Trusts - re whether MLC had jurisdiction to make order for payment of unveiling costs from Trust funds.

Author: Elizabeth Derby

Elizabeth is a graduate of Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka, Pōneke - The University of Otago, Wellington and Waipapa Taumata Rau - The University of Auckland. She enjoys writing, and now editing, having followed law and social policy issues since secondary school.