January 2011 Kohi-tātea – Contents

Te Kōti Whenua Māori - Māori Land Court

Injunction – respondents acting in accordance with District Court orders – Reeves v Gardiner - Waikawa Village Section 15C (2011) 7 Te Waipounamu MB 39

Status of land - General land - void transfer instrument while title obtained indefeasible - Deputy Registrar - Te Keti A2 (2011) 15 Taitokerau MB 76 (15 TTK 76)


Injunction – respondents acting in accordance with District Court orders – Reeves v Gardiner

Reeves v Gardiner - Waikawa Village Section 15C

Māori Land Court (2011) 7 Te Waipounamu MB 39 (7 TWP 39)

25 January 2011

Application for injunction dismissed. In disposing of felled timber, the respondents were acting in accordance with orders of the District Court.

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Status of land – General land – void transfer instrument while title obtained indefeasible – Te Keti A2

Deputy Registrar - Te Keti A2

Māori Land Court (2011) 15 Taitokerau MB 76 (15 TTK 76)

21 January 2011

Application to determine the status of Te Keti A2 block. Section 2(2)(f) of the of the Māori Affairs Act 1953 did not apply because the transfer instrument was void, as the transfer was not confirmed by the Court in direct breach of the 1953 Act. However, land determined as General land because the land was transferred to a non-Māori and the principal definition of land in the 1953 Act required Māori freehold land to be owned by Māori.

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