Māori Law Review

Court of Appeal - Te Kōti Pīra

Trusts - variation - Appellate Court decision upheld - The Te Aute Trust Board v Hauraki [2014] NZCA 532

Māori Land Court - Te Kōti Whenua Māori

Recovery of land  - Trustees in the section 14 block XIII Tautuku Trust v Cairns - Part Section 3 Block XIII Tautuku Survey District (2015) 29 Te Waipounamu 48 (29 TWP 48)

Recovery of land – injunction to accompany recovery order – Henry v Wood - Part Whakanekeneke 1B (2014) 85 Taitokerau MB 175

Alienation - gifts - gift declined for contravening kaupapa of Act - Smith - Hauai 2D8 (2015) 99 Taitokerau MB 200

Partition – orders to give effect to a hybrid partition - Heta - Taiharuru 4C3B (2015) 99 Taitokerau MB 164

Partition - dismissed - insufficient support and benefit - Te Ngahue v the Proprietors of Whetumatarau B45B2 (Pohutu Station) (2015) 47 Tairawhiti MB 81

Partition - order granted by a narrow margin - Reo v Reo - Whangaruru Whakaturia ID9B1 and other blocks (2015) 100 Taitokerau MB 156

Partition - final orders after survey - Chase-Seymour - Paenoa Te Akau (2015) 114 Waiariki MB 195

Partition and establishment of ahu whenua trust - Horan - Hiwarau C (2015) 118 Waiariki MB 25 (118 WAR 25)

Land exchange - costs and change of status - Whooley - Ngaiotonga 1B1 and 2B1 and Lots 1 - 2, and 3 DP383105 (2015) 99 Taitokerau MB 138

Trusts - application for review of the Parehuia June Durie Kaitiaki Trust - Deputy Registrar v Graham - Parehuia June Durie Kaitiaki Trust (2015) 334 Aotea MB 201

Trusts - breach of trustee duties - Trustees of the Rowallan Block XIII Sections 1 and 5 Ahu Whenua Trusts v Orbell – Rowallan Block XIII Sections 1 and 5 (2015) 28 Te Waipounamu MB 37

Trusts - application to enforce obligations of trust against the trustees of Purekawa A Trust - Whare v Trustees of Pukerewa A Trust – Pukerewa A Block (2015) 95 Waikato Maniapoto MB 105

Māori Incorporations – no investigation warranted – Floyd v The Proprietors of Hauhungaroa 2C Block Incorporation Committee of Management - Hauhungaroa 2C Incorporation (2014) 325 Aotea MB 42 (325 AOT 42)

Waitangi Tribunal - Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi

Waitangi Tribunal procedure - Tribunal revokes priority hearing on prisoner voting - Directions of the Deputy Chairperson Rescinding Grant of Priority in the Electoral (Disqualification of Sentenced Prisoners) Amendment Act Claim (2015 Wai 2472, #2.5.11)

Book review - Arotakenga pukapuka

Are We There Yet? The Future of the Treaty of Waitangi: A Review - Max Harris

Moving beyond a legalistic approach to applying the Treaty of Waitangi in contemporary New Zealand - Gareth Morgan and Susan Guthrie

Are We There Yet? The Future of the Treaty of Waitangi: A response to Morgan and Guthrie - Max Harris

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