Māori Land Court - Te Kōti Whenua Māori
Status of land - General land - The General Trust Board of the Diocese of Auckland - Taumatawiwi A (2016) 127 Taitokerau MB 169 (127 TTK 169) - Indiana Shewen
Alienation - gift of land to restore whānau connection granted - Gunson - Waikawa Village Section 10C (2016) 35 Te Waipounamu MB 248 (35 TWP 248) - Indiana Shewen
Māori Incorporations - jurisdiction to review decisions - Firmin v The Committee of Management of Atihau Whanganui Incorporation (2016) 352 Aotea MB 233 (352 AOT 233) - Emerald UnRuh
Legislation - Ngā Whakaturetanga
Special issue - Te Ture Whenua Māori Bill
Policy statement and explanatory note - Toni Love
Preliminary provisions - Toni Love
Status of land and whenua tāpui (Māori reservations) - Toni Love
Ownership interests in Māori freehold land - Toni Love
Disposing of interests in Māori land - Toni Love
Succession - Toni Love
Management entities - Toni Love
Registers and the Māori Land Court - Toni Love
Dispute resolution - Toni Love
Māori Law Review events
Te Ture Whenua Māori Bill – seminars - Wellington (17 June 2016) and Auckland (24 June 2016)
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Canada - fully endorses United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - Emerald UnRuh
Book review - Arotakena pukapuka
Indigenous Intellectual Property: A Handbook of Contemporary Research - Aroha Te Pareake Mead
Print version
Download the Māori Law Review June 2016 (1014 KB PDF)
The General Trust Board of the Diocese of Auckland - Taumatawiwi A
Māori Land Court (2016) 127 Taitokerau MB 169 (127 TTK 169)
5 April 2016
The Court determined the status of the land (Taumatawiwi A, Part Peria and Te Ngaohe blocks) is General land.
Download The General Trust Board of the Diocese of Auckland - Taumatawiwi A (184 KB PDF). read more
Gunson - Waikawa Village Section 10C
Māori Land Court (2016) 35 Te Waipounamu MB 248 (35 TWP 248)
31 March 2016
The applicant sought to gift half of his shares in the land to his natural brother to restore a whānau connection to the land. The applicant's adoptive whānau objected. They wished for the land to remain in their Mother's family line. The Court granted the application.
Download Gunson - Waikawa Village Section 10C (194 KB PDF) here. read more
Firmin v The Committee of Management of Atihau Whanganui Incorporation
Māori Land Court (2016) 352 Aotea MB 233 (352 AOT 233)
12 May 2016
The applicant sought declarations that beneficiaries and members of a whānau trust be permitted to hunt on the land, and that he be granted an opportunity to air his concerns in regards to the Incorporation's management of the land. The application was dismissed. There was no foundation established for the Court to exercise any jurisdiction over the challenged decisions by the Incorporation.
Download Firmin v The Committee of Management of Atihau Whanganui Incorporation (PDF 329 KB)
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A Bill was introduced into the House of Representatives in April 2016 to further reform Māori land law. This latest reform project has been in train since June 2012 when an independent expert panel was appointed to review the law.
Toni Love has followed the law reform process and has prepared a series of articles examining the most significant components of the new Bill as introduced to the House of Representatives. In this article she examines the provisions relating to dispute resolution. read more
A Bill was introduced into the House of Representatives in April 2016 to further reform Māori land law. This latest reform project has been in train since June 2012 when an independent expert panel was appointed to review the law.
Toni Love has followed the law reform process and has prepared a series of articles examining the most significant components of the new Bill as introduced to the House of Representatives. In this article she examines the provisions relating to registers and the Māori Land Court. read more
A Bill was introduced into the House of Representatives in April 2016 to further reform Māori land law. This latest reform project has been in train since June 2012 when an independent expert panel was appointed to review the law.
Toni Love has followed the law reform process and has prepared a series of articles examining the most significant components of the new Bill as introduced to the House of Representatives. In this article she examines the provisions relating to management entities for Māori land. read more
A Bill was introduced into the House of Representatives in April 2016 to further reform Māori land law. This latest reform project has been in train since June 2012 when an independent expert panel was appointed to review the law.
Toni Love has followed the law reform process and has prepared a series of articles examining the most significant components of the new Bill as introduced to the House of Representatives. In this article she examines the provisions relating to succession to interests in Māori land. read more
A Bill was introduced into the House of Representatives in April 2016 to further reform Māori land law. This latest reform project has been in train since June 2012 when an independent expert panel was appointed to review the law.
Toni Love has followed the law reform process and has prepared a series of articles examining the most significant components of the new Bill as introduced to the House of Representatives. In this article she examines the provisions relating to alienation/disposition of Māori land. read more
A Bill was introduced into the House of Representatives in April 2016 to further reform Māori land law. This latest reform project has been in train since June 2012 when an independent expert panel was appointed to review the law.
Toni Love has followed the law reform process and has prepared a series of articles examining the most significant components of the new Bill as introduced to the House of Representatives. In this article she examines the provisions relating to ownership interests in Māori land and the associated decision-making processes. read more
A Bill was introduced into the House of Representatives in April 2016 to further reform Māori land law. This latest reform project has been in train since June 2012 when an independent expert panel was appointed to review the law.
Toni Love has followed the law reform process and has prepared a series of articles examining the most significant components of the new Bill as introduced to the House of Representatives. In this article she examines the provisions relating to status of land and whenua tāpui (Māori reservations). read more
The government of Canada removed its objector status to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), and intends to "adopt and implement the declaration in accordance with the Canadian Constitution."
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A Bill was introduced into the House of Representatives in April 2016 to further reform Māori land law. This latest reform project has been in train since June 2012 when an independent expert panel was appointed to review the law.
Toni Love has followed the law reform process and has prepared a series of articles examining the most significant components of the new Bill as introduced to the House of Representatives. In this first article in a series she examines the Bill's preliminary provisions.
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Seminar – Te Ture Whenua Māori Bill
Friday 24 June 2016, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Buddle Findlay – PWC Tower, 188 Quay St, Auckland
The Māori Law Review is convening seminars in Auckland and Wellington where presenters will explore the proposed reform of Māori land law set out in the Te Ture Whenua Māori Bill.
Professor Jacinta Ruru will chair the seminars. Professor Ruru is Co-Director of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence and a Consultant Editor to the Māori Law Review. read more
Seminar – Te Ture Whenua Māori Bill
Friday 17 June 2016, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Buddle Findlay – Level 17, State Insurance Tower
1 Willis Street, Wellington
The Māori Law Review is convening seminars in Wellington and Auckland where presenters will explore the proposed reform of Māori land law set out in the Te Ture Whenua Māori Bill.
Professor Jacinta Ruru will chair the seminars. Professor Ruru is Co-Director of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence and a Consultant Editor to the Māori Law Review. read more
A Bill was introduced into the House of Representatives in April 2016 to further reform Māori land law. This latest reform project has been in train since June 2012 when an independent expert panel was appointed to review the law.
Toni Love has followed the law reform process and has prepared a series of articles examining the most significant components of the new Bill as introduced to the House of Representatives. In this article she sets out the general policy statement and clause by clause analysis from the explanatory note prefacing Te Ture Whenua Māori Bill. read more
