Hoete v Faulkner - Motiti North C No 1 Block
Māori Land Court (2017) 140 Waikato Maniapoto MB 1 (140 WMN 1)
03 May 2017
Application seeking a stay of proceedings granted.
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The Māori whakatauki, “mā pango, mā whero ka oti te mahi” usually refers to different peoples or groups cooperating and combining efforts to achieve their goals.
In this article Dr Maria Bargh examines three aspects of the 2017 general election and asks whether strategies of cooperation were, or were not, used in election campaigning to achieve political ends and whether those proved successful. Secondly, the article considers the campaigns of three Māori candidates standing in general electorate seats and the different strategies they used with varying degrees of success. Finally, Dr Bargh turns to the government media campaign to increase Māori voter turnout and consider whether there were any significant differences in the 2017 turnout.
Dr Maria Bargh is Tumuaki/Head of School at Te Kawa a Māui/School of Māori Studies, Victoria University of Wellington. She is a Senior Lecturer in the School. Her research interests focus on Māori politics including constitutional change and Māori representation, voting in local and general elections, and the Māori economy. She also researches on matters related to Māori resources.
The Electoral Commission released the final results of the 23 September general election on 7 October 2017. read more
Rewha v Clarke - Estate of Tamehana Rewha
Māori Land Court (2017) 163 Taitokerau MB 164 (163 TTK 164)
7 November 2017
The deceased's whāngai can whakapapa to the land so can succeed as natural children to land interests within the rohe but not lands outside of that rohe.
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Australia - the year in review - 2016-17 - James Dwyer (free)
Human rights - electoral disenfranchisement - prisoner voting rights - entrenchment and discrimination claims rejected - Ngaronoa v Attorney-General [2017] NZCA 351 - Rachael Jones
Leave to file further evidence - dismissed - Faulkner v Hoete - Motiti North C No 1 [2017] Māori Appellate Court MB 188 (2017 APPEAL 188) - Toni Love
Injunction - dismissed - Tito v Tito - Mangakahia 2B2 No 2A1A [2017] Māori Appellate Court 336 (2017 APPEAL 336) - Toni Love
Leave to appeal out of time dismissed - 60% costs reasonable - Muru v Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust - Wani Wani 1 Block [2017] Māori Appellate Court 248 (2017 APPEAL 248) - Toni Love
Trusts - trustee removal - appeal dismissed - Taurua v Harawira - Te Tii Waitangi A [2017] Māori Appellate Court 328 (2017 APPEAL 328) - Toni Love
2017 Māori Appellate Court Judgments - index
General jurisdiction of court - sale of shares of lessee company beyond jurisdiction - Brown v TPL 4 Limited - Motatau 1B5B5 (2017) 158 Taitokerau MB 88 (158 TTK 88) - Nopera Dennis-McCarthy
Procedure - redefine purpose of Māori reservation - application amended - Raumati – Urenui Pa (Lot 2 of Part Subdivision 3 of Section 24 Block IV Waitara Survey District) (2017) 374 Aotea MB 252 (374 AOT 252) - Nopera Dennis-McCarthy
Procedure - parties - application to withdraw from proceedings dismissed - Edwards v Winiata – Matera Ahu Whenua Trust (2017) 165 Waiariki MB 88 (165 WAR 88)
Status of land - Māori customary land - interim judgment - Bell v McDonnell - Mataimoana (2017) 374 Aotea MB 298 (374 AOT 298) - Isabella Wilson
Trusts - alleged misappropriation of trust funds - interim judgment - Deputy Registrar - Lot 1 DP 17494 Part Section 2345 New Plymouth (old Railway Station) (2017) 374 Aotea MB 81 (374 AOT 81) - Isabella Wilson
Trusts - review of trust and trustee removal application dismissed - Eggo v Tupene - Opape No 1A No 1B Māori Land Court (2017) 169 Waiariki MB 45 (169 WAR 45) - Isabella Wilson
Trusts - termination and reconstitution of whānau trust - Snell v Reti- Steel - Hemaima Reti Ataria Whanau Trust (2017) 68 Tairawhiti MB 158 (68 TRW 158) - Isabella Wilson
Trusts - orders for payment of money - distributions to beneficiaries ordered - Takarangi - Hautu 2B1B2A No 3 (2017) 375 Aotea MB 42 (375 AOT 42) - Nopera Dennis-McCarthy
Succession - wind up and distribution of estate - Tatana - Estate of Ratahi Tatana (2017) 157 Taitokerau MB 132 (157 TTK 132) - Isabella Wilson
Succession - interest changed to reflect whāngai status - Thorpe - Waikawa Village Section 10C3 (2017) 374 Aotea MB 291 (374 AOT 291) - Nopera Dennis-McCarthy
Partition and occupation order - granted subject to a survey - Dewes - Waipiro MT Sec 5 Blk X (2017) 69 Tairawhiti 1 (69 TRW 1) - Nopera Dennis-McCarthy
Landlocked land - access across adjoining land granted - Huata v Robin – Rotopounamu 1B1A (2017) 60 Tākitimu MB 7 (60 TKT 7) - Nopera Dennis-McCarthy
2017 Māori Land Court Judgments - index
Waitangi Tribunal Procedure - urgent inquiries - adjourned - settlement Bill before House of Representatives - The Tūwharetoa Deed of Settlement (Nigel Baker) claim (Wai 2622, #2.5.3) - Martha Reilly
Waitangi Tribunal procedure - urgent inquiries - priority in kaupapa inquiry programme for marine and coastal area issues - The Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 claim (Wai 2660, #2.5.8) - Craig Linkhorn
Review of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 - 2017 progress of Te Ture Whenua Māori Bill - Toni Love
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Applications are invited for appointment as our student editor for 2018. Applications close 13 November 2017.
Entries have now closed for the 2017 Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie student essay competition sponsored by the Māori Law Review. For more information on the competition go here.
James Dwyer reviews developments for the rights of indigenous peoples in Australia over 2016 and 2017. read more
Takarangi - Hautu 2B1B2A No 3
Māori Land Court (2017) 375 Aotea MB 42 (375 AOT 42)
27 September 2017
Distribution of funds to beneficiaries to be calculated and distributed and a determination of the interest that should have been earned had the trustees acted prudently.
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Ngaronoa v Attorney-General
Court of Appeal - Te Kōti Pīra [2017] NZCA 351
17 August 2017
The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal brought by a group of prisoners who challenged the legislation restricting prisoner voting. The challenge was twofold: for inconsistency with entrenched elements of electoral law; and on the ground that such disenfranchisement amounted to unlawful discrimination against Māori prisoners.
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Faulkner v Hoete - Motiti North C No 1
Māori Appellate Court [2017] Māori Appellate Court MB 188 (2017 APPEAL 188)
02 August 2017
Application seeking leave to file further evidence out of time in relation to an appeal dismissed.
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Tito v Tito - Mangakahia 2B2 No 2A1A
[2017] Māori Appellate Court 336 (2017 APPEAL 336)
29 September 2017
Application dismissed to appeal an injunction preventing the applicant from taking steps to cancel, terminate, frustrate or otherwise interfere with a lease.
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Taurua v Harawira - Te Tii Waitangi A
[2017] Māori Appellate Court 328 (2017 APPEAL 328)
29 September 2017
Appeal from a decision not to remove a trustee dismissed.
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Bell v McDonnell - Mataimoana
Māori Land Court (2017) 374 Aotea MB 298 (374 AOT 298)
12 September 2017
Interim judgment on application for investigation into ownership of Māori customary land. Concerns about alienation unfounded. Evidence hearing ordered. Not appropriate to impose a narrow focus ahead of hearing the evidence as to applicable criteria to determine customary entitlement to the land
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Huata v Robin – Rotopounamu 1B1A
Māori Land Court (2017) 60 Tākitimu MB 7 (60 TKT 7)
7 July 2017
Application for access order to road through a private right of way on land adjoining Rotopounamu 1B1A Block for future papakāinga housing. The block was landlocked within the meaning of the legislation and required reasonable access.
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Brown v TPL 4 Limited - Motatau 1B5B5
Māori Land Court (2017) 158 Taitokerau MB 88 (158 TTK 88)
29 August 2017
Application seeking a declaration that sale of shares in a lessee company of land is an alienation requiring the consent of the owners and Court approval. A second application sought damages due to breach of the lease. Both applications were dismissed. The alienation was beyond the Court's jurisdiction. The damages claim was not properly set out in a particularised claim.
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The Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 claim
Waitangi Tribunal (Wai 2660, #2.5.8)
25 August 2017
In March 2017 an urgent inquiry into claims about the operation of the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 was declined. But an invitation was extended for claimants to make further submissions on whether the claims should be inquired into on a priority basis. This latest decision concludes a priority inquiry should occur as part of the Tribunal's kaupapa inquiry programme.
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Raumati – Urenui Pa (Lot 2 of Part Subdivision 3 of Section 24 Block IV Waitara Survey District)
Māori Land Court (2017) 374 Aotea MB 252 (374 AOT 252)
28 August 2017
The applicant sought to amend a 1932 gazette notice setting aside Urenui Pā as a Māori reservation, which differed from a previous Court declaration. Application amended to an application seeking to redefine the purpose and the intended class of persons for whom the reservation was made.
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Edwards v Winiata – Matera Ahu Whenua Trust
Māori Land Court (2017) 165 Waiariki MB 88 (165 WAR 88)
28 June 2017
Application by the respondent to remove himself from the proceedings dismissed. The respondent should still be part of the proceedings as he may be liable to the Trust.
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Deputy Registrar - Lot 1 DP 17494 Part Section 2345 New Plymouth (old Railway Station)
Māori Land Court (2017) 374 Aotea MB 81 (374 AOT 81)
18 August 2017
Interim judgment concerning alleged misappropriation of trust finds. Court appoints solicitor to prepare an independent report on the trust and the allegations of misappropriation of trust funds.
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Eggo v Tupene - Opape No 1A No 1B
Māori Land Court (2017) 169 Waiariki MB 45 (169 WAR 45)
11 September 2017
Applications seeking review of trust and removal of trustees dismissed. The issue for determination was whether the trustees breached their duties and if so whether the breach is sufficient to warrant removal. Breaches not sufficient to warrant removal.
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Tatana - Estate of Ratahi Tatana
Māori Land Court (2017) 157 Taitokerau MB 132 (157 TTK 132)
29 August 2017
Court addresses final issues relating to the distribution of the deceased's estate and makes orders that enable the estate in question to be wound up.
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Thorpe - Waikawa Village Section 10C3
Māori Land Court (2017) 374 Aotea MB 291 (374 AOT 291)
6 September 2017
Application for amendment of a succession order to change status of one of the children in the deceased's estate from a natural child to a whāngai child. Application granted and status changed in the succession order.
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Snell v Reti- Steel - Hemaima Reti Ataria Whanau Trust
Māori Land Court (2017) 68 Tairawhiti MB 158 (68 TRW 158)
13 June 2017
Application to disestablish two trusts in order to combine them into one trust approved.
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Dewes - Waipiro MT Sec 5 Blk X
Māori Land Court (2017) 69 Tairawhiti 1 (69 TRW 1)
22 July 2017
Application for a partition and an occupation order confirmed, subject to a survey.
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The Tūwharetoa Deed of Settlement (Nigel Baker) claim
Waitangi Tribunal (Wai 2622, #2.5.3)
15 August 2017
Application seeking an urgent inquiry into whether the settlement of Ngāti Tūwharetoa historical claims should include the applicant's claims concerning land at Te Matai adjourned. The Tribunal's jurisdiction is suspended because of the Ngāti Tūwharetoa Claims Settlement Bill.
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Appeals - leave to appeal out of time dismissed - 60% costs reasonable - Muru v Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust - Wani Wani 1 Block [2017] Māori Appellate Court 248 (2017 APPEAL 248) - Toni Love
2017 Māori Appellate Court Judgments - index
Injunction - occupation of house - trespass - dismissed - Hauiti v Tamati - Puhunga A7D1 (2017) 68 Tairawhiti MB 100 (68 TRW 100) - Isabella Wilson
Injunction - dismissed - prohibiting owner voting prejudicial - Niao - Matata 39A Sec 2B No 2B No 2A (2017) 163 Waiariki MB 22 (163 WAR 22) - Hannah Martin
Jurisdiction - debt, demand or damage does not relate to Māori freehold land - Biddle v Karaitiana - Waipahihi 4H Block (2017) 163 Waiariki MB 149 (163 WAI 149) - Isabella Wilson
Procedure - rehearing application dismissed - Walters v Miller - Oranui 10 (Māori Reservation) (2017) 167 Waiariki MB 176 (167 WAR 176) - Nopera Dennis-McCarthy
Procedure - rehearing application dismissed - Smith v Smith - Estate of Francis Guthrie-Smith (2017) 70 Tairāwhiti MB 161 (70 TRW 161) - Isabella Wilson
Procedure - amendment of interim judgment - Naera v Fenwick - Whakapoungakau 24 (2017) 168 Waiariki MB 257 (168 WAR 257) - Annelise Samuels
Appeals - leave to appeal interim freezing injunction declined - Butler v Matchitt - Matangareka 3B Ahu Whenua Trust (2017) 163 Waiāriki MB 10 (163 WAR 10) - Hannah Martin
Trusts - review of trust and appointment of new trustees - Carroll - Himatangi 7 Block (2017) 369 Aotea MB 107 (369 AOT 107) - Hannah Martin
Trusts - review of trust - review complete - no grounds for related applications - Royal v Waerea- The Mere Royal Whānau Trust (2017) 162 Waiariki MB 117 (162 WAR 117) - Isabella Wilson
Trusts - replace trustees - proposed trustees appointed - Insley v Huritu - Awanui Haparapara No 4B (2017) 167 Waiariki MB 194 (167 WAR 194) - Isabella Wilson
Trusts - trustee appointment - conviction history - Cutforth v Dudley - Omapere Taraire E and Rangihamama X3A Ahu Whenua Trust (2017) 157 Taitokerau MB 7 (157 TTK 7) - Nopera Dennis-McCarthy
Trusts - breach of trustee duties - application adjourned - Amoroa - Omuriwaka Māori Reservation (2017) 163 Waiariki MB 93 (163 WAR 93) - Isabella Wilson
Trusts - trustee fees excessive and unjustified - Deputy Registrar - Moteo Estate Trust (2017) 58 Tākitimu MB 137 (58 TKT 137) - Isabella Wilson
Trusts - ahu whenua trust - meeting ordered - Aupouri - Waitekaha A4 (2017) 68 Tairawhiti MB 94 (68 TRW 94) - Isabella Wilson
2017 Māori Land Court Judgments - index
Waitangi Tribunal procedure - urgent inquiries - granted - Ahuriri Hapū Deed of Settlement claims - Martha Reilly
Waitangi Tribunal procedure – urgent inquiries - declined - the Children, Young Persons and their Families Act 1989 claim - Martha Reilly
Waitangi Tribunal procedure – urgent inquiries - declined - the Waikaremoana Tribal Authority Mandate claim - Martha Reilly
Waitangi Tribunal procedure - urgent inquiries - declined - legislation - Rangitāne o Wairapapa and Rangitane o Tamaki Nui-a-Rua - 1 - Nicholas Coyle
Waitangi Tribunal procedure - urgent inquiries - declined - legislation - Rangitāne o Wairapapa and Rangitane o Tamaki Nui-a-Rua - 2 - Kahu Haimona
Waitangi Tribunal procedure – urgent inquiries - granted - Ngati Hinemanu me Ngati Paki Kaweka and Gwavas Forests Claims - Kahu Haimona
Review of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 - 2017 progress of Te Ture Whenua Māori Bill - Toni Love
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Entries are welcomed for the 2017 Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie student essay competition sponsored by the Māori Law Review. For more information and details on how the competition operates go here. Entries close at 5 p.m. on Friday 6 October 2017.