Māori Law Review

Edwards - Whakatōhea

Māori Land Court (2018) 183 Waiariki 169-194 (183 WAR 169)

12 March 2018

The Court heard and determined an application to review an order made in 1994 determining appropriate representatives to act for Whakatōhea in the negotiation of a Treaty settlement. The 1994 order remained valid. However, it was now ineffective and no longer addressed the needs of Whakatōhea. The Court amended the order so that it expired on the date of judgment, 12 March 2018.

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Accident Compensation Corporation v Stafford

High Court [2018] NZHC 218

22 February 2018

Application to remove a caveat preventing dealings with land. While there was no caveatable interest, the Court preserved the caveat temporarily so the Crown could consider intervening in the applicant corporation's investment property dealings. The caveator had argued that because the corporation is a Crown entity it's land could be caveated to prevent dealings and to preserve possible use of the land to satisfy Crown liability to the caveator for breach of fiduciary duty.

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Māori Land Court (2018) 189 Waiariki MB 117 (189 WAR 117)

13 June 2018

Application for the removal of a trustee dismissed as the threshold for removal was not met.

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Māori Land Court (2018) 386 Aotea MB 142 (386 AOT 142)

22 June 2018

Application for an injunction to halt earthworks on Lake Horowhenua and remove trustees from the Horowhenua 11(Lake) Trust. The Court considered the injunction unnecessary and determined there was not enough evidence to justify removal of the trustees.

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Māori Land Court [2018] Chief Judge's MB 219 (2018 CJ 219)

27 June 2018

Application to amend succession orders, based on the alleged error noting the applicant as a whāngai child, dismissed as the evidence demonstrated the applicant was a whāngai on the balance of probabilities.

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Māori Land Court (2018) 160 Waikato Maniapoto MB 113 (160 WMN 113)

17 April 2018

Application for interests in joint tenancy by way of survivorship. Competing equitable claim set down for further hearing.

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Māori Land Court (2018) 156 Waikato Maniapoto MB 77 (156 WMN 77)

9 February 2018

To facilitate commercial development the Court granted applications for partition, change of status for land and an easement.

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23 April 2018

Application for cancellation of succession order refused but order made amending the Court's prior trust order.

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Edwards v Tatere - Mangatainoka No 1BC No 2C1, Tamaki 2A1C Part (Lot DP7840) and Tamaki 2A2A (Balance) also known as Ngawapurua and Rua Roa Trusts

Māori Land Court (2018) 186 Waiariki MB 44-60 (186 WAR 44)

04 May 2018

Application for costs dismissed.

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Māori Land Court (2018) 185 Waiariki MB 106 (185 WAR 106-112)

20 April 2018

Application for order compelling answer to interrogatories denied. Application for discovery of bank records partially granted.

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Mane - Waihou A8C1B1 

Māori Land Court (2018) 171 Taitokerau MB 291 ( 171 TTK 291)

01 May 2018

Reserved decision finalising orders made in a previous preliminary decision. The submissions received by the Court did not materially alter its previous findings. The Lucy Mane Whānau Trust was constituted over land associated with the homestead, occupation orders were granted and the application for an injunction was dismissed with the matter to be addressed by the newly appointed trustees.

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Pook v Gage - Mangaroa Block and Others

Māori Land Court (2018) 186 Waiariki MB 32-38 (186 WAR 32)

02 May 2018

Further clarification of an earlier preliminary decision about the effect of appointments to a committee of management.

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Māori Land Court (2018) 39 Te Waipounamu MB 43 (39 TWP 34)

5 April 2018

Application for review of an ahu whenua trust dismissed.

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Māori Land Court (2018) 383 Aotea MB 50 (383 AOT 50)

20 April 2018

Application for distribution of trust funds and relief of trustee liability to be determined following an owner ballot.

Download Takarangi v Owens - Hautu 2B1B2A No 3 (371 KB PDF).  read more

Anderson v Anderson - Estate of Barlow Nathaniel Hahona Anderson & Estate of Ora Hanna Anderson 

Māori Land Court (2018) 185 Waiariki MB 287 (185 WAR 287-303)

27 April 2018

Applications for discovery and for the constitution of the 'Barlow' whānau trust granted. Application for the constitution of the Ora whānau trust set down for further hearing.

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Mane - Waihou A8C1B1 

Māori Land Court (2018) 169 Taitokerau MB 108 (169 TTK 108)

13 March 2018

A preliminary judgment in relation to Waihou A8C1B1. The homestead land interests were held on trust and the Court intends to re-constitute a whānau trust over these interests. Further applications to be decided at a later hearing.

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Court of Appeal – Te Kōti Pīra

Procedure - extension of time to appeal - Kusabs and Ors v Staite and Ors [2018] NZCA 106 - Toni Love

High Court – Te Kōti Matua

Procedure - recall application - Staite v Kusabs [2017] NZHC 2299 - Toni Love

Procedure - slip rule - judgment amended - Staite v Kusabs [2017] NZHC 1758 - Toni Love

Māori Appellate Court – Te Kōti Pīra Māori

Security for costs - Maiava criteria not met - points arguable - W T Nicholls - Security for Costs [2018] Māori Appellate Court MB 165-169 (2018 APPEAL 165) - Toni Love

Judicial recusal - apparent bias - prior role as barrister - Rudd v Hurunui - Horowhenua 11 Part Reservation [2018] Māori Appellate Court MB 123 (2018 APPEAL 123) - Toni Love

Injunction - trespass by ouster - planning instruments - Faulkner v Hoete - Motiti North C No 1 [2018] Māori Appellate Court MB 17 (2018 APPEAL 17) - Toni Love

2018 Māori Appellate Court Judgments - index

Māori Land Court - Te Kōti Whenua Māori

Chief Judge's powers - succession order - natural child - Hona - Estate of Hiriweteri Toby (2017) Chief Judge's MB 428 (2017 CJ 428) - Toni Love

Status of land - Māori customary land - no jurisdiction - Hetaraka v Auckland Council - Allotments 170-176 Parish of Manurewa (2017) 158 Taitokerau MB 248 (158 TTK 248) - Annelise Samuels

Partition - construction of marae complex - Kerehi v Griggs - Ngapuketaurua 6C Section 1 (2017) 62 Tākitimu MB 210 (62 TKT 210) - Annelise Samuels

Occupation orders - opposition - possible future ahu whenua trust - Gilbert - Horahora 1A3B (2017) 158 Taitokerau MB 69 (158 TTK 69) - Annelise Samuels

Occupation orders - ownership of dwelling - Taka v Watene - Koparakore A32A2B3B (2017) 34 Tākitimu MB 163 (34 TKT 163) - Toni Love

Occupation orders - family trust - no jurisdiction - Taipana - Taonui Ahuaturanga 3A2 Part (2017) 377 Aotea MB 282 (377 AOT 282) - Toni Love

Trusts - ahu whenua trust - no meritorious objections - Insley v Insley - Awanui Haparapara No 2B1B2 (2017) 167 Waiariki MB 183 (167 WAR 183) - Annelise Samuels

Trusts - trustee appointment - insufficient support - Goldsmith - Lot 72B 3G2 Parish of Matata (2017) 175 Waiariki MB 99 (175 WAR 99) - Toni Love

Trusts - trustee appointment - method of voting - Hei - Maraehako C3D (2017) 174 Waiariki MB 274 (174 WAR 274) - Toni Love

Trusts - trustee removal - vesting of shares - injunction - The Māori Trustee v Smith - Waipaoa 5A2 (2017) 72 Tairāwhiti MB 57 (72 TRW 57)

Trusts - termination - distribution of assets - Carlton v Dodd - June Dodd Whānau Trust (2017) 377 Aotea MB 248 (377 AOT 248) - Toni Love

Trusts - partial termination - Katene-Griffith - Katene Whanau Trust (2017) 47 Te Waipounamu MB 4 (47 TWP 4) - Toni Love

Māori Incorporations - term of appointment - Pook v Gage - The Proprietors of Mangaroa and Other Blocks Incorporated (2017) 168 Waiariki MB 200 (168 WAR 200) - Annelise Samuels

2018 Māori Land Court Judgments - index

Waitangi Tribunal - Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi

Whakatōhea mandate inquiry report - recognising a mandate to negotiate a settlement - Dr Carwyn Jones

Resource Management - Ngā Whakahaere Rauemi

Māori interests in natural resource management - 2017 in review by Anna Brenstrum, Annie O'Connor and Dave Randal

Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie student essay competition 2017

Durability of the Treaty settlement process: Ngāti Whātua, tikanga, and overlapping claims - Cate Barnett

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Kusabs and Ors v Staite and Ors

Court of Appeal [2018] NZCA 106

20 April 2018

Application for an extension of time to appeal granted. Complex procedural history of multiple judgments under appeal discussed.

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Staite v Kusabs

High Court [2017] NZHC 1758

27 July 2017

Application to consider remaining issues in relation to March 2017 judgment. Order made amending the date of commencement of the Tumunui Lease under the 'slip rule'.

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Staite v Kusabs

High Court [2017] NZHC 2299

22 September 2017

Application to recall part of a judgment granted.

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W T Nicholls - Security for Costs

Māori Appellate Court [2018] Māori Appellate Court MB 165-169 (2018 APPEAL 165)

19 April 2018

Application for security for costs against the appellant dismissed.

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Insley v Insley - Awanui Haparapara No 2B1B2

Māori Land Court (2017) 167 Waiariki MB 183 (167 WAR 183)

10 August 2017

An application to constitute an ahu whenua trust over the land block. The application was granted as the objections raised were not in opposition to the trust itself and the owners would benefit from a formal governance structure.

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Kerehi v Griggs - Ngapuketaurua 6C Section 1

Māori Land Court (2017) 62 Tākitimu MB 210 (62 TKT 210)

21 September 2017

An application was granted to partition land to build a marae complex.

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Gilbert - Horahora 1A3B

Māori Land Court (2017) 158 Taitokerau MB 69 (158 TTK 69)

04 September 2017

Applications for occupation orders granted.

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Hetaraka v Auckland Council - Allotments 170-176 Parish of Manurewa

Māori Land Court (2017) 158 Taitokerau MB 248 (158 TTK 248)

14 September 2017

Applications were dismissed that sought a determination that parcels of land are Māori customary land and associated orders to prevent development of the land.

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