Māori Law Review

Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Australia - rights of indigenous peoples - native title - compensation - Timber Creek - Northern Territory v Mr A. Griffiths (deceased) and Lorraine Jones on behalf of the Ngaliwurru and Nungali Peoples [2019] HCA 7 - James Dwyer (free)

Te Kōti Matua – High Court

Judicial review - interested party status - memorialised land remedies - Raukawa Settlement Trust v Waitangi Tribunal [2019] NZHC 383 - Craig Linkhorn

Natural resource management - heritage protection of sites ousted by specific regime for mining - Te Ara Rangatu o te Iwi o Ngāti Te Ata Waiohua Incorporated v Attorney General [2018] NZHC 2550 - Toni Love

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

Trusts - term of investigatory trust - ahu whenua trust - Nicholas v Gibbons - Poike 8E [2019] Māori Appellate Court MB 68 (2019 APPEAL 68) - Craig Linkhorn

2019 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Chief Judge's powers - application to amend succession order dismissed - Gray - Estate of William Robinson Hawaikirangi [2019] Chief Judge’s MB 123 (2019 CJ 123) - Te Kooanga Awatere-Reedy

Succession - will maker's intention - gift of residue - Hutana - Estate of Te Whe Ariki Hutana (2019) 53 Te Waipounamu 97 (53 TWP 97) - Reto Blattner de-Vries

Trusts - ahu whenua - partition - mediation or facilitation - Thwaites v Barnett – Harataunga East 2B 2B 1 (2019) 174 Waikato Maniapoto MB 233 (174 WMN 233) - Te Kooanga Awatere-Reedy

Trusts - ahu whenua trust - proposed advisory trustees unsuitable - Mhyre – Ngapaeruru No 1B No 2C No 2 (2019) 73 Tākitimu MB 176 (73 TKT 176) - Te Kooanga Awatere-Reedy

Māori reservations - redefinition of class of beneficiaries - Gazette notice error - Raumati – Urenui Pā (2019) 394 Aotea MB 272 (394 AOT 272) - Te Kooanga Awatere-Reedy

Māori Reservations - inquiry into trustees conduct - trustees invited to resign - Otimi v Fa’uhiva – Hauhungaroa 1A3 (Poukura Pā) (2018) 394 Aotea MB 182 (394 AOT 182) - Te Kooanga Awatere-Reedy

2019 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi – Waitangi Tribunal

Waitangi Tribunal procedure - urgent hearing declined - criteria not met - broadcasting - Decision of the Tribunal on application for urgent hearing - Te Reo Irirangi 0 Te Upoko 0 te Ika Claim (2019) Wai 2844, #2.5.3 - Meredith Clement

Waitangi Tribunal procedure - urgent hearing declined - upcoming review - inclusion in kaupapa inquiry - charter schools - Decision of the Tribunal on application for urgent hearing - the Kura Hourua (Charter Schools) Claim (2019) Wai 2770, #2.5.6 - Meredith Clement

Ngā Whakahaere Rauemi - Resource Management

Māori interests in natural resource management - 2018 in review - Ana Coculescu and Chelsea Easter

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