Māori Law Review

Te Kōkiri – Advocacy

2019 Te Hunga Roia Māori Moot - Judge Craig Coxhead

Te Kōti Pīra – Court of Appeal

Natural resource management - control of fishing activity - Attorney-General v The Trustees of the Motiti Rohe Moana Trust & Ors [2019] NZCA 532 - Toni Love

Te Kōti Matua – High Court

Natural resource management - sites of significance - remitted to Environment Court - Maungaharuru-Tangitu Trust v Hastings District Council [2019] NZHC 2576 - Toni Love

Incorporated societies - Māori fisheries - Page v Te Rūnanga o Wharekauri Rekohu Incorporated [2019] NZHC 2823 - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

2019 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Costs - full indemnity costs inappropriate - partial costs awarded - Arthur v The Proprietors of Potikirua Incorporation - Potikirua Incorporation (2019) 225 Waiariki MB 63 (225 WAR 63) - Kelly Mitchell

Landlocked land - reasonable access - safest route - Tuson - Mangamuka West 3B2A Block (2019) 206 Taitokerau MB 130 (206 TTK 130) - Kelly Mitchell

Trusts - trustee removal - breach of trustee responsibilities - account of profits to determine - Pai - Waihi Kahakaharoa 3B2A and Waihi Kahakaharoa 9A (2019) 407 Aotea MB 180 (407 AOT 180) - Kelly Mitchell

Trusts - trustees - invited to resign - no defence of trust assets - Biddle v Biddle-Bassett - Te Atuareretahi and other blocks (2019) 223 Waiariki MB 182 (223 WAR 182) - Kelly Mitchell

Trusts - review - unpaid debt - standing - District Court more appropriate - Williams v Cotter-Arlidge - Okaihau 3C2 (2019) 77 Tākitimu MB 51 (77 TKT 51) - Toni Love

Trusts - trustee appointments - variation of trust order - Boase - Wharengaere No 3 (2019) 205 Taitokerau MB 227 - Laura Sturch

2019 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi – Waitangi Tribunal

Waitangi Tribunal Procedure - urgent inquiry declined - lack of evidence of prejudice - Wai 262 response - Māori Arts and Culture (Wai 2909, #2.5.7) - Meredith Clement

Waitangi Tribunal procedure - urgent inquiry declined - Lake Horowhenua (Wai 2898, #2.5.2) - Meredith Clement

Waitangi Tribunal procedure - urgent inquiry declined - adjournment inconsistent with urgency - Lake Horowhenua (Wai 2908, #2.5.5) - Meredith Clement

2019 Waitangi Tribunal decisions - index

Ngā Whakaturetanga - Legislation

Treaty settlement legislation before the House of Representatives in 2019 - Dr Carwyn Jones and Reto Blattner de-Vries

Public Service Legislation Bill - Crown relationships with Māori - Craig Linkhorn

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Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie student essay competition 2019

Rhianna Morar is the winner of the 2019 Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie student essay competition sponsored by the Māori Law Review. Her essay, about the Courts' interpretative approach to tikanga Māori will be published in the February 2020 issue of the Review.