Hui tanguru 2020 February – Contents
Te Kōti Pīra – Court of Appeal
Judicial review - decision within power and not unreasonable - Ngāti Te Ata v The Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations [2019] NZCA 680 - Toni Love
Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court
Trespass - relief - wrongly placed structure - Hohepa v Piripi - Waima C30A and Waima Topu B Blocks [2019] Māori Appellate Court MB 629 (2019 APPEAL 629) - Te Kooanga Awatere-Reedy
2020 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index
2019 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index
Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court
Procedure - review of refusal to register appeal - Chief Registrar refusal beyond administrative duties - Mangu - Te Runanga-a-Iwi o Ngāpuhi (2019) 2019 Chief Judge’s MB 1449 - Laura Sturch
Ownership - fixture - house owned by the parties as tenants in common - Keepa - Te Touwai B16A (2019) 207 Taitokerau MB 109 (207 TTK 109) - Laahariz Thapa-Naidu
Representation of Māori - Ngāti Wai ki Aotea - whakapapa - issues outside scope of s 30 inquiry - Bayne v Trustees of the Ngāti Rehua Ngāti Wai ki Aotea Trust [2019] Chief Judge's MB 1432 (2019 CJ 1432) - Toni Love
Chief Judge's powers - succession - dismissed - Broughton - Piripi Tairawhiti Totorewa [2020] Chief Judge’s MB 63 (2020 CJ 63) - Laahariz Thapa-Naidu
Chief Judge's powers - succession - administrative errors only - Te Awe Awe v Te Awe Awe - Estate of Pipi Rakene or Pipi Te Awe Awe [2019] Chief Judge's MB 1414 (2019 CJ 1414) - Laahariz Thapa-Naidu
Chief Judge's powers - succession - granted - joint tenancy instead of tenancy in common - Clarke v Overington [2020] Chief Judge’s MB 35 (2020 CJ 35) - Sam Taylor
Chief Judge's powers - earlier orders amended - mistake - lack of credibility - evidence of forgery - Mokaraka - Waima C8 [2019] Chief Judges MB 1137 (2019 CJ 1137) - Reto Blattner de-Vries
Chief Judge's powers - roadway - error of fact - ownership corrected - Rata – Whataarakai No 1 Roadway and Lot 1 Deposited Plan 374627 [2020] Chief Judge’s MB 74 (2020 CJ 74-96) - Kelly Mitchell
Status of land - land remains Māori freehold land despite alienation - Moore - Oakura F2A [2019] 204 Taitokerau MB 165 - Craig Linkhorn
Succession - beneficial interests in private trust - granted conditionally - Papuni - Barbara Lois Rewha nee King (2020) 208 Taitokerau MB 296 (208 TTK 296) - Sam Taylor
Trusts - trustee appointment - fair and transparent election process - Buchanan- Waimahana D3B3 (2019) 204 Taitokerau MB 154 - Laura Sturch
Trusts - trustee removal - variation application dismissed - Apo v Hudson - Marenui No 141 and other blocks (2019) 227 Waiariki MB 43 (227 WAR 43) - Sam Taylor
Trusts - trustee removal - ineligible for re-relection - D J Bethel Family Trust (2019) 408 Aotea MB 210 (408 AOT 210) - Sam Taylor
Trusts - trustee removal - inquiry into conduct - strike out dismissed - Hutcheson v Clarkson - Mangamaire B2 Trust (2019) 81 Takitimu MB 52 (81 TKT 52) - Sam Taylor
Roadways - ownership rights - no distinction between legal or physical access - New Zealand Transport Agency - Kaiti 336F Roadway (2020) 92 Tairāwhiti MB 287 (92 TRW 287) - Kelly Mitchell
2020 Māori Land Court judgments - index
2019 Māori Land Court judgments - index
Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie student essay competition 2019
Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Tribal Trust and beyond the balancing exercise - Rhianna Morar
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