Māori Law Review

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

Injunction - unavailable on facts - Moke clearly applies - Nikora v Te Uru Taumatua (2020) 2020 Māori Appellate Court MB 248 (2020 APPEAL 248) - Kelly Mitchell; comment on Nikora - Tom Bennion

Representation of Māori - end date for representation order - Ngāti Pāoa Trust Board v Ngāti Pāoa Iwi Trust - Ngāti Pāoa [2020] Māori Appellate Court MB 318 (202o APPEAL 318) - Sam Taylor

Chief Judge's powers - succession - breach of natural justice - rehearing - Tairua v Aati - Mere Hare Kerepeti (2020) Māori Appellate Court MB 224 (2020 APP 224) - Sam Taylor

Ownership of house - inclusion among interests vested in whānau trust - Herewini - Te Tii Mangonui A3 [2020] Māori Appellate Court MB 54 (2020 APPEAL 54) - Craig Linkhorn

Status of land - land remains Māori freehold land despite alienation - Māori Affairs Act 1953 - Moore - Oakura F2A [2020] Māori Appellate Court MB 209 (2020 APPEAL 209) - Tom Bennion

Status of land - partition - no jurisdiction to change status of part of parcel of land - Short v Stowers (2020) Māori Appellate Court MB 141 (2020 APPEAL 141) - Kelly Mitchell

Succession - gift under will - succession to hapū land interests - Fleet v Kennedy (2020) Māori Appellate Court MB 46 (2020 APPEAL 46) - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Occupation order - leave refused to appeal out of time - Insley v Insley (2020) Māori Appellate Court MB 29 (2020 APPEAL 29) - Kelly Mitchell

Trusts - repay sums to trust - quantified - Pook v Butler - Matangareka 3B Block (2020) Māori Appellate Court MB 126 (2020 Appeal 126) - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Māori Reservations - failure to protect funds - trustee and recipient liability - constructive trust - bias - Tata v Martin - Waiwhakaata 3E 4C Lot 2A Block (Hiimona Marae) (2020) Māori Appellate Court MB 166 (2020 Appeal 166) - Zoe Rose Curnow

2020 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

2019 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Chief Judge's powers - creation of whenua tōpū trust - breach of natural justice - Stirling - Opape No 1 No 1B (2020) Chief Judge's MB 526 (2020 CJ 526) - Sam Taylor

Rehearing - granted out of time - no notice - Ua v Ua - Succession to Te Waharoa Cookson-Ua (2020) 64 Te Waipounamu MB 2 (64 TWP 2) - Kelly Mitchell

Partition - granted - sufficient notice and degree of support - mortgage finance - District Plan consent requirements - Tau v Pitama - Kaiapoi Section 149B (2020) 62 Te Waipounamu MB 169 (62 TWP 169) - Sam Taylor

Trusts - partial termination - whānau trust - trustees failed in duties - Scott - Tiaho Mateparae Whānau Trust (2020) 417 Aotea MB 123 (417 AOT 123) - Sam Taylor

Māori Reservations - eligibility to vote - beneficiaries of Pouākani Marae - Hamon v Te Maari - Mangakino Pouākani Marae (2020) 233 Waiariki MB 296 (233 WAR MB 296) - Sam Taylor

2020 Māori Land Court judgments - index

2019 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi – Waitangi Tribunal

Plant variety rights reform - UPOV 91 accession - Treaty consistency (Wai 2522, 2020) - Craig Linkhorn

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