Ngā ture o ngā iwi taketake - Rights of Indigenous peoples
The Sioux tribes’ opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline - Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v US Army Corps of Engineers (DDC) Civil Action No 16-1534 - Stephen Young
Te Kōti Matua – High Court
Intestacy - administration of estate by natural child adopted out - whānau - [2020] NZHC 1399 - Craig Linkhorn
Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court
2020 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index
2019 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index
Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court
Injunctions - sought over General land - refused - no jurisdiction - Walker - Mangawhati 3B3 and Mangawhati 3B1 (2020) 214 Taitokerau MB 88 (214 TTK 88) - Sam Taylor
2020 Māori Land Court judgments - index
2019 Māori Land Court judgments - index
Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi – Waitangi Tribunal
Mana Ahuriri mandate inquiry report - ratification results (Wai 2573, 2020) - Zoe Rose-Curnow
Takutai moana - Waitangi Tribunal report on the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 - stage one (Wai 2660, 2020) - Zoe Rose-Curnow
Waitangi Tribunal procedure - urgent inquiry declined - vocational education (Wai 2882) - Laura Sturch
Ngā Whakaturetanga - Legislation
Indigenous languages in Parliament and legislation - comparing the Māori and Indigenous Australian experience - Julian R. Murphy
Print version
Download the Māori Law Review July 2020 (538 KB PDF)
The Mana Ahuriri Mandate Report
Waitangi Tribunal (Wai 2573)
31 July 2020
The Waitangi Tribunal inquired into claims about the Crown's monitoring of processes followed by negotiators for the Mana Ahuriri hapū to maintain their mandate and to finalise a settlement of historical claims.
Download The Mana Ahuriri Mandate Report (3.7 MB, PDF). read more
Decision of the Deputy Chairperson on applications for an urgent hearing
Waitangi Tribunal (Wai 2882, #2.5.12)
21 July 2020
Applications for an urgent hearing in relation to the Crown's proposed reforms to the vocational education sector were dismissed. The proceedings were interrupted by the introduction of the Reform of the Vocational Education Bill to the House of Representatives; however, the Tribunal has since had jurisdiction for 5 months, and the parties have not taken further steps. Accordingly, the Judge considered the matter was not urgent and it was dismissed.
Download Decision of the Deputy Chairperson on applications for an urgent hearing (when available).
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22 July 2020
Rehearing granted. The applicant missed the original hearing due to unforeseen and extraordinary circumstances.
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High Court [2020] NZHC 1399
19 June 2020
The Court reversed a registrar's decision refusing to grant the applicant the right to administer her natural father's estate. The applicant was adopted and had retained contact with her natural father and his whānau.
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Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v US Army Corps of Engineers (DDC) Civil Action No 16-1534
United State District Court for the District of Columbia
25 March 2020 and 6 July 2020
Dr Stephen Young examines two 2020 judgments in the ongoing dispute about the Dakota Access Pipeline brought by Sioux Indigenous peoples. These judgments deal with whether the pipeline can be used while required environmental impact assessments are outstanding.
Download Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v US Army Corps of Engineers (DDC) Civil Action No 16-1534 and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v Army Corps of Engineers (Subsequent Determination), --- F Supp 3d ---, 2020 WL 3624426 (DDC)
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The Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 inquiry - stage one report
Waitangi Tribunal (Wai 2660, 2020)
29 June 2020
The Waitangi Tribunal has released its stage one report on its inquiry into the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011. Stage one of the inquiry focused on whether the procedural and resourcing arrangements supporting the Act breached the Treaty of Waitangi and prejudicially affected Māori.
Download The Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 inquiry - stage one report (1.6 MB PDF). read more
Walker - Mangawhati 3B3 and Mangawhati 3B1
Māori Land Court (2020) 214 Taitokerau MB 88 (214 TTK 88)
30 June 2020
Application for an urgent injunction to stop the sale of Mangawhati 3B1 dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
Download Walker - Mangawhati 3B3 and Mangawhati 3B1 (169 KB PDF).
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Julian R. Murphy looks at the use of Indigenous languages in parliamentary proceedings and legislation in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia. read more
