Broughton - Piripi Tairawhiti Totorewa
Māori Land Court [2020] Chief Judge’s MB 63 (2020 CJ 63)
4 February 2020
Application to amend a succession order dismissed.
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Te Awe Awe v Te Awe Awe - Estate of Pipi Rakene or Pipi Te Awe Awe
Māori Land Court [2019] Chief Judge's MB 1414 (2019 CJ 1414)
11 December 2019
Application seeking to amend a succession order dismissed.
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Rata – Whataarakai No 1 Roadway and Lot 1 Deposited Plan 374627
Māori Land Court [2020] Chief Judge’s MB 74 (2020 CJ 74-96)
7 February 2020
Application seeking to cancel previous orders concerning a roadway.
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New Zealand Transport Agency - Kaiti 336F Roadway
Māori Land Court (2020) 92 Tairāwhiti MB 287 (92 TRW 287)
3 February 2020
Application to determine the ownership of the Kaiti 336F Roadway and a claim to the ownership of the roadway.
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Clarke v Overington
Māori Land Court [2020] Chief Judge’s MB 35 (2020 CJ 35)
3 February 2020
Application to amend entry of status orders relating to Maketu A Section 39 Block and Lot 2 Deposited Plan South Auckland 25586 and to cancel subsequent succession orders relating to the applicant's husband granted. The applicant and her husband should have been recorded as joint tenants rather than tenants in common.
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Mokaraka - Waima C8
Maori Land Court [2019] Chief Judges MB 1137 (2019 CJ 1137)
1 November 2019
Application seeking to amend succession orders relating to the Waima C8 block. The Court concluded that there were sufficient grounds to establish that signatures had been forged and therefore it was in the interests of justice to remedy the mistake.
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Hutcheson v Clarkson - Mangamaire B2 Trust
Māori Land Court (2019) 81 Takitimu MB 52 (81 TKT 52)
24 December 2019
An interim judgment determining whether an application to remove trustees should be struck out and to decide whether the Court inquire into trustee conduct.
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D J Bethel Family Trust
Māori Land Court (2019) 408 Aotea MB 210 (408 AOT 210)
4 December 2019
An interim judgment concerning the Rangitatau Waitōtara 3C2B2 and 3C2B3 Trust. The Court removed trustees, for cause, and ruled those persons ineligible for re-election.
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Buchanan- Waimahana D3B3
Māori Land Court (2019) 204 Taitokerau MB 154
14 November 2019
Application declined to appoint replacement trustees. The election process was not consistent with fair and transparent procedural matters.
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2020 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index
2019 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index
Ownership - rehearing - whānau house - previous decision upheld - Black v Nohotima - Ruatoki A Section 22B No 2C No 3 (2019) 228 Waiariki MB 3 - Laura Sturch
Injunction - interim injunction - majority support of trustees - lease obligations - Hennessy v Parkinson - Himatangi Block 7 (2019) 410 Aotea MB 238 (410 AOT 238) - Sam Taylor
Alienation - right of first refusal - notice period for preferred class of alienees - Pocock - Allotment 146D Waimana Parish (2019) 225 Waiariki MB 151 (225 WAR 151-160) - Kelly Mitchell
Succession - occupation order - intestacy - Appleton v Krissansen - Estate of Lavina Dawn Kahukore Appleton (2019) 194 Waikato Maniapoto MB 291 - Laura Sturch
Trusts - trustee removal - breach of trustee duty - active participation - Wynyard v Waata - Manawakore C1 and Manawakore D (Pa Te Aroha Marae) (2019) 205 Taitokerau MB 207 - Laura Sturch
Trusts - trustee removal - construction of marae - duty to act and promote - Ritete v Easthope - Wakapoungakau 2D2B2B2 (2019) 227 Waiariki MB 64 - Laura Sturch
Trusts - ahu whenua trust creation - Finlay – Wairau Block XII Part Sections B and C (2019) 61 Te Waipounamu MB 23 (61 TWP 23) - Zoe Rose-Curnow
2020 Māori Land Court judgments - index
2019 Māori Land Court judgments - index
Waitangi Tribunal procedure - urgent inquiry declined - Lake Horowhenua (Wai 2898, #2.5.2) - Meredith Clement
Public Service Legislation Bill - Crown relationships with Māori - Craig Linkhorn
Māori Land Court (2019) 61 Te Waipounamu MB 23 (61 TWP 23)
17 December 2019
Successful application to constitute an ahu whenua trust over Wairau Block XII Part Sections B and C (the block). Although some owners objected to the application, the Court did not consider these meritorious, and in any case, a management structure was needed for the property.
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Ritete v Easthope - Wakapoungakau 2D2B2B2
Māori Land Court (2019) 227 Waiariki MB 64
16 December 2019
This application seeking trustee removal was dismissed on the grounds that working towards trust obligations in differing manners does not constitute a breach of trustee duty.
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Wynyard v Waata - Manawakore C1 and Manawakore D (Pa Te Aroha Marae)
Māori Land Court (2019) 205 Taitokerau MB 207
3 December 2019
The Court found breaches of trustee duties but not such as to justify removal of the trustee.
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Black v Nohotima - Ruatoki A Section 22B No 2C No 3
Māori Land Court (2019) 228 Waiariki MB 3
20 December 2019
Application for rehearing of a contested claim to ownership of a whānau house. The Court dismissed the applicant's claim to the house due to no evidence that the applicant contributed financially or to its maintenance, and upheld the earlier ruling on ownership.
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Appleton v Krissansen - Estate of Lavina Dawn Kahukore Appleton
Māori Land Court (2019) 194 Waikato Maniapoto MB 291
18 December 2019
The Court decided on future benefit from an existing occupation order to ensure the fair occupation, development, and utilisation of Māori freehold land among competing interests.
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Hennessy v Parkinson - Himatangi Block 7
Māori Land Court (2019) 410 Aotea MB 238 (410 AOT 238)
20 December 2019
An application for an injunction was dismissed. The application was to prevent further excavation and contouring of the Himatangi 7 Block by its lessee. The Court found that the lessee had the required authorisation to carry out the works as part of his obligations under the lease.
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Pocock - Allotment 146D Waimana Parish
Māori Land Court (2019) 225 Waiariki MB 151 (225 WAR 151-160)
5 December 2019
Application seeking confirmation of alienation adjourned to allow for the notice period to operate required for the preferred class of alienees to be able to exercise their right of first refusal.
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