Māori Law Review

Te Kōti Pīra – Court of Appeal

Chief Judge's powers - order varying trust annulled - upheld on further appeal - Inia v Julian [2020] NZCA 423 - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Te Kōti Matua – High Court

Arbitration - determining whakapapa not arbitrable and inconsistent with tikanga - Ngawaka v Ngāti Rehua-Ngātiwai Ki Aotea Trust Board [2021] NZHC 291 - Craig Linkhorn

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

Procedural error - substantive directions without jurisdiction - Te Maari v Hamon Lot 5 Deposited Plan South Auckland 15580 (Mangakino Pouākani Marae) [2021] Māori Appellate Court MB 10 (2021 APPEAL 10) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

2021 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

2020 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Injunction - co-owner rights - MacDonald v MacDonald - Wairau Block XII Section 6C 2C (2021) 69 Te Waipounamu MB 251 (69 TWP 251) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Chief Judge's powers - succession - whāngai - ōhākī - Rata - Paretuaoroa Paretekorae and Haki Rata (2021) Chief Judge’s MB 106 (2021 CJ MB 106) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Procedure - transfer proceedings to the High Court - Huata v Gotty – Lot 2 Deposited Plan 1996 (formerly Mangaroa 26N2 Block) (2021) 87 Tākitimu MB 251 (87 TKT 251-257) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Procedure - leave to appeal - interim injunction not a provisional or preliminary determination - Stanley v Committee of Management for Maraeroa C Incorporation (2021) 217 Waikato Maniapoto MN 242-249 (217 WMN 242-249) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Partition - granted - house building purpose - Couch - Rāpaki Māori Reservation 875 Section 8B1 (2021) 69 Te Waipounamu MB 235 (69 TWP 235) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Succession - application for rehearing - whāngai entitled to succeed -Paenga v Te Maari - succession to Eileen Te Atakura Kingi (2020) 425 Aotea MB 248 (425 AOT 248) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Trusts - injunction - removal of trustees - barring further proceedings -Taueki v Proctor - Horowhenua 11 (Lake) Block (2020) 415 Aotea MB 1 (415 AOT 1) - Sam Taylor

Trusts - removal of trustees - breach of trust - interim trustee appointed - Hutcheson v Clarkson - Mangamaire B No 2 Block (2020) 86 Tākitimu MB 283 (86 TTK 283) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Māori Incorporations - conflict of interest - maintenance of records - Kani v MacDonald - Waimārama 3A6B6B (2021) 88 Tākitimu MB 148 (88 TKT 148) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

2021 Māori Land Court judgments - index

2020 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi – Waitangi Tribunal

Ngā whakataunga tiriti - overlapping claims - Hauraki Settlement Overlapping Claims Inquiry (Wai 2840, 2020) - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Ngā whakahaere rauemi - natural resource management

Māori interests in natural resource management - latter half of 2020 in review - Dave Randal, Chelsea Easter, Avikesh Chandra, Manahi Moana, Honor Kelly, and Eilís Donnelly

Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie student essay competition 2020

Interrogating Ellis v The Queen: Tikanga Māori in the common law of Aotearoa New Zealand - Elliott Harris

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