Hakihea 2021 December – Contents

Te Kōti Matua – High Court

A promising start? - the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011: reflecting on key themes from a significant year of case law - Nopera Dennis-McCarthy

Takutai moana – customary marine title – joint application – Re Reeder & Ors (Ngā Pōtiki Stage 1 – Te Tāhuna o Rangataua) [2021] NZHC 2726 - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

Trusts - jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court - Kruger v Nikora - Tūhoe - Te Uru Taumatua [2021] Māori Appellate Court MB 444 (2021 APPEAL 444) - Elizabeth Derby

2021 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Chief Judge's powers - status of land - application dismissed - Kidd v Māori Owners - Whenuanui No 2B (2021) Chief Judge's MB 1409 (2021 CJ 1409) - Elizabeth Derby

Rehearing - granted - stay refused - McDonald - Kai Iwi No. 1C (2021) 440 Aotea MB 279 (440 AOT 279) - Elizabeth Derby

2021 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi – Waitangi Tribunal

COVID-19 pandemic response - Haumaru: the COVID-19 Priority Report (Wai 2575, 2021)

Ngā whakataunga tiriti - parallel process - Priority Report on the Whakatōhea Settlement Process (Wai 1750, 2021)

Ngā whakataunga tiriti - unfair, unsound settlement process - Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-ā-Rua (Wai 3058, 2021; Wai 429, 2021; Wai 3068, 2021) - Craig Linkhorn

Waitangi Tribunal procedure - comity issues - Memorandum-Directions of the presiding officer regarding jurisdictional issues - the National Fresh Water and Geothermal Resources Inquiry (Wai 2358, #2.6.79) - Elizabeth Derby

Ngā Whakaturetanga - Legislation

Treaty Settlement legislation before the House of Representatives in 2021 - Carwyn Jones and Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Print version

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