Māori Law Review

Te Kōti Mana Nui – Supreme Court

Procedure - representation order - Te Warena Taua & Ors v Tahi Enterprises Ltd [2021] NZSC 182 - Kaea Hudson

Te Kōti Pīra – Court of Appeal

Ngā whakahaere rauemi - natural resource management - leave to appeal refused - no matter of general importance - Transpower New Zealand Limited v Tauranga Environmental Protection Society Incorporated [2022] NZCA 9 - Toni Love

Ngā whakahaere rauemi - natural resource management - appeal allowed - consultation and notification - Norman v Tūpuna Maunga Authority o Tāmaki Makaurau [2022] NZCA 30 - Toni Love

Takutai moana – procedure - stay of recognition order declined - Whakatōhea Kotahitanga Waka v Te Kāhui Takutai Moana O Ngā Whānui Me Ngati Hapū [2022] NZCA 7 - Stuart Leslie

Te Kōti Matua – High Court

Injunction - implied right to exclusive occupation - rights of mana whenua - Kennedy Point Boat Harbour v Barton [2022] NZHC 257 - Toni Love

Ngā whakahaere rauemi - natural resource management - preliminary question hearing refused - wai māori - Tau v Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu [2021] NZHC 3108 - Toni Love

Procedure – judgment by formal proof refused – case dismissed - Smith v Smith [2022] NZHC 272 - Stuart Leslie

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

2022 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

2021 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Injunction - unauthorised structure - Dobson - Edgecombe Block X Section 12B (2022) 75 Te Waipounamu MB 211 (75 TWP 211) - Kaea Hudson

Status of land - change of status refused - Meha v Haggerty Tapairu A8X (2022) 94 Tākitimu MB 111 (94 TK 111) - Kaea Hudson

Partition - papakainga - Wyllie - Whatatuna 11 (2022) 110 Tairawhiti MB 64 (110 TRW 64) - Kaea Hudson

Occupation order - tiny house as chattel - Pohio - Kekerione No 32 or Waikato (2022) 75 Te Waipounamu MB 179 (75 TWP 179) - Elizabeth Derby

2022 Māori Land Court judgments - index

2021 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi - Waitangi Tribunal

Haumaru: The COVID-19 Priority Report (Wai 2575, 2021) - Craig Linkhorn

Whakatōhea Kotahitanga Waka v Te Kāhui Takutai Moana O Ngā Whānui Me Ngati Hapū

Court of Appeal [2022] NZCA 7

24 February 2022

Application for a stay of proceedings declined. Appeals would not be rendered nugatory if stay not granted, explanation for delay in filing stay application not justified, and stay would prejudice successful applicants.

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Norman v Tūpuna Maunga Authority o Tāmaki Makaurau

Court of Appeal [2022] NZCA 30

3 March 2022

Application to appeal against a decision of the Tūpuna Maunga Authority o Tāmaki Makaurau ("Authority") to fell exotic trees and replace them with natives, and the decision of the Auckland Council to grant resource consent allowed.

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Transpower New Zealand Limited v Tauranga Environmental Protection Society Incorporated

Court of Appeal [2022] NZCA 9

4 February 2022

Application for leave to appeal declined.

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Kennedy Point Boat Harbour v Barton 

High Court [2022] NZHC 257

23 February 2022

Application seeking to vary or set aside without notice interlocutory injunction orders about marina consents in the coastal marine area in Pūtiki Bay, Waiheke Island.  Application to set aside dismissed and application to vary granted in part. Interim orders with variations would appropriately balance the right to achieve the purpose of the coastal permit, the rights to engage in lawful protest in a public place and exercise the rights of mana whenua in Pūtiki Bay.

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Māori Land Court (2022) 75 Te Wai Pounamu MB 211 (75 TWP 211)

16 March 2022

Interim injunction ordered to halt construction of an unauthorised structure on whānau trust land.

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Tau v Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu

High Court [2021] NZHC 3108

18 November 2021

Application for a preliminary hearing declined on the issue of whether Ngāi Tahu have pūtake-mauka / rangatiratanga entitlements to wai māori within its takiwā declined.

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Wyllie - Whatatuna 11

Māori Land Court (2022) 110 Tairawhiti MB 64 (110 TRW 64)

16 March 2022

Application for partition of Trust land in order to establish a papakainga and to commence house building for immediate whanau granted due to necessity of housing.

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Maori Land Court

11 March 2022

Application seeking to amend a vesting order due to Court error granted. The Court made an error and it was in the interests of justice to amend the order.

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Urlich v Attorney General

Court of Appeal - Te Kōti Pīra [2022] NZCA 38

4 March 2022

Appeal dismissed from a High Court decision about whether the appellant was a successor for the purposes of s 40(5) of the Public Works Act 1981.

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Waitangi Tribunal (Wai 2575, 2021)

20 December 2021

The Waitangi Tribunal reported on its priority inquiry into elements of the Crown's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The report focused on the Crown's vaccination strategy and the shift in late 2021 to the COVID-19 Protection Framework (the traffic light system). This is a more complete summary of the key findings from this report. 

Download Haumaru: The COVID-19 Priority Report (Pre-publication version) (2.2 MB PDF).

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Pohio - Kekerione No 32 or Waikato

Māori Land Court (2022) 75 Te Waipounamu MB 179 (75 TWP 179)

9 March 2022

Application for an occupation order over 0.2376 hectares of a block of Māori freehold land on Wharekauri (Chatham Island).

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Smith v Smith

High Court [2022] NZHC 272

24 February 2022

Decision concerning an application to adjourn a formal proof hearing. Service on defendants had not been properly effected. Inappropriate to grant adjournment due to procedural inadequacies and abuse of process. The proceedings were dismissed.

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