Māori Law Review

Te Kōti Matua – High Court

Judicial review - struck out - abuse of process - Smith & Ors v Māori Land Court & Ors [2022] NZHC 1028 - Elizabeth Derby

Costs - judicial review - Ngāti Paoa Trust Board v Auckland Council [2022] NZHC 1377 - Elizabeth Derby

Costs - strike out application - takutai moana - Re Ngāti Pāhauwera (Costs) [2022] NZHC 393 - Elizabeth Derby

Procedure - expert witness - tikanga - Cowan v Cowan [2022] NZHC 1322 - Elizabeth Derby

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

Declarations - ownership - terms of trust - Waiheke Station - Williams v The Attorney-General - Allotment 20 Parish of Waiheke (Waiheke Station) (2022) 238 Waikato Maniapoto MB 83 (238 WMN 83) - Elizabeth Derby

Representation of Māori - Te Hāhi Rātana - jurisdiction - Aperahama v Anderson - Sections 57, 58, 70, 72 and 100 of Rātana Pā (2022) 447 Aotea MB 93 (447 AOT 93) - Elizabeth Derby

Costs - personal liability - Te Whata - Motatau 2E25F and Ors (2022) 248 Taitokerau MB 214 (248 TTK 214) - Elizabeth Derby

Occupation order - tikanga - Adlam v Reihana - Himatanga 1H1A (2022) 447 Aotea MB 1 (447 AOT 1) - Elizabeth Derby

Succession - entitlement of non-Māori to succeed - Falp - Succession to Bernard Albert Falp (2022) 449 Aotea MB 210 (449 AOT 210) - Elizabeth Derby

Trusts - trustee obligations - partial termination of trust - Kiriona v Groot - Kawerau A Section 13 and Others (2022) 273 Waiariki MB 182 (273 WAR 182) - Elizabeth Derby

Trusts - trustee removal - breach of duties - Brooking v Henderson - Wharekahika A47 (2022) 110 Tairawhiti MB 238 (110 TRW 238) - Elizabeth Derby

2022 Māori Land Court judgments - index

2021 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Cowan v Cowan

High Court [2022] NZHC 1322

3 June 2022

The defendant in this case sought an order ruling evidence inadmissible and irrelevant. The contested evidence was to be given by a tikanga Māori expert on behalf of the plaintiffs in the substantive claim.

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Re Ngāti Pāhauwera Development Trust (Costs)

High Court [2022] NZHC 393

8 March 2022

Costs decision following a strike out of part of an application for recognition orders made by the Ngāti Pāhauwera Development Trust.

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Ngāti Paoa Trust Board v Auckland Council

High Court [2022] NZHC 1377

10 June 2022

Costs judgment following an unsuccessful judicial review application brought by the Ngāti Paoa Trust Board.

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Smith & Ors v Māori Land Court & Ors

High Court [2022] NZHC 1028

12 May 2022

Application for judicial review seeking to overturn a number of decisions made in the Māori Land Court, to challenge the issue of two warrants issued by the Sheriff of the High Court, and to quash or cancel seven decision of the High Court.

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Māori Land Court (2022) 449 Aotea MB 210 (449 AOT 210)

26 May 2022

Decision determining succession to Māori land interests under a will where one of the deceased's children is not of Māori descent.

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Kiriona v Groot - Kawerau A Section 13 and Others

Māori Land Court (2022) 273 Waiariki MB 182 (273 WAR 182)

20 April 2022

Application for enforcement of trustee obligations and partial termination of trust. The applicant believed the trustees were acting unfairly as between beneficiaries and that instructions from the applicant's kuia to give her and her children land to build on were not followed.

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Williams v The Attorney-General - Allotment 20 Parish of Waiheke (Waiheke Station)

Māori Land Court (2022) 238 Waikato Maniapoto MB 83 (238 WMN 83)

30 May 2022

Application seeking a declaration by consent to identify the legal owner of Waiheke Station and to record the terms of the Waiheke Station Trust.

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Te Whata - Motatau 2E25F and Ors

Māori Land Court (2022) 248 Taitokerau MB 214 (248 TTK 214)

26 May 2022

Application for costs following a stay decision and a strike out decision. Costs awarded against the real defendant.

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Adlam v Reihana - Himatanga 1H1A

Māori Land Court (2022) 447 Aotea MB 1 (447 AOT 1)

8 April 2022

Application for an occupation order to build a home on Hīmatangi 1H1A, a block of Māori freehold land in the rohe of Ngāti Te Au.

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Brooking v Henderson - Wharekahika A47

Māori Land Court (2022) 110 Tairawhiti MB 238 (110 TRW 238)

20 April 2022

Application for removal of a trustee from the Wharekahika A47 Trust on the basis that he had been in breach of his duties as a trustee.

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Aperahama v Anderson - Sections 57, 58, 70, 72 and 100 of Rātana Pā 

Māori Land Court (2022) 447 Aotea MB 93 (447 AOT 93)

8 April 2022

Application asking the Court to determine who the most appropriate representatives are of Te Hāhi Rātana, a spiritual movement founded by the prophet Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana.

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