Te Kōti Matua - High Court
Natural resource management - appeal and judicial review - The Trustees of the Motiti Rohe Moana Trust v Bay of Plenty Regional Council [2022] NZHC 1846 - 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
Jurisdiction - contract dispute - Māori freehold land - Austen v Far North District Council - Okahu 3B2A and Okahu 3B2B2D (2022) 252 Taitokerau MB 87 (252 TTK 87) - Kaea Hudson
Occupation - ahu whenua trust - succession - McGarvey - Lot 23 Deposited Plan South Auckland 1846 (2022) 279 Waiariki MB 75 (279 WAR 75) - Elizabeth Derby
Succession - vesting of shares in trust - Mackey - Succession to Rangi Hawea Mackey (2022) 113 Tairawhiti MB 37 (113 TRW 37) - Elizabeth Derby
Trusts - interpretation of trust order - casual vacancy - Blaikie v Lawless - Lake Taupo Forest Trust (2022) 450 Aotea MB 247 (450 AOT 247) - Elizabeth Derby
Trusts - trustee removal - declined - Gray v Paikea - Otara 5D2 (2022) 252 Taitokerau MB 210 (252 TTK 210) - Elizabeth Derby
Trusts - obligations - elections - Rudd v Hemana and Ors - Horowhenua 11 (Lake) (2022) 451 Aotea MB 214 (451 AOT 214) - Elizabeth Derby
Easement - partition - views of beneficial owners - Newton v Ashmore - Te Huruhi 12B (2022) 241 Waikato Maniapoto MB 178 (241 WMN 178) - Kaea Hudson
Title reconstruction - land exchange - McCaw Lewis Trustee (No 1) Limited - Rakautatahi 1B2B1A (2022) 97 Tākitimu MB 232-249 (97 TKT 232-249) - Craig Linkhorn
2022 Māori Land Court judgments - index
2021 Māori Land Court judgments - index
The Trustees of the Motiti Rohe Moana Trust v Bay of Plenty Regional Council
High Court [2022] NZHC 1846
1 August 2022
The trustees of the Motiti Rohe Moana Trust brought both an appeal and a judicial review in respect of the Bay of Plenty Regional Council's decision to withdraw Proposed Plan Change 9 of the Bay of Plenty Natural Resources Plan.
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Rudd v Hemana and Ors - Horowhenua 11 (Lake)
Māori Land Court (2022) 451 Aotea MB 214 (451 AOT 214)
23 August 2022
This decision concerns the Horowhenua 11 Part Reservation Trust. The applicant, a trustee candidate and beneficiary of the Trust, challenged the outcome of a recent election and SGM via an application to enforce the obligations of trust.
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Mackey - Succession to Rangi Hawea Mackey
Māori Land Court (2022) 113 Tairawhiti MB 37 (113 TRW 37)
12 August 2022
Application to determine a life interest, succession to an estate, and vesting of various interests in a trust for whānau not constituted under Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
Download Mackey - Succession to Rangi Hawea Mackey (419 KB PDF). read more
Newton v Ashmore - Te Huruhi 12B
Māori Land Court (2022) 241 Waikato Maniapoto MB 178 (241 WMN 178)
12 August 2022
Application for easement and partition postponed to allow beneficiaries time to discuss and consider the easement.
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Gray v Paikea - Otara 5D2
Māori Land Court (2022) 252 Taitokerau MB 210 (252 TTK 210)
2 August 2022
Application for removal of a trustee declined. Both parties were responsible for the breakdown of relationships.
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McGarvey - Lot 23 Deposited Plan South Auckland 1846
Māori Land Court (2022) 279 Waiariki MB 75 (279 WAR 75)
4 August 2022
Application seeking to constitute an ahu whenua trust and grant a right of occupation in respect of Lot 23 Deposited Plan South Auckland 1846, a block of General land owned by Māori.
Download McGarvey - Lot 23 Deposited Plan South Auckland 1846 (233 KB PDF). read more
Austen v Far North District Council - Okahu 3B2A and Okahu 3B2B2D
Māori Land Court (2022) 252 Taitokerau MB 87 (252 TTK 87)
28 July 2022
Decision to determine whether the Court has the jurisdiction to resolve a dispute between the trustees of the Ngakahu-Ngakohu Whānau Ahu Whenua Trust (the Trust) and the Far North District Council ("FNDC").
Download Austen and Ors v The Far North District Council - Okahu 3B2A and Okahu 3B2B2D (284 KB PDF). read more
McCaw Lewis Trustee (No 1) Limited - Rakautatahi 1B2B1A
Māori Land Court (2022) 97 Tākitimu MB 232 (97 TKT 232)
29 July 2022
The Court approved a proposed land exchange to resolve an encroachment issue. The judgment rules that General land owned by Māori comes within the categories of land that can be exchanged for Māori freehold land under s 311 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
Download McCaw Lewis Trustee (No 1) Limited - Rakautatahi 1B2B1A (499 KB PDF). read more
Blaikie v Lawless - Lake Taupo Forest Trust
Māori Land Court (2022) 450 Aotea MB 247 (450 AOT 247)
21 July 2022
Application for directions by the trustees of the Lake Taupō Forest Trust about interpreting the casual vacancy provisions in their Trust Order following the death of a trustee.
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