Donaldson v Hemi - Whaanga 1D1D Roadway
Māori Land Court (2021) 230 Waikato Maniapoto MB 168 (230 WMN 168)
3 December 2021
Application for a permanent injunction requiring removal of a gate blocking access to a roadway which serves as an access way between the applicants' land and the sea.
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Criminalising care and protection issues - child offenders in Aotearoa New Zealand - Katherine Werry
Status of land - new title required before change of status - Short v Stowers [2021] NZCA 697 - Toni Love
Ngā whakataunga tiriti - interim relief refused - Maniapoto v Maniapoto Māori Trust Board [2022] NZHC 455 - Stuart Leslie
2022 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index
2021 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index
Alienation of Māori freehold land - right of first refusal - seller not bound to accept an offer not on equivalent terms - Logan v Logan - Patangata 2F Section 2B (2022) 95 Tākitimu MB 52-76 (95 TKT 52-76) - Stuart Leslie
Partition - granted - application to change status of land dismissed - Kupa v Kupa - Lot 10H and 10I Pt Omahu 2C1C (2021) 92 Tākitimu MB 247 (92 TKT 247) - Elizabeth Derby
Partition - granted - trust variation - trust enforcement - Ashmore v Armstrong - Te Huruhi 12B (2021) 232 Waikato Maniapoto MB 219 (232 WMN 219) - Elizabeth Derby
Partition - dismissed - house building purpose - Solomon v Otte - Te Awapatiki 2B2 and 2B3 (2021) 74 Te Waipounamu MB 125 (74 TWP 125) - Elizabeth Derby
Partition - interim judgment - directions - Smith - Pekapeka 2A1D2B (2021) 91 Tākitimu MB 145 (91 TKT 145) - Elizabeth Derby
Trusts - removal of trustee - duty to be active - non-attendance at meetings - Wynyard v Waata - Manawakore C1 and D (2022) 247 Taitokerau MB 4 (247 TTK 4) - Stuart Leslie
Succession - determination of persons entitled to succeed - Wanikau-Chapman - Ngatiamaahuroa No. 5 and Others (2022) 246 Taitokerau MB 291 (246 TTK 291) - Elizabeth Derby
2022 Māori Land Court judgments - index
2021 Māori Land Court judgments - index
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Short v Stowers
Court of Appeal [2021] NZCA 697
17 December 2021
Unsuccessful appeal from a Māori Appellate Court decision that the Māori Land Court has no jurisdiction to grant a status order conditional on the issue of separate title. Title must exist to change the status of land under the legislation.
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Katherine Werry* discusses the criminalisation of care and protection issues for children. read more
O'Dea v Andrews - Waipapa 9 and Others
Māori Land Court (2022) 273 Waiariki MB 35 (273 WAR 35)
8 April 2022
Costs application following two earlier applications relating to the Waipapa 9 Trust.
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Ashmore v Armstrong - Te Huruhi 12B
Māori Land Court (2021) 232 Waikato Maniapoto MB 219 (232 WMN 219)
22 December 2021
Application seeking to partition Te Huruhi 12B. Other issues before the Court included applications for a partial termination of trust, a variation of trust, an easement, and consideration of whether trustees breached their duties in entering into a loan.
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Logan v Logan - Patangata 2F Section 2B
Māori Land Court (2022) Tākitimu MB 52 (95 TKT 52)
25 March 2022
Application granted to confirm an alienation of farmland that included a parcel of Maori freehold land. The applicant (seller) had followed the right of first refusal process, but was not bound to accept an offer to purchase in exercise the right of first refusal that was not on equivalent terms.
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Dawson v Crown - Kawerau A4
Māori Land Court (2022) 272 Waiariki MB 191 (272 WAR 191)
25 March 2022
Application for permanent injunction to restrain respondents residing on land and to remove objects and structures from land. Held, respondents have trespassed on the land and a permanent injunction is appropriate. Application granted.
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Maniapoto v Maniapoto Māori Trust Board
High Court [2022] NZHC 455
15 March 2022
This case concerned the proposed settlement of Maniapoto historical claims. Mr Maniapoto applied for an injunction and freezing orders, both of which were refused.
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Wynyard v Waata - Manawakore C1 and D
Māori Land Court (2022) 247 Taitokerau MB 4 (247 TTK 4)
25 March 2022
An application for removal of trustees for breach of duty to be active. Three of the trustees breached this duty and refused to act as trustee in failing to attend trust meetings. Trustees removed.
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Wanikau-Chapman - Ngatiamaahuroa No. 5 and Others
Māori Land Court (2022) 246 Taitokerau MB 291 (246 TTK 291)
16 March 2022
Succession application determining those entitled to succeed to the interests of the deceased.
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Solomon v Otte - Te Awapatiki 2B2 and 2B3
Māori Land Court (2021) 74 Te Waipounamu MB 125 (74 TWP 125)
3 December 2021
Application seeking to partition an area to build a house and engage in permaculture and regenerative farming, dismissed.
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Smith - Pekapeka 2A1D2B
Māori Land Court (2021) 91 Tākitimu MB 145 (91 TKT 145)
9 September 2021
Interim judgment on an application for a partition of Pekapeka 2A1D2B.
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Kupa v Kupa - Lot 10H and 10I Pt Omahu 2C1C
Māori Land Court (2021) 92 Tākitimu MB 247 (92 TKT 247)
29 October 2021
Application to partition eight sections within the Lot 10H and 10I Pt Omahu 2C1C land block and to then change the status of four of those sections from Māori freehold land to General land. Partition application granted. Status change application dismissed.
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Procedure - representation order - Te Warena Taua & Ors v Tahi Enterprises Ltd [2021] NZSC 182 - Kaea Hudson
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
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
2022 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index
2021 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index
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
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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Te Warena Taua & Ors v Tahi Enterprises Ltd
Supreme Court [2021] NZSC 182
15 December 2021
An appeal against discovery orders was allowed, by consent, on the basis that representation orders were more appropriate.
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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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Dobson - Edgecombe Block X Section 12B
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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2022 Chief Judge’s MB 28-47 (2022 CJMB 28-47)
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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