Poutū-te-rangi 2023 March – Contents

Te Kōti Mana Nui – Supreme Court

Public works - role of the Minister for Land Information - Dromgool v Minister for Land Information [2022] NZSC 157 - Elizabeth Derby

Te Kōti Matua – High Court

Judicial review - Waitangi Tribunal - compensation - licensed land - Attorney General v Waitangi Tribunal [2023] NZHC 132 - Elizabeth Derby

Customary title to freshwater - jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court - Attorney-General v Carter [2022] NZHC 204 - Elizabeth Derby

Trusts - enforcement proceedings - repayment of trust funds - Doney v Adlam [2023] NZHC 363 - Elizabeth Derby

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

2023 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

2022 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

2023 Māori Land Court judgments - index

2022 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi – Waitangi Tribunal

Legal aid - claimant funding - Report on Whakatika ki Runga, a mini-inquiry commencing Te Rau o te Tika: the Justice System inquiry (Wai 3060, 2023) - Elizabeth Derby

Ngā whakahaere rauemi - natural resource management

Māori interests in natural resource management - 2022 in review - Chelsea Easter, Francesca Dykes, Sam Kenneally, and Dave Randal

Arotakena pukapuka - Book review

The Constitution of New Zealand: A Contextual Analysis - Mihiata Pirini

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Māori interests in natural resource management: 2022 in review

Chelsea Easter, Francesca Dykes, Sam Kenneally, and Dave Randal review legal developments from 2022 relating to Māori interests in natural resources.

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Trusts – enforcement proceedings – repayment of trust funds – Doney

Doney v Adlam 

High Court [2023] NZHC 363

1 March 2023

Application by the trustees of the Savage Papakāinga Land Trust for substitution of judgment creditor and leave to issue enforcement proceedings against the respondent.

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Customary title to freshwater – jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court – Attorney-General

Attorney-General v Carter 

High Court [2023] NZHC 204

16 February 2023

This declaratory judgment is about whether the Māori Land Court has jurisdiction under s 18 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 to determine customary title to freshwater.

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Public works – role of the Minister for Land Information – Dromgool

Dromgool v Minister for Land Information 

Supreme Court [2022] NZSC 157

22 December 2022

Unsuccessful appeal from a Court of Appeal decision about the role performed by the Minister for Land Information in agreeing to public works land acquisitions for construction of an electricity transmission line.

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