Here-turi-kōkā 2023 August – Contents

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

Injunction - marae building project - Cyclone Gabrielle - Hiha v Reti (2023) 103 Takitimu MB 299 - Keeley Peachey

Injunction - preventing building work - Hassan v Woodcock (2023) 262 Taitokerau MB 164 (262 TTK 164) - Keeley Peachey

Injunction - sought to halt building - Paul-Palmer v Tohu (2023) 262 Taitokerau MB 184 (262 TTK 184) - Keeley Peachey

Jurisdiction - liquidation - seeking determination of Māori land - Hill v PTW Holdings (2023) 262 Taitokerau MB 140 (262 TTK 140) - Keeley Peachey

Trusts - trustee removal refused - conviction - Duff v Prentice – Te Moanapapaku Ahu Whenua Trust (2023) 470 Aotea MB 22 - Keeley Peachey

2023 Māori Land Court judgments - index

2022 Māori Land Court judgments - index


Injunction – interim injunction sought to halt building – Paul-Palmer

Paul-Palmer v Tohu

262 Taitokerau MB 184 (262 TTK 184)

28 July 2023

Application refused for urgent interim injunction order to stop building on trust land and to prevent use of a licence to occupy.

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Injunction – marae building project – Cyclone Gabrielle – Hiha

Hiha v Reti

103 Takitimu MB 299

13 July 2023

Interim injunction to halt building work at marae declined. Cyclone Gabrielle impact on future final decisions about land use.

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Jurisdiction – liquidation – seeking determination of Māori land – Hill

Hill v PTW Holdings

262 Taitokerau MB 140 (262 TTK 140)

20 July 2023

Decision on jurisdiction to address an application seeking a determination that land has the status of Māori land in the context of a liquidation of a company that had agreed to lease that land.

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Injunction – preventing building work – Hassan

Hassan v Woodcock

262 Taitokerau MB 164 (262 TTK 164)

24 July 2023

Application seeking an interim injunction to prevent building work on non-Trust land.

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Trusts – trustee removal refused – conviction – Duff

Duff v Prentice – Te Moanapapaku Ahu Whenua Trust 

(2023) 470 Aotea MB 22

12 June 2023

Application for the removal of a trustee in light of the trustee's conviction for indecent assault.

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