Māori Law Review

Tikanga Māori

Tikanga Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand law - He Poutama (SP 24), Te Aka Matua o Te Ture | Law Commission - Carwyn Jones

Te Kōti Mana Nui – Supreme Court

Takutai Moana - Paul v Attorney-General [2023] NZSC 135

Te Kōti Pīra – Court of Appeal

Takutai Moana - Whakatōhea Kotahitanga Waka (Edwards) & Ors v Te Kāhui and Whakatōhea Māori Trust Board & Ors [2023] NZCA 504 - Elizabeth Derby

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

Procedure - case stated - refused - lower Court to determine issues at first instance - Deputy Registrar - Succession to Philomena Jane Smith [2023] Māori Appellate Court MB 181 (2023 APPEAL 181) - Craig Linkhorn

Natural justice - determination without a hearing - Tana v Gilbert - Pukahakaha East 5B4 and other blocks [2023] Māori Appellate Court MB 206 (2023 APPEAL 206) - Elizabeth Derby

2023 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

2022 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Chief Judge's powers - cancellation of succession orders - Gilvray v Rungarunga - Succession to Tamati Rungarunga (2023) Chief Judge's MB 551 (2023 CJ 551) - Elizabeth Derby

Chief Judge's powers - cancellation of succession orders - Peta v Hemara - Succession to Henry Peta also known as Te Whero Te Uraotera (2023) Chief Judge's MB 731 (2023 CJ 731)- Elizabeth Derby

Trusts - establishment of whenua tōpū trust - appointment of trustees - Herangi - Lot 12 Deposited Plan 8805 Block (2023) 259 Waikato Maniapoto MB 126 (259 WMN 126) - Elizabeth Derby

2023 Māori Land Court judgments - index

2022 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi – Waitangi Tribunal

Takutai Moana - The Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 Inquiry Stage 2 Report (Wai 2660, 2023)

Procedure - Guide to Practice and Procedure for the Waitangi Tribunal 2023

Pūrongo-ā-Tau o te Matariki 2022 ki 2023 | Annual Report Matariki 2022 – 2023

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(2023) Chief Judge's MB 551 (2023 CJ 551)

7 September 2023

Application to cancel succession orders made in relation to the estate of Tamati Rungarunga (the deceased) and to have new orders made naming the applicants as successors to the estate of the deceased.

Download Gilvray v Rungarunga - Succession to Tamati Rungarunga (319 KB PDF).  read more

(2023) Chief Judge's MB 731 (2023 CJ 731)

10 November 2023

Application to amend succession orders made in respect of the estate of Henry Peta also known as Te Whero Te Uraotera.

Download Peta v Hemara - Succession to Henry Peta also known as Te Whero Te Uraotera (343 KB PDF). read more

(2023) 259 Waikato Maniapoto MB 126 (259 WMN 126)

31 October 2023

Application to constitute a whenua tōpū trust on General land for social housing purposes.

Download Herangi - Lot 12 Deposited Plan 8805 Block (263 KB PDF). read more

[2023] Māori Appellate Court MB 181 (2023 APPEAL 181)

11 September 2023

The Court's Deputy Registrar filed an application stating a case to the Māori Appellate Court about succession issues. The Appellate Court declined to answer the case stated.

Download Deputy Registrar - Succession to Philomena Jane Smith (242 KB PDF). read more

[2023] Māori Appellate Court MB 206 (2023 APPEAL 206)

30 October 2023

A successful appeal, after leave to appeal out of time granted, because of a breach of natural justice in determining an application without a hearing.

Download Tana v Gilbert - Pukahakaha East 5B4 and other blocks (210 KB PDF). read more