Hakihea 2023 December – Contents

Te Pōtitanga Whānui - General Election

2023 General Election and government formation - Craig Linkhorn

Te Kōti Pīra - Court of Appeal

Takutai Moana - controversy over the test for customary marine title - Whakatōhea Kotahitanga Waka v Te Kāhui and Whakatōhea Māori Trust Board [2023] NZCA 504 - Sarah Down

Te Kōti Matua - High Court

Judicial review - Te Urewera huts - retrospective operational plan - Tuna v Te Urewera Board [2023] NZHC 3680 - Craig Linkhorn

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

Chief Judge's powers - succession - Reti v Reti-Steel - Hemaima Reti [2023] Māori Appellate Court MB 274 (2023 APPEAL 274) - Elizabeth Derby

2023 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

2022 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Injunction - revoked - Te Amo v Nicholas - Te Whaiti-Nui-A-Toi Block (2023) 306 Waiariki MB 7 (306 WAR 7) - Elizabeth Derby

Alienation - preferred class of alienees - Jury v Korff - Rural Sec. 46 Blk V Waitara East Sub A (2023) 476 Aotea MB 28 (476 AOT 28) - Elizabeth Derby

Occupation order - granted - Norman - Nuhaka 2D2M1A3 (2023) 122 Tairāwhiti MB 149 (122 TRW 149) - Elizabeth Derby

Occupation order - insufficient support - Smith - Nuhaka 2A4A9Y2 Block (2023) 122 Tairāwhiti MB 192 (122 TRW 192) - Elizabeth Derby

Trusts - removal of trustee - Fruean v Knuckey - Waitara West 52D (2023) 475 Aotea MB 284 (475 AOT 284) - Elizabeth Derby

Incorporations - order for new election - Ferris v Proprietors of Nuhiti Q - Nuhiti Q Māori Incorporation (2023) 122 Tairāwhiti MB 101 (122 TRW 101) - Elizabeth Derby

2023 Māori Land Court judgments - index

2022 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi – Waitangi Tribunal

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

Ngā Whakaturetanga - Legislation

Treaty settlement legislation before the House of Representatives in 2023 - Dr Carwyn Jones

Student editor 2024

Applications have now closed for the Student Editor role for 2024. Considering applying for 2025? If so, there is more information here.

Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie student essay competition 2023

Harry Waddington, a student at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | the University of Canterbury has won the 2023 Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie student essay competition. Harry's essay will be published in the February 2024 edition of the Māori Law Review.