M&#257;ori Law Review

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Chief Judge's powers - cancellation of vesting orders - Paea v McLeod - Estate of Donald Te Whetu McLeod (2024) Chief Judge's MB 1982 (2024 CJ 1982) - Elizabeth Derby

Occupation order - opposition on basis of tikanga - Tatai v Woodman - Waimahana D No 3B Section 1 (2024) 282 Taitokerau MB 106 (282 TTK 106) - Elizabeth Derby

Trusts - application of trust charter - Mio - Torere Reserve and Others (2024) 328 Waiariki MB 78 (328 WAR 78) - Elizabeth Derby

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi - Waitangi Tribunal

Hautupua: Te Aka Whai Ora (Māori Health Authority) Priority Report (Wai 2575, 2024) - Elizabeth Derby

Ngā Mātāpono - The Principles: Interim Report Part II - Tomokia Ngā Tatau o Matangireia - Constitutional Kaupapa Inquiry Panel - Treaty Principles Bill and Treaty Clause Review Policies - Elizabeth Derby

Ngā Mātāpono - The Principles: interim report - Tomokia Ngā Tatau o Matangireia - Constitutional Kaupapa Inquiry Panel - Treaty principles and Treaty clause policies (Wai 3300, 2024) - Elizabeth Derby

Trusts – application of trust charter – Mio

Mio - Torere Reserve and Others

(2024) 328 Waiariki MB 78 (328 WAR 78)

20 December 2024

Decision on the validity of a trustee election held at an annual general meeting of the Torere Reserves Trust.

Download Mio - Torere Reserve and Others (297 KB PDF).

Chief Judge’s powers – cancellation of vesting orders – Paea

Paea v McLeod - Estate of Donald Te Whetu McLeod

(2024) Chief Judge's MB 1982 (2024 CJ 1982)

18 December 2024

Application to cancel vesting orders on the basis that they were incorrect due to a mistake, error, or omission in the presentation of the facts of the case to the Court.

Download Paea v McLeod - Estate of Donald Te Whetu McLeod (571 KB PDF).

Occupation order – opposition on basis of tikanga – Tatai

Tatai v Woodman - Waimahana D No 3B Section 1

(2024) 282 Taitokerau MB 106 (282 TTK 106)

4 December 2024

Applications for occupation orders over parts of the block of Māori freehold land known as Waimahana D No 3B Section 1.

Download Tatai v Woodman - Waimahana D No 3B Section 1 (326 KB PDF).

Te Kōti Matua – High Court

Fiduciary duty - Wakatū Nelson Tenths - liability, loss, and remedy - Stafford v Attorney-General High Court [2024] NZHC 3110 - Elizabeth Derby

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Succession - Family Protection Act 1955 - remedy - Julian v Inia - Succession to Moehuarahi Te Ruuri (2024) 322 Waiariki MB 32 (322 WAR 32) - Elizabeth Derby

Ownership of house - determination of fixture or chattel - Paerata v Hughes - Tuaropaki A (2024) 323 Waiariki MB 233 (323 WAR 233) - Arthur Linkhorn

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi - Waitangi Tribunal

Hautupua: Te Aka Whai Ora (Māori Health Authority) Priority Report (Wai 2575, 2024) - Elizabeth Derby

Download Ngā Mātāpono - The Principles: Part II of the Interim Report of the Tomokia Ngā Tatau o Matangireia - the Constitutional Kaupapa Inquiry Panel on the Crown's Treaty Principles Bill and Treaty Clause Review Policies (Pre-publication version) (2 MB PDF).

Hautupua: Te Aka Whai Ora (Māori Health Authority) Priority Report

Hautupua: Te Aka Whai Ora (Māori Health Authority) Priority Report - Part 1

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi - Waitangi Tribunal (Wai 2575, 2024)

29 November 2024

This is part one of the Tribunal's report on the disestablishment of Te Aka Whai Ora (the Māori Health Authority). This report addressed claims concerning the process the Crown followed to disestablish Te Aka Whai Ora as well as the impacts of that decision.

Download Hautupua: Te Aka Whai Ora (Māori Health Authority) Priority Report - Part 1 (--- MB PDF).

Ownership of house – determination of fixture or chattel – Paerata

Paerata v Hughes – Tuaropaki A

323 Waiariki MB 233 (323 WAR 233)

12 November 2024

Decision regarding contested ownership of a house. Case remitted from the Māori Appellate Court.

Download Paerata v Hughes – Tuaropaki A (227 KB PDF).

Ngā Mātāpono – The Principles: interim report part II – Tomokia Ngā Tatau o Matangireia – Constitutional Kaupapa Inquiry Panel – Treaty Principles Bill and Treaty Clause Review Policies

Ngā Mātāpono - The Principles: Part II of the Interim Report of the Tomokia Ngā Tatau o Matangireia - the Constitutional Kaupapa Inquiry Panel on the Crown's Treaty Principles Bill and Treaty Clause Review Policies (Pre-publication version)

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi - Waitangi Tribunal (Wai 3300, 2024)

5 November 2024

This is Part II (Chapter 6) of the Waitangi Tribunal's interim report Ngā Mātāpono - The Principles. This chapter addresses the policy development and decisions which have been made about the Treaty Principles Bill since the May 2024 hearing.

Fiduciary duty – Wakatū Nelson Tenths – liability, loss, and remedy – Stafford

Stafford v Attorney-General

High Court [2024] NZHC 3110

30 October 2024

Decision, interim in parts, on issues of liability, loss, and remedy following the Supreme Court's judgment that the Crown owed fiduciary duties to the customary owners of land located at Te Tau Ihu, the top of the South Island.

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Succession – Family Protection Act 1955 – remedy – Julian

Julian v Inia - Succession to Moehuarahi Te Ruuri

(2024) 322 Waiariki MB 32 (322 WAR 32)

16 October 2024

Decision to determine the appropriate remedy under the Family Protection Act 1955 following the earlier finding that the deceased had breached her moral duties at tikanga by not adequately making provision for all of her children in her final will.

Download Julian v Inia - Succession to Moehuarahi Te Ruuri (307 KB PDF).

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Chief Judge's powers - refusal to cancel succession order but tikanga considerations - Herewini - Succession to Ra Herewini also known as Ratutonu Herewini Hona (2024) Chief Judge's MB 1103 (2024 CJ 1103) - Elizabeth Derby

Chief Judge's powers - amendment of partition orders - Sycamore v Kusabs - Paenoa Te Akau B Block (2024) Chief Judge's MB 1323 (2024 CJ 1323) - Elizabeth Derby

Representation of Māori - Te Haahi Rātana - Rapana v Anderson - Te Kōmiti Matua o te Haahi Rātana (2024) 492 Aotea MB 95 (492 AOT 95) - Elizabeth Derby

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi - Waitangi Tribunal

Takutai Moana - proposed amendments gross breach of Treaty principles - The Takutai Moana Act 2011 Urgent Inquiry Stage 1 Report (Wai 3400, 2024) - Elizabeth Derby

Representation of Māori – Te Haahi Rātana – Rapana

Rapana v Anderson - Te Kōmiti Matua o te Haahi Rātana

(2024) 492 Aotea MB 95 (492 AOT 95)

10 October 2024

Decision to determine which Komiti Matua is the appropriate representative of Te Haahi Rātana per s 30 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.

Download Rapana v Anderson - Te Kōmiti Matua o te Haahi Rātana (343 KB PDF).

Chief Judge’s powers – amendment of partition orders – Sycamore

Sycamore v Kusabs - Paenoa Te Akau B Block

(2024) Chief Judge's MB 1323 (2024 CJ 1323)

9 October 2024

Application to amend or cancel several orders relating to a partition of Paenoa Te Akau B block made in 2012, and amended in 2015 and 2017.

Download Sycamore v Kusabs - Paenoa Te Akau B Block (909 KB PDF).

Te Ranga Huatau

Ngā Rangahautira at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington has released Te Ranga Huatau 2024. The Māori Law Review is pleased to offer support to bring online access to articles in this edition.

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Chief Judge's powers - succession - s 45 application - Gabriel - Succession to Kupai Jack Hakopa Hawera (2024) Chief Judge's MB 1090 (2024 CJ 1090) - Elizabeth Derby

Partition - non-hapū - threshold not met - Morrison - Moteo Hapua Te Pirau 1C 4B (2024) 113 Tākitimu MB 193 (113 TKT 193) - Elizabeth Derby

Procedure - application for rehearing - filed out of time - Karaitiana v Seager - Wharetoto 9 Balance Trust (2024) 491 Aotea MB 36 (491 AOT 36) - Elizabeth Derby

Procedure - grounds for rehearing not met - injunction application dismissed - Linstead v Tohu - Te Horo 3 No 1-31 Block (2024) 276 Taitokerau MB 273 (276 TTK 273) - Arthur Linkhorn

Injunction - interim injunction - preventing weather risks to whānau home - Wainui v Wainui - Part Lot 1 Deposited Plan 3413 (2024) 127 Tairāwhiti MB 150 (127 TRW 150) - Elizabeth Derby

Trusts - replacement of trustees - Wiri v Tuuta-Ruruhe - Lot 62 Deposited Plan 7991 and Ruapani Ki Waikaremoana Whenua Topu Trust (2024) 127 Tairāwhiti MB 199 (127 TRW 199) - Elizabeth Derby

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi - Waitangi Tribunal

Takutai Moana - proposed amendments gross breach of Treaty principles - The Takutai Moana Act 2011 Urgent Inquiry Stage 1 Report (Wai 3400, 2024) - Craig Linkhorn