Kohi-tātea 2024 January – Contents

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

2023 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Chief Judge's powers - amendment of succession order - Rogers Wiringi - Succession to Ngahuiatapu Rogers (2024) Chief Judge's MB 144 (2024 CJ 144) - Elizabeth Derby

Chief Judge's powers - amendment of succession order - Manahi v Kingi - Succession to Hinerongonui Manahi (2024) Chief Judge's MB 87 (2024 CJ 87) - Elizabeth Derby

Chief Judge's powers - succession - Native Land Act 1909 - Wharekawa - Succession to Rewi Maniapoto (2024) Chief Judge's MB 35 (2024 CJ 35) - Elizabeth Derby

Chief Judge's powers - amendment of vesting order - Welsh v Welsh - Taiharuru 4C3D (2024) Chief Judge's MB 1 (2024 CJ 1) - Elizabeth Derby

Chief Judge's powers - succession - Dixon - Succession to Pairama Ngutahi (2024) Chief Judge's MB 14 (2024 CJ 14) - Elizabeth Derby

Procedure - enforcement of settlement agreement - Nicholson v Pene - Tauakira No. 2M No. 4 (2023) 477 Aotea MB 140 (477 AOT 140) - Elizabeth Derby

Succession - Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act 1949 - Leef - Panguru A61B1 (2023) 267 Taitokerau MB 107 (267 TTK 107) - Elizabeth Derby

2024 Māori Land Court judgments - index

2023 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi - Waitangi Tribunal

Waitangi Tribunal procedure - urgent inquiry sought - Te Aka Whai Ora - Decision on urgency application - Te whakataunga mō te tono ohotata e pā ana ki Te Aka Whai Ora (Wai 3307, #2.5.3) - Elizabeth Derby

Landlocked Māori Land - He Whenua Karapotia, He Whenua Ngaro: Priority Report on Landlocked Māori Land in the Taihape Inquiry District (Wai 2180, 2024)

2024 Waitangi Tribunal decisions - index


Chief Judge’s powers – amendment of succession order – Manahi

Manahi v Kingi - Succession to Hinerongonui Manahi 

(2024) Chief Judge's MB 87 (2024 CJ 87)

26 January 2024

Application seeking exercise of the Chief Judge's special powers to amend a succession order made in 1995.

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Chief Judge’s powers – amendment of succession order – Rogers Wiringi

Rogers Wiringi - Succession to Ngahuiatapu Rogers 

(2024) Chief Judge's MB 144 (2024 CJ 144)

26 January 2024

Application seeking exercise of the Chief Judge's special powers to amend a succession order which vested the interests of the deceased solely in one of the deceased's children.

Download Rogers Wiringi - Succession to Ngahuiatapu Rogers (238 KB PDF). read more

Chief Judge’s powers – amendment of succession orders – Native Land Act 1909 – Wharekawa

Wharekawa - Succession to Rewi Maniapoto 

(2024) Chief Judge's MB 35 (2024 CJ 35)

23 January 2024

Application seeking exercise of the Chief Judge's special powers to amend succession orders to the Māori land interests of Rewi Maniapoto.

Download Wharekawa - Succession to Rewi Maniapoto (309 KB PDF).  read more

2024 Māori Land Court judgments – index

This table lists the 2024 judgments of the Māori Land Court and contains links to reports about the decisions.

For other years: 2010201120122013, 20142015, 201620172018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023. Follow this link for the 2024 Māori Appellate Court judgments index.  read more

Waitangi Tribunal procedure – urgent inquiry sought – Te Aka Whai Ora

Decision on urgency application - Te whakataunga mō te tono ohotata e pā ana ki Te Aka Whai Ora 

Waitangi Tribunal (Wai 3307, #2.5.3)

19 January 2024

Application for an urgent hearing concerning the Crown's intention to disestablish Te Aka Whai Ora, the Māori Health Authority.

Download Decision on urgency application - Te whakataunga mō te tono ohotata e pā ana ki Te Aka Whai Ora (627 KB, PDF). read more

Landlocked Māori Land – Taihape Inquiry District

He Whenua Karapotia, He Whenua Ngaro: Priority Report on Landlocked Māori Land in the Taihape Inquiry District

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi - Waitangi Tribunal (Wai 2180, 2024)

18 January 2024

The Waitangi Tribunal found that the Crown's approach to restoring access to landlocked Māori land in Taihape breached te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi. This priority report precedes the Tribunal's main report on the broader Taihape: Rangitīkei ki Rangipō District Inquiry.

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2024 Waitangi Tribunal decisions – index

This table lists selected decisions and reports of the Waitangi Tribunal from 2024.

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Chief Judge’s powers – succession – Dixon

Dixon - Succession to Pairama Ngutahi 

(2024) Chief Judge's MB 14 (2024 CJ 14)

9 January 2024

Application under s 45 seeking to amend an order made in 1929.

Download Dixon - Succession to Pairama Ngutahi (355 KB PDF).  read more

Chief Judge’s powers – amendment of vesting order – Welsh

Welsh v Welsh - Taiharuru 4C3D

(2024) Chief Judge's MB 1 (2024 CJ 1)

9 January 2024

Application for exercise of the Chief Judge's special powers to amend a vesting order made for succession purposes in 2021.

Download Welsh v Welsh - Taiharuru 4C3D (288 KB PDF).  read more

Procedure – enforcement of settlement agreement – Nicholson

Nicholson v Pene - Tauakira No. 2M No. 4

(2023) 477 Aotea MB 140 (477 AOT 140)

21 December 2023

Decision on whether to enforce or set aside a settlement agreement reached following mediation over disputes about ownership of houses on Koriniti Marae Māori Reservation Trust land.

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Succession – Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act 1949 – Leef

Leef - Panguru A61B1

(2023) 267 Taitokerau MB 107 (267 TTK 107)

7 December 2023

Application for orders determining that the applicant succeed solely to his deceased father's land interests in Panguru A61B1 and determining that the applicant owns the family home.

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