Māori Law Review

Tikanga Māori

Tikanga Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand law - He Poutama explored in detail – part two: interaction between tikanga and state law - Rachael Brown, Dr Laura Hardcastle, Rebekah Te Rito (Ngāti Kahu and Ngāti Kahungunu), Rhianna Morar (Ngāti Porou, Tapuika, Gujarat) and Stuart Leslie (Ngāpuhi)

Te Kōti Mana Nui – Supreme Court

Tort - strike out - climate change - Smith v Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited [2024] NZSC 5 - Elizabeth Derby

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

2023 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Partition - developing Māori land - granted - Croon v Māori Trustee - Kekerione 31B (2024) 84 Te Waipounamu 224 (84 TWP 224) - Sam Foster

Procedure - stay of proceedings - strike out application - Watson v Day - Torere Section 64 (2024) 310 Waiariki MB 227 (310 WAR 227) - Arthur Linkhorn

2024 Māori Land Court judgments - index

2023 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi - Waitangi Tribunal

Crown forest licensed land - preliminary opinion - customary rights to CFL lands - Kāweka and Gwavas Crown forest licensed lands (Wai 2180, #6.2.58) - Elizabeth Derby

Waitangi Tribunal procedure - urgent inquiry refused - repeal of Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Act 2022 (Wai 2575, #2.6.164) - Elizabeth Derby

Waitangi Tribunal procedure - urgent inquiry - use and status of te reo Māori in the public sector (Wai 3308, #2.5.10) - Elizabeth Derby

2024 Waitangi Tribunal decisions - index

Ngā whakahaere rauemi - natural resource management

Māori interests in natural resource management - 2023 in review - Chelsea Easter, Francesca Dykes, and Dave Randal

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Chelsea Easter, Francesca Dykes, and Dave Randal review legal developments from 2023 relating to Māori interests in natural resources.

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(2024) 84 Te Waipounamu 224 (84 TWP 224)

15 February 2024

Application seeking partition of Māori Land to secure the ongoing association of the applicant's whānau to the portion of partitioned land.

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Memorandum-directions of Deputy Chairperson Judge Sarah Reeves regarding applications for urgent hearing regarding current or pending Crown actions or policies concerning the use and status of te reo Māori in the public sector 

Waitangi Tribunal (Wai 3308, #2.5.10)

1 March 2024

Decision concerning three applications for urgent hearing - the Ngāi Te Rangi Coalition Government Urgent Claim lodged by Charles Tawhiao on behalf of Ngāi Te Rangi Settlement Trust, its Māori beneficiaries and the iwi of Ngāi Te Rangi (Wai 3308, #1.1.1 & 3.1.1), the Ngāti Hine Lands, Forests and Resources claim lodged by Rewiti Paraone, Erima Henare, Pita Tipene and Waihoroi Shortland on behalf of Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Hine on behalf of the descendants of Torongare and Hauhaua (Wai 682, #1.1(v) & #2.37), and Te Reo Māori and Justice System (Rameka) claim lodged by Nora Rameka on behalf of Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Rēhia (Wai 3077, #1.1.1(b) & #3.1.2).

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He Poutama

Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission

Pūrongo Rangahau | Study Paper 24 (SP24)

21 Mahuru | September 2023

He Poutama is a study paper by Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission. The paper aims to provide frameworks for the interaction between tikanga Māori and common law and statute.  Members of Bell Gully’s Te Paewhiti Ture are working with the Māori Law Review to publish a series of articles on He Poutama addressing some of the detail of the Commission’s paper. This is the second article. Go here for the first article and here for the third and final article.

By members of Te Paewhiti Ture, Bell Gully: Rachael Brown, Dr Laura Hardcastle, Rebekah Te Rito (Ngāti Kahu and Ngāti Kahungunu), Rhianna Morar (Ngāti Porou, Tapuika, Gujarat) and Stuart Leslie (Ngāpuhi)

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Memorandum-directions of Judge D Stone regarding applications for urgent hearing regarding the repeal of the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Act 2022

Waitangi Tribunal (Wai 2575, #2.6.164)

28 February 2024

Decision concerning two applications for urgent inquiry - the Smokefree Aotearoa urgent claim lodged by Susan Taylor, Hone Harawira, Shane Bradbrook and Dr Amohia Boulton (Wai 3315, #3.1.2), and the Smokefree Aotearoa (Te Huia) urgent claim lodged by Beverly Te Huia and Jean Te Huia on behalf of all Māori affected by smoking (Wai 3324, #3.1.1).

Download Memorandum-directions of Judge D Stone regarding applications for urgent hearing regarding the repeal of the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Act 2022 (523 KB, PDF) when available. read more

Preliminary opinion on customary rights in the Kāweka and Gwavas Crown forest licensed lands 

Waitangi Tribunal (Wai 2180, #6.2.58)

16 February 2024

The Tribunal has issued a preliminary opinion on claims by the Ngāti Hinemanu me Ngāti Paki Heritage Trust to customary interests in the Kāweka and Gwavas Crown forest licensed (CFL) lands.

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