Te Kōti Matua – High Court
Judicial review - calculation of Māori electorates - Tamihere v Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri | Electoral Commission [2025] NZHC 3802 - Arthur Linkhorn
Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court
Judicial recusal - refusal to adjourn hearing - natural justice principles - tikanga - Takamore v Tawhara - Waioeka Papakāinga 25 [2025] Māori Appellate Court MB 436 - Craig Linkhorn
Trustees - retirement of reservation trustees - Watson v Van der Broek [2025] Māori Appellate Court MB 470 - Craig Linkhorn
Status of land - registration of change of status - Malcolm v Hahipene - Te Karaka 1B2B1 [2025] Māori Appellate Court MB 603 - Craig Linkhorn
2025 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index
2024 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index
Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court
Alienation - invalid lease - injunction - Toatoa v Toatoa - Wharerangi 5B1 and 6B2 Lot A and Lot B (2025) 125 Tākitimu MB 38 (2025 125 TKT MB 38) - Arthur Linkhorn
2025 Māori Land Court judgments - index
2024 Māori Land Court judgments - index
Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi - Waitangi Tribunal
Urgent inquiries by the Waitangi Tribunal - practice note - Tukanga Taihoro (22 August 2025)
Strategic Direction 2025-2035 - Waitangi Tribunal (2025)
Tamihere v Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri | Electoral Commission
[2025] NZHC 3802
8 December 2025
Unsuccessful application for judicial review of a decision by the Electoral Commission calculating the Māori electoral population and resulting number of Māori electorates. Applicant's interpretation of the legislation untenable.
Download Tamihere v Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri Electoral Commission (157 KB PDF). read more
Malcolm v Hahipene - Te Karaka 1B2B1
[2025] Māori Appellate Court MB 603 (2025 APPEAL 603)
8 December 2025
A change of status of land takes effect on registration of the Court order. A transfer of the land occurred after its status was changed from General land to Māori freehold land but before registration of the Court's order changing status. This transfer did not trigger the requirements for confirmation of alienation applicable to Māori freehold land. The decision of the Māori Land Court was upheld and the appeal dismissed.
Download Malcolm v Hahipene - Te Karaka 1B2B1 (400 KB PDF). read more
[2025] Māori Appellate Court MB 470 (2025 APPEAL 470)
3 October 2025
Successful appeal from decisions to replace and appoint trustees to four Māori reservations. Several errors of law were made including failing to appreciate that some trustees had resigned and were no longer in office because the effective date of their resignation was governed by the Māori Reservations Regulations 1994.
Download Watson v Van der Broek (408 KB PDF). read more
Takamore v Tawhara - Waioeka Papakāinga 25
2025 Māori Appellate Court MB 436 (2025 APPEAL 436)
18 September 2025
This was an unsuccessful appeal from decisions of the lower Court to make trustee appointments. The appellants contended that the lower Court judge should not have heard the application and should have adjourned the hearing. There was no error in declining to adjourn the case, tikanga was not breached, and the judge's relationships did not call for recusal from hearing and deciding the case.
Download Takamore v Tawhara - Waioeka Papakāinga 25 (297 KB PDF). read more
Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court
2025 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index
2024 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index
Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court
Alienation - invalid lease - injunction - Toatoa v Toatoa - Wharerangi 5B1 and 6B2 Lot A and Lot B (2025) 125 Tākitimu MB 38 (2025 125 TKT MB 38) - Arthur Linkhorn
2025 Māori Land Court judgments - index
2024 Māori Land Court judgments - index
Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi - Waitangi Tribunal
Urgent inquiries by the Waitangi Tribunal - practice note - Tukanga Taihoro (22 August 2025)
Strategic Direction 2025-2035 - Waitangi Tribunal (2025)
Toatoa v Toatoa - Wharerangi 5B1 and 6B2 Lot A and Lot B
(2025) 125 Tākitimu MB 38 (2025 125 TKT MB 38)
31 October 2025
Application seeking a permanent injunction against trespasser operating on an invalid lease. The Court found that the lease of the blocks was invalid and granted a permanent injunction.
Download Toatoa v Toatoa - Wharerangi 5B1 and 6B2 Lot A and Lot B (285 KB PDF). read more
Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court
2025 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index
2024 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index
Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court
Partition - statutory requirements - confirming resolution of assembled owners - Seymour - Otonga 3 (2025) 99 Te Waipounamu MB 65 - Arthur Linkhorn
Partition - development of papakāinga housing - Te Puni Kōkiri funding - Gillies v Lucas - Waipuka No 2C No 1 and Others (2025) 124 Tākitimu MB 51 (124 TKT 51) - Elizabeth Derby
Trustees - replacement of trustees - improper election process - Poari-Broughton - Ihupuku G block (2025) 514 Aotea MB 80 (514 AOT 80) - Elizabeth Derby
Trusts - review of trust - Logan v Matthews - Omahu 2H1B and Others (2025) 124 Tākitimu MB 40 (124 TKT 40) - Elizabeth Derby
2025 Māori Land Court judgments - index
2024 Māori Land Court judgments - index
Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi - Waitangi Tribunal
Urgent inquiries by the Waitangi Tribunal - practice note - Tukanga Taihoro (22 August 2025)
Strategic Direction 2025-2035 - Waitangi Tribunal (2025)
(2025) 99 Te Waipounamu MB 65
15 October 2025
Successful application to partition collectively owned Māori freehold land into two separate titles.
Download Seymour - Otonga 3 (326 KB PDF). read more
Poari-Broughton - Ihupuku G block
(2025) 514 Aotea MB 80 (514 AOT 80)
13 October 2025
Application to replace trustees of the Ihupuku G (Ihupuku Pa) Māori Reservation.
Download Poari-Broughton - Ihupuku G block (225 KB PDF). read more
Logan v Matthews - Omahu 2H1B and Others
(2025) 124 Tākitimu MB 40
6 October 2025
Review of the Herewini Tiopira Whānau Trust.
Download Logan v Matthews - Omahu 2H1B and Others (230 KB PDF). read more
Gillies v Lucas - Waipuka No 2C No 1 and Others
(2025) 124 Tākitimu MB 51 (124 TKT 51)
6 October 2025
Application for partition of the Waipuka 2C1 and 2C2 blocks for the purpose of developing a papakāinga.
Download Gillies v Lucas - Waipuka No 2C No 1 and Others (312 KB PDF). read more
Te Ranga Huatau
Ngā Rangahautira at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington has released Te Ranga Huatau 2025. 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
Trusts - variation of trust terms - beneficiary opportunity to consider - Keepa v Leighton - Kiwinui Trust [2025] Māori Appellate Court MB 367 - Craig Linkhorn
2025 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index
2024 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index
Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court
Chief Judge's powers - succession - unable to meet required proof - Dickinson & Smallman - Succession to Paurini Paengahuru 2025 Chief Judge's MB 1267 (2025 CJ 1267) - Arthur Linkhorn
2025 Māori Land Court judgments - index
2024 Māori Land Court judgments - index
Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi - Waitangi Tribunal
Urgent inquiries by the Waitangi Tribunal - practice note - Tukanga Taihoro (22 August 2025)
Strategic Direction 2025-2035 - Waitangi Tribunal (2025)
Mahi ā-ture - Legal practice
Professional responsibilities of lawyers - tikanga Māori and its principles, values and practices - Practice Briefing (July 2025) - Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa | New Zealand Law Society
Keepa v Leighton - Kiwinui Trust
[2025] Māori Appellate Court MB 367
29 August 2025
Appeal allowed from orders changing terms of trust and appointing trustees because the beneficiaries did not have sufficient notice of, or sufficient opportunity to consider the proposed variation to the trust order and appointments.
Download Keepa v Leighton - Kiwinui Trust (285 KB PDF).
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E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e nga karangatanga maha, tēnei te reo whakamihi atu ki a koutou! Nau piki mai, nau kake mai ki te kohikohinga kōrero nei, e kī ai ko Te Ranga Huatau! read more
Savannah Cowan imagines a Hawaiki Hou. read more
Patricia Waugh (Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Mākino, Ngāti Rongomai) discusses Māori-led initiatives as anchors of resilience. read more
He karanga teenei, noo Ngārewarewa Tata, kia whai pou ki te whenua o taatou; kia ahi tuu, kia ahi ora hei here i oo taatou whakaaro, hei para i te huarahi moo te ture e tika ana moo taatou anoo. read more
Kaea Hudson reports on the 2025 Hui-ā-Tauira, the National Māori Law Students Conference. read more
Josh Robinson (He/Him) - Ngāti Ranginui - describes the whakapapa of Māori resistance. read more
Sophie Yeoman offers reflections on being a MPI tutor. read more
Te rōpū Hikitia introduces their journey to date within law firm Buddle Findlay. read more
Emma Barnes-Wetere (Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Maniapoto) explores a question she has asked of admired Māori across the legal landscape: why do we study law? read more
Tauira Emma Barnes-Wetere and Mila Pivac Solomon have a Q&A style interview with academic, activist and Ngā Rangahautira alumni, Eru Kapa-Kingi. read more
Christie Wallace reflects on justice, tikanga and advocacy in the criminal law. read more
