Hōngongoi 2025 July – Contents

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

Permanent injunction - trespass - Brown v Brown - Tuhuna 12A1 (2025) 292 Taitokerau MB 147 (292 TTK 147) - Arthur Linkhorn

Māori Incorporations - accountability obligations - examining officer appointed - Proprietors of Hiruharama Ponui Incorporated v Bramley (2025) 339 Waiariki MB 260 (339 WAR 260) - Craig Linkhorn

Trusts - partial termination of trust refused - Bloor v Ellis - Tapapa 3B 1 and others (2024) 120 Tākitimu MB 224 (120 TKT 224) - Arthur Linkhorn

2025 Māori Land Court judgments - index

2024 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi - Waitangi Tribunal

Strategic Direction 2025-2035 - Waitangi Tribunal (2025)

Takutai moana - litigation funding - The Takutai Moana Act 2011 Urgent Inquiry Stage 2 Report (Wai 3400, 2025) - Craig Linkhorn


Permanent injunction – trespass – Brown

Brown v Brown - Tuhuna 12A1

(2025) 292 Taitokerau MB 147 (292 TTK 147)

16 July 2025

Application for permanent injunction to remove trespasser granted. The injunction was necessary and not oppressive in the circumstances.

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Trusts – partial termination of trust refused – Bloor

Bloor v Ellis - Tapapa 3B 1 and others

(2025) 120 Tākitimu MB 224 (120 TKT 224)

13 June 2025

Application for partial termination of trust, withdrawal of land and establishing a new trust. Application dismissed due to lack of evidence of failure to adhere to trust terms or dysfunction among trustees.

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