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.
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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
Kaea Hudson (Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Awa, Tūhoe) reports on a recent visit by senior Māori law students to the Indigenous Law and Justice Hub at Melbourne Law School. read more
Aria Ngarimu (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa, Rongomaiwāhine, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) discusses the use of te reo Māori in the courtroom. read more
Amiria Tikao tells us about the battle for Takapūneke. read more
Dickinson & Smallman - Succession to Paurini Paengahuru
2025 Chief Judge's MB 1267 (2025 CJ 1267)
29 August 2025
Unsuccessful application to amend Māori Land Court succession orders from 1969. The applicant did not prove the orders were erroneous.
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