Hui tanguru 2026 February – Contents

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

Status of land - registration of change of status - Malcolm v Hahipene - Te Karaka 1B2B1 [2025] Māori Appellate Court MB 603 - Craig Linkhorn

Costs - Special Aid Fund - Malcolm v Hahipene - Te Karaka 1B2B1 [2026] Māori Appellate Court MB 108 - Elizabeth Derby

Trustees - retirement of reservation trustees - Watson v Van der Broek [2025] Māori Appellate Court MB 470 - Craig Linkhorn

2026 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

2025 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Trusts - refusal to remove interests from trust - Bryers v Broughton - Rotorangi No. 2 and Others (2026) 525 Aotea MB 249 - Arthur Linkhorn

Alienation - invalid lease - injunction - Toatoa v Toatoa - Wharerangi 5B1 and 6B2 Lot A and Lot B (2025) 125 Tākitimu MB 38 - Arthur Linkhorn

Procedure - judicial recusal - Mio - Tōrere Pā Reserve and Others (2026) 363 Waiariki MB 47 (363 WAR 47) - Elizabeth Derby

Injunction - occupation of house - removal of trustees - Povey v Diamond - Otakanini L (2026) 308 Taitokerau MB 155 (308 TTK 155) - Elizabeth Derby

2026 Māori Land Court judgments - index

2025 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Costs – Special Aid Fund – Malcolm

Malcolm v Hahipene - Te Karaka 1B2B1

[2026] Māori Appellate Court MB 108 (2026 APPEAL 108)

25 February 2026

Application for costs from the Court's Special Aid Fund. These proceedings came about due to the failure of the Māori Land Court to register a 1996 status order determining Te Karaka 1B2B1 as Māori land.

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Injunction – occupation of house – removal of trustees – Povey

Povey v Diamond - Otakanini L 

(2026) 308 Taitokerau MB 155 (308 TTK 155)

24 February 2026

Application for an injunction to prevent the respondents from occupying the applicant's house on the Otakanini L block.

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Procedure – judicial recusal – Mio

Mio - Tōrere Pā Reserve and Others

(2026) 363 Waiariki MB 47 (363 WAR 47)

12 February 2026

Application for judicial recusal on the grounds of apparent bias and conflict of interest.

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Trusts – refusal to remove interests from trust – Bryers

Bryers v Broughton - Rotorangi No. 2 and Others

525 Aotea MB 249 (525 AOT 249)

28 January 2026

Unsuccessful application to remove Māori land interests from a trust. The principles of the relevant legislation and the interests of the trust outweighed the Applicant's wishes.

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