Te Kōti Mana Nui - Supreme Court
Procedure - leave to appeal - Crown Forest Assets Act 1989 - Ruru v Attorney-General [2026] NZSC 79 - Elizabeth Derby
Te Kōti Pīra – Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction - declaration of inconsistency - legislative settlement of Waitangi Tribunal claim - Wairarapa Moana ki Pouākani Incorporation v Attorney-General [2026] NZCA 255 - Craig Linkhorn
Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court
2026 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index
Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court
Taonga tūturu - definition of "found" under the Protected Objects Act 1975 - Preece - Taonga Tūturu found at Rēkohu/Wharekauri (2026) 106 Te Waipounamu MB 217 - Elizabeth Derby
Procedure - stay of proceedings while similar proceedings before the High Court - Gibbs v Te Āhuru Trustee Company Ltd - Lot 1 DP 4866 and Section 1 SO 10359 (2026) 543 Aotea MB 4 - Elizabeth Derby
Trusts - establishment of whenua tōpū trust - jurisdiction to vest Māori customary land - Deputy Registrar v Davis - Mataimoana (Māori Customary Land) (2026) 540 Aotea MB 91 - Elizabeth Derby
Injunction - interim injunction application on a without notice basis - Hart v Kuru - Whawhakanga 1B Ahu Whenua Trust (2026) 134 Tākitimu MB 103 - Elizabeth Derby
Trusts - replacement of trustees - enforcement of obligations of trust - Ngahere-Pompey v Green - Allotment 62D Parish of Waipa (Waingaro Marae) (2026) 303 Waikato Maniapoto MB 182 - Elizabeth Derby
Trusts - jurisdiction to review actions of Ngāti Pāoa Trust Board as former sole responsible trustee of Waiheke Station Trust - Ngāti Pāoa Iwi Trust v Ngāti Pāoa Trust Board - Allotment of Parish 20 Waiheke and others (Waiheke Station) (2026) 303 Waikato Maniapoto MB 30 - Elizabeth Derby
2026 Māori Land Court judgments - index
Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi – Waitangi Tribunal
Urgent report - Te Tinihanga o Ngā Mātāpono: The Urgent Report on the Treaty Principles Reform (Wai 3565, 2026)
Ngā Whakaturetanga - Legislation
Legislation - Te Here ā Nuku (Nelson Tenths) Bill - Elizabeth Derby
Ngāti Pāoa Iwi Trust v Ngāti Pāoa Trust Board - Allotment of Parish 20 Waiheke and others (Waiheke Station)
(2026) 303 Waikato Maniapoto MB 30 (303 WMN 30)
24 July 2026
Application for review of trust and declarations regarding the Ngāti Pāoa Trust Board, a charitable trust, in its role as the former sole responsible trustee of the Waiheke Station Trust.
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Ngahere-Pompey v Green - Allotment 62D Parish of Waipa (Waingaro Marae)
(2026) 303 Waikato Maniapoto MB 182 (303 WMN 182)
4 August 2026
This decision provides the reasons for the Court's decision, issued in September 2025, to replace the trustees of Waingaro Marae Māori Reservation Trust.
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Deputy Registrar v Davis - Mataimoana (Māori Customary Land)
(2026) 540 Aotea MB 91 (540 AOT 91)
16 July 2026
Application to constitute a whenua tōpū trust in respect of the Mataimoana block. In December 2023, the Court found that the customary owners of Mataimoana, which is Māori customary land, are Ngāti Hau and Ngāti Pourua (the hapū).
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Hart v Kuru - Whawhakanga 1B Ahu Whenua Trust
(2026) 134 Tākitimu MB 103 (134 TKT 103)
20 August 2026
Interim injunction application made on a without notice basis in relation to the Whawhakanga 1B block.
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Gibbs v Te Āhuru Trustee Company Limited - Lot 1 DP 4866 and Section 1 SO 10359
(2026) 543 Aotea MB 4 (543 AOT 4)
12 August 2026
Application for a stay of proceedings while similar proceedings are before the High Court. The proceedings relate to the governance and administration of the RV & PJ Gibbs Family Trust.
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Preece - Taonga Tūturu found at Rēkohu/Wharekauri
(2026) 106 Te Waipounamu MB 217 (106 TWP 217)
30 June 2026
Decision on whether the Crown's statutory duty applies to the entirety of a large voyaging waka found in sand dunes on the north coast of Rēkohu/Wharekauri/Chatham Islands. The Crown argued that the parts of the waka that were still buried had not been "found" according to the Protected Objects Act 1975.
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