Here-turi-kōkā 2026 August – Contents

Te Kōti Mana Nui

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

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

Te Tinihanga o Ngā Mātāpono: The Urgent Report on the Treaty Principles Reform

Te Tinihanga o Ngā Mātāpono: The Urgent Report on the Treaty Principles Reform

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi - Waitangi Tribunal (Wai 3565, 2026)

31 July 2026

This is a report on the Crown's proposals to amend Treaty/Tiriti provisions across 18 pieces of legislation. This report considered the claim that, in deciding to make these changes, the Crown has breached the principles of the Treaty/te Tiriti, as if enacted these reforms would lead to the marginalisation of Māori interests in the operation of law and policy.

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Procedure – stay of proceedings while similar proceedings before the High Court – Gibbs

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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Taonga tūturu – definition of “found” under the Protected Objects Act 1975 – Preece

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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