MÄORI LAND COURT & APPELLATE COURT
Section 45 applications – evidence required
Partition application – coastal forest land
Maori reservation – money donation, s338(13)
Partition – small scale land exchange
Succession - will wrongly describing land
PARLIAMENT
Ngaa Rauru Kiitahi Claims Settlement Bill
Ngäti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty) Claims Settlement Bill
Ngäti Awa Claims Settlement Act 2004
Te Runanga O Ngäti Awa Bill
Aquaculture reforms – select committee report
Mäori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004
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Māori Appellate Court
Status of land - no change to General land, obstacles do not arise from Māori freehold status - Whitfield and Sons Ltd - Omahu 4C6 (2004) 14 Tākitimu Appellate MB 1
PARLIAMENT
Foreshore & seabed - select committee report Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004
Resource Management (Foreshore and Seabed)
Amendment Act 2004
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Annual index
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WAITANGI TRIBUNAL
Te Arawa Mandate Report
HIGH COURT
Takamore Case
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MÄORI LAND COURT & APPELLATE COURT
Appointment of kaitiaki trustee
Appointment of new trustees
Variation, payments to trustees
PRIVY COUNCIL
Glenharrow, pounamu, Ngäi Tahu
HIGH COURT
RMA, Treaty rights of non-Maori
Management of the Titi Islands
PARLIAMENT
Aquaculture Reform Bill
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GENERAL COURTS
Court of Appeal - provision for Urban Mäori in Fisheries Bill
Court of Appeal - challenge to He Kawai Amokura settlement proposal
High Court - coverage of customary fishing regs
PARLIAMENT
Mäori Fisheries Bill - Select Committee report
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MÄORI LAND COURT & APPELLATE COURT
Commentary & case re change of status to land
Land Transfers
Removal of trustees
Grazing licences
Termination of trusts
Partition orders
PARLIAMENT
Te Ture Whenua Mäori Amendment Act 2004
Streamlining Treaty Settlements
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Māori Appellate Court
Status of land - failure to take into account relevant considerations - Regeling - Orokawa 3B Lots 4, 7 and 8 (2004) 6 Whangarei Appellate MB 157
Waitangi Tribunal
Te Arawa Mandate Claims
Comment
Other courts and tribunals
Land Valuation of Mäori Freehold Land
Taiapure-Local Fisheries
Legal Aid
Reports and articles
Delivering Justice for All
Print edition
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PARLIAMENT
Foreshore & Seabed Bill - consistency with NZ Bill of Rights Act 1990
Crown Forestry Rental Trust - inquiry into
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Parliament
Foreshore and Seabed Bill 2004
Māori Land Court
Alienation – Court has no jurisdiction to impose extra requirements - Ferris - Nuhiti M10 (2004) 157 Gisborne MB 253
Print version
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COMMENT
WAITANGI TRIBUNAL FORESHORE AND SEABED REPORT
Introduction
Mäori custom / tikanga
What the Treaty protected
Implications of the Court of Appeal decision
- Possible actions in the High Court
- Possible actions in the Mäori Land Court
The Government proposal
- How much uncertainty exists?
- Uncertainty over access
- Uncertainty about the ability to sell
Reasons for leaving the issue to the courts
Findings on Treaty breaches
Recommendations
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MÄORI LAND COURT & APPELLATE COURT
Waitomo caves settlement - successions
OTHER COURTS
High Court – hapü occupation of Mäori incorporation land – damages award
High Court – meaning of taonga – use of term by non-Mäori
High Court – sale of land with land transfer title – effect of Mäori land claim
High Court – Mataurai X - Mäori land under mortgage – validity of mortgage
PARLIAMENT
Foreshore and seabed debate
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WAITANGI TRIBUNAL
New tribunal members
COURT OF APPEAL
Ngai Tahu boundaries
HIGH COURT
Jurisdiction – criminal law
Criminal – use of Te Reo Maori
Interpretation of Orakei Act 1991
PARLIAMENT
Maori Fisheries Bill
Foreshore and seabed policy
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Māori Land Court
Alienation – confirmation of lease refused where consideration inadequate and application filed out of time - Carroll - Waipuka 2R3 (2003) 174 Napier MB 71
Other courts and tribunals
Court of Appeal - Māori culture, foster parents & duties of government departments
High Court - fisheries settlement, interim declarations
High Court - fisheries settlement, Ngāi Tahu challenge
High Court - fisheries settlement, lease round inequities & juridical bay formula
High Court - fisheries settlement, urban Māori challenge
Print version
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WAITANGI TRIBUNAL
Wellington Report – Part II
Waiheke Island
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WAITANGI TRIBUNAL
Wellington report – part 1 (to be continued in Maori LR October 2003)
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OTHER COURTS AND TRIBUNALS
Court of Appeal – Urewera rating
High Court - Tïitïi (Muttonbird) Islands
High Court – customary jurisdiction defence
High Court – Mäori drivers licence
High Court – Mäori incorporation leasing powers
PARLIAMENT
Waitangi Tribunal, broadcasting, fisheries
Ngäti Ruanui Claims Settlement Act 2003
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OTHER COURTS AND TRIBUNALS
Court of Appeal – Ngäti Awa settlement
Environment Court – disputed waahi tapu – evidential considerations
OTHER
Australian Law Reform Commission – genetic identity for indigenous people
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Māori Land Court
Alienation – assignment of lease prior to 2002 merely requires application for noting - Dyer - Tautara 5B3 (2003) 273 Rotorua MB 219
Waitangi Tribunal
Petroleum Report
Print version
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COMMENT
The foreshore and seabed decision
OTHER COURTS AND TRIBUNALS
Court of Appeal – foreshore and seabed decision
WAITANGI TRIBUNAL
Memorandum re Supreme Court claim
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FROM THE PAST
OTHER COURTS AND TRIBUNALS
High Court – Mäori reserved lands – lessee compensation
High Court – Bay of Plenty cross claims – Ngäti Awa settlement
Environment Court – weedkiller consent – ancestral lake & waters
Environment Court – subdivision consent – ancestral land
PARLIAMENT
Local Government Act 2002
Treaty of Waitangi Amendment Act 2003
Broadcasting Amendment Act 2003
Mäori Land Amendment and Mäori Land Claims Adjustment Amendment Act 2003
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MÄORI LAND COURT & APPELLATE COURT
Trespass to land, exemplary damages, interest, under Te Ture Whenua Maori 1993
WAITANGI TRIBUNAL
Marine farming report
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Custom law and common law
Judicial approaches to custom in the South Pacific
Privy Council – 1958 decision re evidence of custom
Māori Appellate Court
Status of land - change to General land not more effective - Phillips - Oromahoe 17B1 and 17B2 (2003) 6 Whangarei Appellate MB 84
Trustee meeting fees & company directorship fees
Other courts and tribunals
High Court – trespass on iwi administration office, jurisdiction of the court
Employment Court – dismissal of Mäori worker, protocol required
Parliament
Supreme Court Bill – debate
Print version
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MÄORI LAND COURT & APPELLATE COURT
Mäori reservations – responsibilities of trustees
OTHER COURTS AND TRIBUNALS
Court of Appeal – legal aid for individual Mäori, status of iwi
Court of Appeal – change of status of Mäori land, solicitor misleading the Mäori Land Court
High Court – Ngati Maru, evidence required to establish the existence of waahi tapu
High Court – Ngati Maru, further appeal re waahi tapu
High Court – land registration error, erroneous claims
PARLIAMENT
Supreme Court Bill
Treaty of Waitangi (Final Settlement of Claims Bill)
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Māori Appellate Court
Alienation and jurisdiction – alienation includes virtually every form of disposition of land - Trustees of the Will of Pukepuke Tangiora v Hastings District Council - Waipuka 3B1C2 (2002) 13 Tākitimu Appellate MB 217
Māori Land Court
Alienation – lease for purpose of development confirmed – Ngatai - Matakana 1A7A (2002) 71 Tauranga MB 23
Annual index
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