Māori Law Review

Te Kōti Matua – High Court

Declarations - ahi kā and mana whenua - Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust v Attorney-General [2022] NZHC 843 - Rhianna Morar, comment on Ngāti Whātua - Dr Sarah Down

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

Chief Judge's powers - jurisdiction - no appeal from decision not to exercise - Mokaraka v Mokaraka - Waima C8 [2022] Māori Appellate Court MB 17 (2022 APPEAL 17) - Kaea Hudson, comment on Mokaraka - Andrew Irwin

2022 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

2021 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Injunction - permanent injunction - accessway - Donaldson v Hemi - Whaanga 1D1D Roadway (2021) 230 Waikato Maniapoto MB 168 (230 WMN 168) - Toni Love

2022 Māori Land Court judgments - index

2021 Māori Land Court judgments - index

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Pūnaha whakawā – criminal justice

Criminalising care and protection issues - child offenders in Aotearoa New Zealand - Katherine Werry

Te Kōti Pīra – Court of Appeal

Status of land - new title required before change of status - Short v Stowers [2021] NZCA 697 - Toni Love

Te Kōti Matua – High Court

Ngā whakataunga tiriti - interim relief refused - Maniapoto v Maniapoto Māori Trust Board [2022] NZHC 455 - Stuart Leslie

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

2022 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

2021 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Alienation of Māori freehold land - right of first refusal - seller not bound to accept an offer not on equivalent terms - Logan v Logan - Patangata 2F Section 2B (2022) 95 Tākitimu MB 52-76 (95 TKT 52-76) - Stuart Leslie

Partition - granted - application to change status of land dismissed - Kupa v Kupa - Lot 10H and 10I Pt Omahu 2C1C (2021) 92 Tākitimu MB 247 (92 TKT 247) - Elizabeth Derby

Partition - granted - trust variation - trust enforcement - Ashmore v Armstrong - Te Huruhi 12B (2021) 232 Waikato Maniapoto MB 219 (232 WMN 219) - Elizabeth Derby

Partition - dismissed - house building purpose - Solomon v Otte - Te Awapatiki 2B2 and 2B3 (2021) 74 Te Waipounamu MB 125 (74 TWP 125) - Elizabeth Derby

Partition - interim judgment - directions - Smith - Pekapeka 2A1D2B (2021) 91 Tākitimu MB 145 (91 TKT 145) - Elizabeth Derby

Trusts - removal of trustee - duty to be active - non-attendance at meetings - Wynyard v Waata - Manawakore C1 and D (2022) 247 Taitokerau MB 4 (247 TTK 4) - Stuart Leslie

Succession - determination of persons entitled to succeed - Wanikau-Chapman - Ngatiamaahuroa No. 5 and Others (2022) 246 Taitokerau MB 291 (246 TTK 291) - Elizabeth Derby

2022 Māori Land Court judgments - index

2021 Māori Land Court judgments - index

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Te Kōti Mana Nui – Supreme Court

Procedure - representation order - Te Warena Taua & Ors v Tahi Enterprises Ltd [2021] NZSC 182 - Kaea Hudson

Te Kōti Pīra – Court of Appeal

Ngā whakahaere rauemi - natural resource management - leave to appeal refused - no matter of general importance - Transpower New Zealand Limited v Tauranga Environmental Protection Society Incorporated [2022] NZCA 9 - Toni Love

Ngā whakahaere rauemi - natural resource management - appeal allowed - consultation and notification - Norman v Tūpuna Maunga Authority o Tāmaki Makaurau [2022] NZCA 30 - Toni Love

Takutai moana – procedure - stay of recognition order declined - Whakatōhea Kotahitanga Waka v Te Kāhui Takutai Moana O Ngā Whānui Me Ngati Hapū [2022] NZCA 7 - Stuart Leslie

Te Kōti Matua – High Court

Injunction - implied right to exclusive occupation - rights of mana whenua - Kennedy Point Boat Harbour v Barton [2022] NZHC 257 - Toni Love

Ngā whakahaere rauemi - natural resource management - preliminary question hearing refused - wai māori - Tau v Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu [2021] NZHC 3108 - Toni Love

Procedure – judgment by formal proof refused – case dismissed - Smith v Smith [2022] NZHC 272 - Stuart Leslie

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

2022 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

2021 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Injunction - unauthorised structure - Dobson - Edgecombe Block X Section 12B (2022) 75 Te Waipounamu MB 211 (75 TWP 211) - Kaea Hudson

Status of land - change of status refused - Meha v Haggerty Tapairu A8X (2022) 94 Tākitimu MB 111 (94 TK 111) - Kaea Hudson

Partition - papakainga - Wyllie - Whatatuna 11 (2022) 110 Tairawhiti MB 64 (110 TRW 64) - Kaea Hudson

Occupation order - tiny house as chattel - Pohio - Kekerione No 32 or Waikato (2022) 75 Te Waipounamu MB 179 (75 TWP 179) - Elizabeth Derby

2022 Māori Land Court judgments - index

2021 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi - Waitangi Tribunal

Haumaru: The COVID-19 Priority Report (Wai 2575, 2021) - Craig Linkhorn

Te Kōti Matua – High Court

Judicial review - health information - refusal to share Māori vaccination data - Te Pou Matakana Limited v Attorney-General [2021] NZHC 2942 - Craig Linkhorn

Judicial review - health information - further refusal to share Māori vaccination data - Te Pou Matakana Limited v Attorney-General [2021] NZHC 3319 - Craig Linkhorn

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

2022 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

2021 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Succession - life interest - Gardiner v Hingston - Succession to Heta Kenneth Hingston (2021) 268 Waiariki MB 50 (268 WAR 50) - Craig Linkhorn

Trusts - termination of whānau trust - Surnamecrown v Haig-Clarke - Kaiaua 1 and Others (2022) 269 Waiariki MB 20 (269 WAR 20) - Elizabeth Derby

Trusts - termination of trust - review of administration of trust - Tatere v Hauraki - Mangatainoka No 1BC No 2C No 1 (2021) 93 Tākitimu MB 135 (93 TKT 135) - Elizabeth Derby

Trusts - trustee duties - review of trust - jurisdictional bar - Tawa v Ataria - Tuaropaki E (2021) 267 Waiariki MB 184 (267 WAR 184) - Elizabeth Derby

Trusts - trustee appointment - conflict of interest - Paerau v Bailey - Kauaeroa (2021) 440 Aotea MB 262 (440 AOT 262) - Elizabeth Derby

Trusts - trustee liability - trustee removal - Deputy Registrar v Moeahu - Lot 1 DP 17494 Part Section 2345 New Plymouth (Old Railway Station) and Other Blocks (2021) 437 Aotea MB 3 (437 AOT 3) - Elizabeth Derby

Trusts - trustee removal refused - Rihari v Auckland - Takou (2021) 240 Taitokerau MB 42 (240 TTK 42) - Elizabeth Derby

Trusts - trustee removal - failure to disclose earlier conviction - Murray v Murray-Halkyard - Whakakoro A Part and Another (2021) 243 Taitokerau MB 229 (243 TTK 229) - Elizabeth Derby

Trusts - trustee removal - Taueki v Taueki - Horowhenua No 11 B Subdivision No 14 and Other Blocks (2021) 437 Aotea MB 134 (437 AOT 134) - Elizabeth Derby

Trusts - trustee removal - King v Manukonga - Section 11 Oākura Town Belt (Oākura Pā) (2021) 437 Aotea MB 124 (437 AOT 124) - Elizabeth Derby

2022 Māori Land Court judgments - index

2021 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Ngā whakahaere rauemi - natural resource management

Māori interest in natural resource management - 2021 in review - Dave Randal, Thad Ryan, Frances Wedde, Chelsea Easter, Avikesh Chandra, Manahi Moana, Francesca Dykes, and Claudia van Zijl

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Te Kōti Matua – High Court

A promising start? - the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011: reflecting on key themes from a significant year of case law - Nopera Dennis-McCarthy

Takutai moana – customary marine title – joint application – Re Reeder & Ors (Ngā Pōtiki Stage 1 – Te Tāhuna o Rangataua) [2021] NZHC 2726 - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

Trusts - jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court - Kruger v Nikora - Tūhoe - Te Uru Taumatua [2021] Māori Appellate Court MB 444 (2021 APPEAL 444) - Elizabeth Derby

2021 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Chief Judge's powers - status of land - application dismissed - Kidd v Māori Owners - Whenuanui No 2B (2021) Chief Judge's MB 1409 (2021 CJ 1409) - Elizabeth Derby

Rehearing - granted - stay refused - McDonald - Kai Iwi No. 1C (2021) 440 Aotea MB 279 (440 AOT 279) - Elizabeth Derby

2021 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi – Waitangi Tribunal

Te Kōti Matua – High Court

Injunction - Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-ā-Rua deed of settlement - Griggs and Chamberlain on behalf of Ngāi Tūmapūhia-ā-Rangi Hapū v The Attorney-General [2021] NZHC 2913 - Craig Linkhorn

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

2021 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

2020 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Alienation - confirmation - declined - inadequate consideration - Waaka v Goldsmith - Paengaroa North A1 Section 2 (2021) 262 Waiariki MB 37 (262 WAR 37) - Elizabeth Derby

Trusts - continuing to act as trustee after resignation - Witana v Cutforth - Kohewhata 27C2A (2021) 238 Taitokerau MB 150 (238 TTK 150) - Elizabeth Derby

Trusts - trustee removal and replacement - trust varied - Bloor v Karaitiana - Runanga 2E (2021) 259 Waiariki MB 286 (259 WAR 286) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Trusts - breach of trust - liability to repay funds - removal of trustee - Sherard v Devereux - Otakanini Church Site (2021) 238 Taitokerau MB 185 (238 TTK 185) - Elizabeth Derby

Trusts - trustee misconduct - remedies -Taueki v Sword - Horowhenua 11 (Lake) Block (2021) 437 Aotea MB 86 (437 AOT 86) - Elizabeth Derby

Trusts - review of trust - enforcement of trust - removal of trustees - Puha v Crawford  - Mokoia 19A (2021) 439 Aotea MB 68 (439 AOT 68) - Elizabeth Derby

Trusts - review of trust - trust varied - Bamber - Tahorakuri A (2021) 259 Waiariki MB 274 (259 WAR 274) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Trusts - interim trustees - obtaining directions - Goldsmith - Matata Parish 63Z Block (2021) 263 Waiariki MB 214 (263 WAR 214) - Elizabeth Derby

Trusts - application for directions - transfer of funds - Wharekura v Skerrett-White - Kawerau A8D (2021) 263 Waiariki MB 71 (263 WAR 71) - Elizabeth Derby

2021 Māori Land Court judgments - index

2020 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi – Waitangi Tribunal

Te Mana Whatu Ahuru: Take a Takiwā - report on Te Rohe Pōtae Claims Part VI - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Waitangi Tribunal procedure - urgent inquiry granted - Wairarapa Moana ki Pouākani Incorporation (Smiler) and MacLean Purchases claims - Elizabeth Derby

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Te Kōti Mana Nui – Supreme Court

Ngā whakahaere rauemi - Trans-Tasman Resources: a cautious step forward for Māori rights - Trans-Tasman Resources Limited v The Taranaki-Whanganui Conservation Board [2021] NZSC 127 - Dr Sarah Down and Emeritus Professor David Williams

Te Kōti Matua – High Court

Takutai moana – customary marine title – refused – Re Clarkson [2021] NZHC 1968 - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

2021 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

2020 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Chief Judge's powers - application to amend succession order dismissed - Hita v Hita - Kaihu 1A2E3B2 (2021) Chief Judge's MB 1233 (2021 CJ 1233) - Elizabeth Derby

Chief Judge's powers - incorrect succession order amended - Carley - Succession to Herbert Adams (2021) Chief Judge's MB 1264 (2021 CJ 1264) - Elizabeth Derby

Alienation - sale - within PCA - exemption from special valuation - Te Riaki - Ngongohau 5 - Ngaurukehu A10 Sec 3 and Other Blocks (2021) 437 Aotea MB 177 (437 AOT 177) - Craig Linkhorn

Status of land - refusal to change status - McMeekin v Carkeek - Makuratawhiti 8B2B1 (2021) 436 Aotea MB 286 (436 AOT 286) - Elizabeth Derby

Succession - SILNA land interests - equal division of shares - Hiroti - Succession to Rira Peti Hiroti (2021) 72 Te Waipounamu MB 271 (72 TWP 271) - Elizabeth Derby

Trusts - adoption of charter - appointment of replacement trustees - Stewart v Manu Ariki Marae Reservation Trust - Manu Ariki Māori Reservation (2021) 436 Aotea MB 209 (436 AOT 209) - Elizabeth Derby

Trusts - enforcement of trust obligations - York - Matakohe North Eastern Portion Lot 54 Section 3B1 Māori Reservation (2021) 235 Taitokerau MB 288 (235 TTK 288) - Elizabeth Derby

Trusts - review of whānau trust - Phillips - Ahipara A4 (2021) 438 Aotea MB 10 (438 AOT 10) - Elizabeth Derby

2021 Māori Land Court judgments - index

2020 Māori Land Court judgments - index

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Te Kōti Mana Nui – Supreme Court

Mana whenua - Resource Management Act - Poutama Kaitiaki Charitable Trust and D & T Pascoe v Taranaki Regional Council [2021] NZSC 87 - Elizabeth Derby

Te Kōti Pīra – Court of Appeal

Public works - role of the Minister for Land Information - successful appeal - Minister for Land Information v Dromgool [2021] NZCA 44 - Elizabeth Derby

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

Māori reservation - change of name and change of purpose - mediated outcome - McLeod v Ngā Uri a Mata Ngapo Charitable Trust - Harataunga West 2B2A 1 [2021] Māori Appellate Court MB 319 (2021 APPEAL 319) - Elizabeth Derby

2021 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

2020 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Injunction - license to occupy - Palmer v Harrison - Harataunga West 2B2B2B2 (2021) 227 Waikato Maniapoto MB 276 (227 WMN 276) - Elizabeth Derby

Chief Judge's powers - succession - Nicholas v Caudwell - Succession to Walker Whakaahua Kameta (2021) Chief Judge's MB 1023 (2021 CJ 1023) - Elizabeth Derby

Chief Judge's powers - succession - whakapapa connection - Gay v Tupara-Katu - Succession to Boy Kapua (2021) Chief Judge's MB 1120 (2021 CJ 1120) - Elizabeth Derby

Chief Judge's powers - succession - Tapsell - Succession to Pera Wikiriwhi or Pera Matataia (2021) Chief Judge's MB 1002 (2021 CJ 1002) - Elizabeth Derby

Chief Judge's powers - cancellation of succession - insufficient notice - Julian v Inia - Succession to Moehuarahi Te Ruuri (2021) Chief Judge's MB 1095 (2021 CJ 1095) - Elizabeth Derby

Chief Judge's powers - amendment of succession orders - Wharekawa - Succession to Rewi Maniapoto (Manga) [2021] Chief Judge's MB 1170 (2021 CJ 1170) - Elizabeth Derby

Chief Judge's powers - amendment of succession order - Murrell - Succession to Tuarua Heihei [2021] Chief Judge's MB 1215 (2021 CJ 1215) - Elizabeth Derby

Chief Judge's powers - amendment of succession order - Brown v Edmonds - Succession to Kuini Brown and Mate Ihipera Rewi Tamehana [2021] Chief Judge's MB 988 (2021 CJ 988) - Elizabeth Derby

Costs - successful rehearing application - Bamber v Official Assignee Lot 39 Deposited Plan South-Auckland 3455 (2021) 260 Waiariki MB 137 (260 WAR 137) - Elizabeth Derby

Costs - application outside jurisdiction of Māori Land Court - Ngāti Tai Hapū Inc. v Official Assignee - Lot 6 DP 343 49 (2021) 260 Waiariki MB 123 (260 WAR 123) - Elizabeth Derby

Alienation of land - preferred class of alienee - Dick - Wairau Block XII Section 7B2 and others (2021) 72 Te Waipounamu MB 147 (72 TWP 147)

Status of land - higher sale price - Jacobs - Waiteti No. 2A1B2A1C6 Block (2021) 260 Waiariki MB 110 (260 WAR 110) - Elizabeth Derby

Occupation orders - application to occupy - Te Rito - Whangawehi 13A or Whangawehi 13B (2021) 104 Tairawhiti MB 192 (104 TRW 192) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Succession - validity of will - Towler - Succession to Mona Towler (2021) 435 Aotea MB 37 (435 AOT 37) - Elizabeth Derby

Succession - whāngai - Grant v Grant - Succession to Harry Grant (2021) 104 Tairawhiti MB 122 (104 TRW 122) - Elizabeth Derby

Trusts - appointment of trustees - Knuckey v Telford - Wahapakapaka 7A (2021) 435 Aotea MB 68 (435 AOT 68) - Elizabeth Derby

Trusts - appointment of trustees - nomination process - Marshall - Otukou Papakāinga Trust (2021) 437 Aotea MB 116 (437 AOT 116) - Elizabeth Derby

Trusts - appointment of trustees - Sionetama - Puketapu E Māori Reservation (2021) 436 Aotea MB 273 (436 AOT 273) - Elizabeth Derby

Trustees - replacement trustees appointed - Ritai - Parihaka Papakāinga Trust (2021) 437 Aotea MB 64 (437 AOT 64) - Elizabeth Derby

Trustees - reduction in number - process to amend charter - Cottrell - Wharerangi 9 and 10 Blocks (2021) 91 Tākitimu MB 85 (91 TKT 85) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Partition - granted pending valuation - Karangaroa v Te Rito - Whangawehi 13A and 13B (2021) 104 Te Tairawhiti MB 200 (104 TRW 200) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Encroachment - relief - Marshall v Ratu - Whangape Lot 65B Sec 2A Block (2021) 227 Waikato Maniapoto MB 148 (227 WMN 148) - Elizabeth Derby

2021 Māori Land Court judgments - index

2020 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi – Waitangi Tribunal

Waitangi Tribunal procedure - application for urgent hearing - remand prisoners (Wai 3008, #2.5.8) - Elizabeth Derby

Waitangi Tribunal procedure - application for urgent inquiry adjourned - social security (Wai 3015, #2.5.6) - Elizabeth Derby

Waitangi Tribunal procedure - urgent inquiry declined - litigation funding (Wai 3006, #2.5.9) - Elizabeth Derby

Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie student essay competition 2021

Entries are open for the 2021 Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie student essay competition sponsored by the Māori Law Review. For more information and details on how the competition operates go here. Entries will close at 5 p.m. on Friday 1 Whiringa-ā-nuku (October) 2021.

Pūnaha whakawā – criminal justice

Re-thinking systemic deprivation sentencing discounts - Oliver Fredrickson

Te Kōti Matua - High Court

Ngā whakahaere rauemi - natural resource management – assessment of cultural effects – consideration of alternatives – Tauranga Environmental Protection Society Incorporated v Tauranga City Council [2021] NZHC 1201 - Tom Bennion

Licences - lake owner licensing commercial activities - Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board v Taupō Waters Collective Limited [2020] NZHC 1871 - Craig Linkhorn

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

Injunction - appeal - decision-making vested in trustees - Baker - Tataraakina C Trust [2021] Māori Appellate Court MB 308 (2021 APPEAL 308) - Craig Linkhorn

Costs - Nicholas v The Official Assignee - Lot 6 Deposited Plan South Auckland 34349 [2021] Māori Appellate Court MB 312 (2021 APPEAL 312) - Elizabeth Derby

Ownership of dwelling - Ratana v Tihi - Ruatoki B Sections 23 and others [2021] Māori Appellate Court MB 290 (2021 APPEAL 290) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

2021 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

2020 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Procedure - stay pending appeal - Trustees of Tūhoe - Te Uru Taumatua v Nikora (2021) 260 Waiariki MB 103 (260 WAR 103) - Craig Linkhorn

Costs - amicable whānau relationships -MacDonald v MacDonald - Wairau Block XII Section 6C 2C (2021) 72 Te Waipounamu MB 227 (72 TWP 227) - Elizabeth Derby

2021 Māori Land Court judgments - index

2020 Māori Land Court judgments - index

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Te Hunga Roia Māori o Aotearoa - hui-ā-tau

Keynote address - Keeping ourselves honest: Māori lawyers and mana-based change - Ani Mikaere

Te Kōti Matua - High Court

Takutai moana - tests to recognise customary marine title - Re Edwards (Te Whakatōhea No. 2) High Court [2021] NZHC 1025 - Andrew Irwin

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

Injunction - upheld - Peihopa v Peihopa - Kaikou H [2021] Māori Appellate Court MB 180 (2021 APPEAL 180) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Injunction - status of land - forfeiture orders - Nicholas v The Official Assignee - Lot 6 DP 34349 [2021] Māori Appellate Court MB 228 (2021 APPEAL 228) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Injunction - upheld - occupation order - no constructive trust - Nicholas v Te Amo - Te Whaiti-Nui-A-Toi Block [2021] Māori Appellate Court MB 273 (2021 APPEAL 273) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Status of land - exception to s 2(2)(f)/53 applies - Peacocke - Part Puketiti 2B2B 1 [2021] Māori Appellate Court MB 48 (2021 APPEAL 48) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Trusts - removal of trustees - conflict of interest - Walters v Wikiriwhi - Oruanui 9 and Others [2021] Māori Appellate Court MB 102 (2021 APPEAL 102) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

2021 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

2020 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Status of land - evidence of necessity - refusal to change status - Tapsell - Lot 1 Owhatiura South 5 Block (2021) 257 Waiariki MB 176 (257 WAR 176) - Elizabeth Derby

2021 Māori Land Court judgments - index

2020 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Legal education in Aotearoa New Zealand

Reflecting on a bijural, bilingual and bicultural law degree - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin and Toni Wharehoka

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi – Waitangi Tribunal

Indigenous children and State care - He Pāharakeke, he Rito Whakakīkinga Whāruarua - inquiry into Oranga Tamariki - Zoe Rose-Curnow

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Te Kōti Pīra - Court of Appeal

Leave to appeal - declined - no second appeal - Tito v Tito [2021] NZCA 164 - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Te Kōti Matua - High Court

Judicial review - remedies recommendations - tikanga Māori - Mercury NZ Ltd v Waitangi Tribunal [2021] NZHC 654 - Carwyn Jones

Judicial review - Crown entity disposal of land - Stafford v Attorney-General [2021] NZHC 335 - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Costs - further declarations sought - Stafford v The Attorney-General [2021] NZHC 1466 - Elizabeth Derby

Takutai Moana - 2020 in review - Andrew Irwin

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi – Waitangi Tribunal

Indigenous children and State care - He Pāharakeke, he Rito Whakakīkinga Whāruarua - inquiry into Oranga Tamariki - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

2021 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

2020 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Trusts - AGM held online - COVID-19 - Pera v Broomfield-Hoet - Tuhuna 16B (2021) 229 Taitokerau 190 (229 TTK 190) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

2021 Māori Land Court judgments - index

2020 Māori Land Court judgments - index

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Pūnaha whakawā - criminal justice

The emergence of whakamā in the sentencing process - Oliver Fredrickson and Stephen Woodwark

Te Kōti Matua – High Court

Ngā whakataunga tiriti - implementation - deferred selection properties - Poutu, Wano, Skelton, Kopu, Panoho, Ritai and Tamati v Attorney-General [2021] NZHC 723 - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Judicial review - non-notified grant of consent - Lysaght v Whakatane District Council [2021] NZHC 68 - Elizabeth Derby

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

2021 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

2020 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Succession - giving effect to settlement of litigation - adjournment dismissed - Bisson v Otaraua Hapū Management Committee - Estate of Alayna Waimana Clark (2021) 431 Aotea MB 108 (431 AOT 108) - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Trusts – removal of trustees refused – new elections - Tūhoe - Nikora v Trustees of Tūhoe – Te Uru Taumatua Trust (2021) 252 Waiariki MB 158 (252 WAR 158) - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Trusts - trustee conflict of interest alleged - appointment adjourned - Knuckey v Telford - Wahapakapaka 7A Block (2021) 431 Aotea MB 119 (431 AOT 119) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

2021 Māori Land Court judgments - index

2020 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi – Waitangi Tribunal

Waitangi Tribunal procedure - urgent inquiry declined - Ngāti Pāoa settlement claim - Wai 2982, #2.5.10 - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Waitangi Tribunal procedure - decision on urgent inquiry adjourned - Whakatōhea - Wai 2961, #2.5.4 - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Arotakena pukapuka – Book review

A Long Time Coming: The story of Ngāi Tahu's treaty settlement negotiations with the Crown - Carwyn Jones

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Ngā ture o ngā iwi taketake - Rights of Indigenous peoples

Wishes are not laws - McGirt v Oklahoma – one of the most important US Supreme Court cases of all time? - Stephen Young

Te Kōti Matua – High Court

Judicial review - interim orders refused - Deed of Settlement ceremony - Ngāti Pāoa Trust Board v Attorney-General [2021] NZHC 580 - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

2021 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

2020 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Chief Judge's powers - succession - whāngai - bloodline connection - King v Te Aretoa - Succession to Puti Green (2021) Chief Judge's MB 132 (2021 CJ 132) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Chief Judge's powers - succession order amended - Ellison v Jones - Estate of Daniel Ellison (2021) Chief Judge’s MB 150 (2021 CJ 150) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Status of land - refusal to change status - no whakapapa connection - Toia - Section 67 Town of Tokatoka (2021) 227 Taitokerau MB 226 (227 TTK 226) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Alienation - gift - assessment of fair value - Lett - Waipu 4A3E1 and others (2021) 431 Aotea MB 100 (431 AOT 100) - Craig Linkhorn

Trusts - enforcement of trustee obligations - Stowers v Short - Tumu Kaituna 14 (2021) 251 Waiāriki MB 144 (251 WAR 144) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Māori Reservation - trustee removal - non-attendance at meetings -Tait v Kruger - Tauarau Block (2021) 252 Waiariki MB 180 (252 WAR 180) - Craig Linkhorn

2021 Māori Land Court judgments - index

2020 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi – Waitangi Tribunal

Waitangi Tribunal procedure – urgent inquiry declined – Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009 - Wai 3007, #2.5.5 - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Ngā Whakaturetanga - Legislation

Easing the way for dedicated Māori local government representation - Local Electoral (Māori Wards and Māori Constituencies) Amendment Act 2021 - Andrew Geddis

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Te Kōti Pīra – Court of Appeal

Chief Judge's powers - order varying trust annulled - upheld on further appeal - Inia v Julian [2020] NZCA 423 - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Te Kōti Matua – High Court

Arbitration - determining whakapapa not arbitrable and inconsistent with tikanga - Ngawaka v Ngāti Rehua-Ngātiwai Ki Aotea Trust Board [2021] NZHC 291 - Craig Linkhorn

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

Procedural error - substantive directions without jurisdiction - Te Maari v Hamon Lot 5 Deposited Plan South Auckland 15580 (Mangakino Pouākani Marae) [2021] Māori Appellate Court MB 10 (2021 APPEAL 10) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

2021 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

2020 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Injunction - co-owner rights - MacDonald v MacDonald - Wairau Block XII Section 6C 2C (2021) 69 Te Waipounamu MB 251 (69 TWP 251) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Chief Judge's powers - succession - whāngai - ōhākī - Rata - Paretuaoroa Paretekorae and Haki Rata (2021) Chief Judge’s MB 106 (2021 CJ MB 106) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Procedure - transfer proceedings to the High Court - Huata v Gotty – Lot 2 Deposited Plan 1996 (formerly Mangaroa 26N2 Block) (2021) 87 Tākitimu MB 251 (87 TKT 251-257) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Procedure - leave to appeal - interim injunction not a provisional or preliminary determination - Stanley v Committee of Management for Maraeroa C Incorporation (2021) 217 Waikato Maniapoto MN 242-249 (217 WMN 242-249) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Partition - granted - house building purpose - Couch - Rāpaki Māori Reservation 875 Section 8B1 (2021) 69 Te Waipounamu MB 235 (69 TWP 235) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Succession - application for rehearing - whāngai entitled to succeed -Paenga v Te Maari - succession to Eileen Te Atakura Kingi (2020) 425 Aotea MB 248 (425 AOT 248) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Trusts - injunction - removal of trustees - barring further proceedings -Taueki v Proctor - Horowhenua 11 (Lake) Block (2020) 415 Aotea MB 1 (415 AOT 1) - Sam Taylor

Trusts - removal of trustees - breach of trust - interim trustee appointed - Hutcheson v Clarkson - Mangamaire B No 2 Block (2020) 86 Tākitimu MB 283 (86 TTK 283) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Māori Incorporations - conflict of interest - maintenance of records - Kani v MacDonald - Waimārama 3A6B6B (2021) 88 Tākitimu MB 148 (88 TKT 148) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

2021 Māori Land Court judgments - index

2020 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi – Waitangi Tribunal

Ngā whakataunga tiriti - overlapping claims - Hauraki Settlement Overlapping Claims Inquiry (Wai 2840, 2020) - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Ngā whakahaere rauemi - natural resource management

Māori interests in natural resource management - latter half of 2020 in review - Dave Randal, Chelsea Easter, Avikesh Chandra, Manahi Moana, Honor Kelly, and Eilís Donnelly

Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie student essay competition 2020

Interrogating Ellis v The Queen: Tikanga Māori in the common law of Aotearoa New Zealand - Elliott Harris

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Te Kōti Pīra – Court of Appeal

Chief Judge's powers - order varying trust annulled - upheld on further appeal - Inia v Julian [2020] NZCA 423 - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Te Kōti Matua – High Court

Ngā whakahaere rauemi - appeal - water bottling - end use - no error of law - Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa v Bay of Plenty Regional Council [2020] NZHC 3388 - Toni Love

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

2021 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

2020 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Injunction - trustee - enforcement of obligations of trust -Timutimu v Ruwhiu - Waiohau C Section 22 (2020) 246 Waiariki MB 276 (247 WAR 276) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Procedure - stay granted pending determination of s 45 application - Deputy Registrar - Whenuanui 2B (2020) 222 Taitokerau MB 236 (222 TTK 236) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Procedure - expert witness - Trustees of Part Rotomahana Parekarangi 8 Reservation v Cochrane - Part Rotomahana Parekarangi 8 Reservation (2020) 247 Waiariki MB 34 (247 WAR 34) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Trusts - debt - related proceedings in Family Court - amendments to Act - Hunia v Hunia - Whiritoa Rangitaiki 603B4B2 Block (2020) 247 Waiariki MB 27 (247 TTK 27) - Toni Love

Trusts - review of trust - trustee removed - failing to act as a responsible trustee - Thompson v Randell - Omahu 4C4 Trust (2020) 86 Tākitimu MB 219 (86 TTK 219) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Trusts - reappointment following removal declined - Fox - Omuriwaka Māori Reservation (2020) 246 Waiariki MB 139 (246 WAR 139) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

Māori Reservations - resignation of trustee - permanent removal of trustee - Pirini v Ure - Oākura Pā (2020) 425 Aotea MB 237 (425 AOT 237) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

2021 Māori Land Court judgments - index

2020 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi – Waitangi Tribunal

Waitangi Tribunal procedure - urgent inquiry declined - Ngāti Pāoa settlement claim - Wai 2982, #2.5.10 - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie student essay competition 2020

Interrogating Ellis v The Queen: Tikanga Māori in the common law of Aotearoa New Zealand - Elliott Harris

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Te Pōtitanga Whānui - General Election

2020 General Election and government formation - Craig Linkhorn

Te Kōti Pīra – Court of Appeal

Chief Judge's powers - order varying trust annulled - upheld on further appeal - Inia v Julian [2020] NZCA 423 - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Te Kōti Matua – High Court

Judicial review - preliminary hearing - appointment of pūkenga - cross examination of witnesses in judicial review proceedings - Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust v Attorney-General No 1 [2020] NZHC 3120 - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

2020 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Injunctions - permanent injunctions granted - ownership of structures - rights of ownership do not encompass rights of occupation or access - Te Amo v Nicholas - Te Whaitinui-A-Toi Block (2020) 233 Waiariki MB 92 (233 WAR 92) - Sam Taylor

Trusts - alienation of trust land declined - trust to remain - Miru Whānau Trust - Waimata 2E Block (2020) 221 Taitokerau MB 243 (221 TTK 243) - Sam Taylor

Trusts - review of trust - two trustees removed - breaches of trust order - Taniwha v Sheehan - Ririwha (Stephenson Island) (2020) 216 Taitokerau MB 274 (216 TTK 274) - Sam Taylor

Trusts - directions required for administrative efficiency - Maxwell - Section 313 Parish of Waimana (2020) 239 Waiariki MB 27 (239 WAR 27) - Sam Taylor

Trusts - directions - trustee conflict of interest - Broughton - Horowhenua 11B36 Sec 2L4A Kawiu Marae (2020) 424 Aotea MB 20 (424 AOT 20) - Hinemoana Markham-Nicklin

2020 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi – Waitangi Tribunal

Te Mana Whatu Ahuru: Report on Te Rohe Pōtae Claims Part IV (Wai 898, 2019) - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Te Mana Whatu Ahuru: Report on Te Rohe Pōtae Claims Part V (Wai 898, 2019) - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Waitangi Tribunal procedure - decision on urgent inquiry adjourned - Whakatōhea - Wai 2961, #2.5.4 - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Ngā Whakaturetanga - Legislation

Pūnaha whakawā - The Use of DNA in Criminal Investigations - Te Aka Matua o Te Ture - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Treaty settlement legislation before the House of Representatives in 2020 - Dr Carwyn Jones and Hine Markham-Nicklin

Ngā roia - lawyers

Te Hunga Rōia Māori o Aotearoa - milestone partnerships - 2020 - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie student essay competition 2020

Interrogating Ellis v The Queen: Tikanga Māori in the common law of Aotearoa New Zealand - Elliott Harris

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Indigenous peoples and COVID-19 – online seminars

Māmari Stephens chairs a panel discussion with presentations by Professor Margaret Mutu, Julia Whaipooti, and health academic Dr Rhys Jones. They discuss Māori experience of law and justice in Aotearoa New Zealand through the COVID-19 pandemic to date

Dr Carwyn Jones chairs a discussion with presentations by Courtney Skye, John Borrows, Jess Housty, and Jeff Corntassel on Indigenous peoples and COVID-19: issues of law and justice in Canada

Dr Claire Charters chairs a discussion with presentations by Aliza Organick, Kelsey Leonard, and Miriam Jorgensen on Indigenous peoples and COVID-19: issues of law and justice in the U.S.A.

Dr Fleur Te Aho chairs a discussion with presentations by Alison Whittaker and Larissa Behrendt on Indigenous peoples and COVID-19: issues of law and justice in Australia

Pūnaha whakawā - criminal justice

Getting the most out of section 27 of the Sentencing Act 2002 - Oliver Fredrickson

Mōtika tangata - human rights

Prisoner voting rights - Electoral (Registration of Sentenced Prisoners) Amendment Act 2020 - Charlie Cox

Te pūnaha ture kākano rua - bilingual legal system

He Kākano Rua te Pūnaha Ture? - Alana Thomas

Te Kōti Pīra – Court of Appeal

Chief Judge's powers - order varying trust annulled - upheld on further appeal - Inia v Julian [2020] NZCA 423 - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

2020 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

2020 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi – Waitangi Tribunal

Waitangi Tribunal procedure - decision on urgent inquiry adjourned - Whakatōhea - Wai 2961, #2.5.4 - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Ngā whakahaere rauemi - Natural resource management

Notification of resource consent applications - breach of Te Tiriti - Reto Blattner de-Vries

Student editor 2021

Applications have now closed for our student editor position for 2021.

Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie student essay competition 2020

Our judges have decided. Elliot Harris is the winner of the 2020 student essay competition. His essay, on the Ellis case and tikanga Māori in the common law will be published in the February 2021 issue of the Review.

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Indigenous peoples and COVID-19 – online seminars

Māmari Stephens chairs a panel discussion with presentations by Professor Margaret Mutu, Julia Whaipooti, and health academic Dr Rhys Jones. They discuss Māori experience of law and justice in Aotearoa New Zealand through the COVID-19 pandemic to date

Dr Carwyn Jones chairs a discussion with presentations by Courtney Skye, John Borrows, Jess Housty, and Jeff Corntassel on Indigenous peoples and COVID-19: issues of law and justice in Canada

Dr Claire Charters chairs a discussion with presentations by Aliza Organick, Kelsey Leonard, and Miriam Jorgensen on Indigenous peoples and COVID-19: issues of law and justice in the U.S.A.

Dr Fleur Te Aho chairs a discussion with presentations by Alison Whittaker and Larissa Behrendt on Indigenous peoples and COVID-19: issues of law and justice in Australia

Legal education in Aotearoa New Zealand

Educating for a bijural Aotearoa New Zealand legal system - the aspirations of Māori academics - Professor Jacinta Ruru

Te Kōti Mana Nui - Supreme Court

Pūnaha whakawā - criminal justice - jury racial bias - right to be free from discrimination - leave to appeal refused - Borell v R [2020] NZSC 101 - Craig Linkhorn

Te Kōti Matua - High Court

Raupatu - declarations of unlawfulness and breach of fiduciary duties refused - Te Ara Rangatū O Te Iwi O Ngāti Te Ata Waiohua Incorporated v The Attorney-General [2020] NZHC 1882 - Craig Linkhorn; comment on Te Ara Rangatū O Te Iwi O Ngāti Te Ata Waiohua Incorporated - David V Williams

Injunction - enforcement - contempt - Booth v Tito [2020] NZHC 1071 - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

2020 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

2020 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi – Waitangi Tribunal

Waitangi Tribunal procedure - decision on urgent inquiry adjourned - Whakatōhea - Wai 2961, #2.5.4 - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Ngā Whakahaere Rauemi - Resource Management

Māori interests in natural resource management - 2019 and (much of) 2020 in review - Dave Randal with Chelsea Easter, Alanna Garland Duignan and Frances Wedde

Student editor 2021

Applications are now open for our student editor position for 2021. See the details here. (Applications close on Friday 6 November 2020.)

Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie student essay competition 2020

Our judges have decided. Elliot Harris is the winner of the 2020 student essay competition. His essay, on the Ellis case and tikanga Māori in the common law will be published in the February 2021 issue of the Review.

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Editorial

Te Hunga Rōia Māori o Aotearoa - Mā te Ture, Mō te Iwi - Jamie-Lee Tuuta and Carwyn Jones

Pūnaha whakawā – criminal justice

Sentencing – systemic deprivation discounts – progress but not perfect - Oliver Fredrickson

Indigenous peoples and COVID-19 – online seminars

Māmari Stephens chairs a panel discussion with presentations by Professor Margaret Mutu, Julia Whaipooti, and health academic Dr Rhys Jones. They discuss Māori experience of law and justice in Aotearoa New Zealand through the COVID-19 pandemic to date

Dr Carwyn Jones chairs a discussion with presentations by Courtney Skye, John Borrows, Jess Housty, and Jeff Corntassel on Indigenous peoples and COVID-19: issues of law and justice in Canada

Dr Claire Charters chairs a discussion with presentations by Aliza Organick, Kelsey Leonard, and Miriam Jorgensen on Indigenous peoples and COVID-19: issues of law and justice in the U.S.A.

Dr Fleur Te Aho chairs a discussion with presentations by Alison Whittaker and Larissa Behrendt on Indigenous peoples and COVID-19: issues of law and justice in Australia

Legal education in Aotearoa New Zealand

Educating for a bijural Aotearoa New Zealand legal system - the aspirations of Māori academics - Professor Jacinta Ruru

Te Kōti Mana Nui - Supreme Court

Pūnaha whakawā – criminal justice - sentencing - relevance of whakamā - leave to appeal refused - Henare v R [2020] NZSC 96 - Craig Linkhorn

Te Kōti Pīra - Court of Appeal

Pūnaha whakawā - criminal justice - sentencing - relevance of whakamā - Henare v R [2020] NZCA 188 - Craig Linkhorn

Trusts - duty to account to trustees - mesne profits - trespass - Nicholls v Nicholls [2020] NZCA 346 - Craig Linkhorn

Te Kōti Matua - High Court

Takutai moana - procedure - role of Attorney-General - In Re Rihari [2019] NZHC 2658 - Craig Linkhorn

Takutai moana - strike out - Re Maanu Paul [2020] NZHC 2039 - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Takutai moana - strike out - Re Dargaville [2020] NZHC 2028 - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Takutai moana - partial strike out - Re Ngāti Pāhauwera [2020] NZHC 1139 - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Takutai moana - procedure - preliminary hearing declined - Re Whakatōhea [2020] NZHC 1549 - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Takutai moana – procedure - participation of Ngāti Ruatakenga - Re Whakatōhea/Ruatakenga [2020] NZHC 1905 - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Takutai moana - procedure - former Attorney-General as counsel - Re Ngāti Whakaue ki Maketū Hapū [2019] NZHC 2360 - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Takutai moana - procedure - test case - referral of tikanga Māori issues - Re Collier [2019] NZHC 2096 - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

2020 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Māori Reservations - intended beneficiaries - urupā - Stone v Couch - Rāpaki MR 875 39A (2020) 65 Te Waipounamu MB 61 (65 TWP 61) - Sam Taylor

Māori Reservations - redefinition of beneficiaries and combination - Raukawa v Lux - Opape 3A1E (2020) 238 Waiariki MB 119 (238 WAR 119) - Sam Taylor

2020 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie student essay competition 2020

Entries are open for the 2020 Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie student essay competition sponsored by the Māori Law Review. For more information and details on how the competition operates go here. Entries will close at 5 p.m. on Friday 25 Mahuru (September) 2020.

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Ngā Whakaturetanga - Legislation

Te Ture Whenua Māori (Succession, Dispute Resolution, and Related Matters) Amendment Act 2020 - Toni Love

• succession
• dispute resolution
• jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court
• operation of the Māori Land Court
• Māori land trusts and incorporations
• remedies
• miscellaneous proposals

Legal education in Aotearoa New Zealand

Educating for a bijural Aotearoa New Zealand legal system - the aspirations of Māori academics - Professor Jacinta Ruru

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

2020 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

2019 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

2020 Māori Land Court judgments - index

2019 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie student essay competition 2020

Entries will open in Mahuru for the 2020 Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie student essay competition sponsored by the Māori Law Review. For more information and details on how the competition operates go here. Entries will close at 5 p.m. on Friday 25 Mahuru (September) 2020.

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Ngā ture o ngā iwi taketake - Rights of Indigenous peoples

The Sioux tribes’ opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline - Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v US Army Corps of Engineers (DDC) Civil Action No 16-1534 - Stephen Young

Te Kōti Matua – High Court

Intestacy - administration of estate by natural child adopted out - whānau - Berghan - Estate of Tasman William John Berghan (deceased) [2020] NZHC 1399 - Craig Linkhorn

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

2020 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

2019 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Injunctions - sought over General land - refused - no jurisdiction - Walker - Mangawhati 3B3 and Mangawhati 3B1 (2020) 214 Taitokerau MB 88 (214 TTK 88) - Sam Taylor

2020 Māori Land Court judgments - index

2019 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi – Waitangi Tribunal

Mana Ahuriri mandate inquiry report - ratification results (Wai 2573, 2020) - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Takutai moana - Waitangi Tribunal report on the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 - stage one (Wai 2660, 2020) - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Waitangi Tribunal procedure - urgent inquiry declined - vocational education (Wai 2882) - Laura Sturch

Ngā Whakaturetanga - Legislation

Indigenous languages in Parliament and legislation - comparing the Māori and Indigenous Australian experience - Julian R. Murphy

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Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

Injunction - unavailable on facts - Moke clearly applies - Nikora v Te Uru Taumatua (2020) 2020 Māori Appellate Court MB 248 (2020 APPEAL 248) - Kelly Mitchell; comment on Nikora - Tom Bennion

Representation of Māori - end date for representation order - Ngāti Pāoa Trust Board v Ngāti Pāoa Iwi Trust - Ngāti Pāoa [2020] Māori Appellate Court MB 318 (202o APPEAL 318) - Sam Taylor

Chief Judge's powers - succession - breach of natural justice - rehearing - Tairua v Aati - Mere Hare Kerepeti (2020) Māori Appellate Court MB 224 (2020 APP 224) - Sam Taylor

Ownership of house - inclusion among interests vested in whānau trust - Herewini - Te Tii Mangonui A3 [2020] Māori Appellate Court MB 54 (2020 APPEAL 54) - Craig Linkhorn

Status of land - land remains Māori freehold land despite alienation - Māori Affairs Act 1953 - Moore - Oakura F2A [2020] Māori Appellate Court MB 209 (2020 APPEAL 209) - Tom Bennion

Status of land - partition - no jurisdiction to change status of part of parcel of land - Short v Stowers (2020) Māori Appellate Court MB 141 (2020 APPEAL 141) - Kelly Mitchell

Succession - gift under will - succession to hapū land interests - Fleet v Kennedy (2020) Māori Appellate Court MB 46 (2020 APPEAL 46) - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Occupation order - leave refused to appeal out of time - Insley v Insley (2020) Māori Appellate Court MB 29 (2020 APPEAL 29) - Kelly Mitchell

Trusts - repay sums to trust - quantified - Pook v Butler - Matangareka 3B Block (2020) Māori Appellate Court MB 126 (2020 Appeal 126) - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Māori Reservations - failure to protect funds - trustee and recipient liability - constructive trust - bias - Tata v Martin - Waiwhakaata 3E 4C Lot 2A Block (Hiimona Marae) (2020) Māori Appellate Court MB 166 (2020 Appeal 166) - Zoe Rose Curnow

2020 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

2019 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Chief Judge's powers - creation of whenua tōpū trust - breach of natural justice - Stirling - Opape No 1 No 1B (2020) Chief Judge's MB 526 (2020 CJ 526) - Sam Taylor

Rehearing - granted out of time - no notice - Ua v Ua - Succession to Te Waharoa Cookson-Ua (2020) 64 Te Waipounamu MB 2 (64 TWP 2) - Kelly Mitchell

Partition - granted - sufficient notice and degree of support - mortgage finance - District Plan consent requirements - Tau v Pitama - Kaiapoi Section 149B (2020) 62 Te Waipounamu MB 169 (62 TWP 169) - Sam Taylor

Trusts - partial termination - whānau trust - trustees failed in duties - Scott - Tiaho Mateparae Whānau Trust (2020) 417 Aotea MB 123 (417 AOT 123) - Sam Taylor

Māori Reservations - eligibility to vote - beneficiaries of Pouākani Marae - Hamon v Te Maari - Mangakino Pouākani Marae (2020) 233 Waiariki MB 296 (233 WAR MB 296) - Sam Taylor

2020 Māori Land Court judgments - index

2019 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi – Waitangi Tribunal

Plant variety rights reform - UPOV 91 accession - Treaty consistency (Wai 2522, 2020) - Craig Linkhorn

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Mōtika tangata - Human rights

Mōtika Tangata mē Te Tiriti o Waitangi - mate korona mē te noho rāhui i Aotearoa taumata 4 | Human Rights and Te Tiriti o Waitangi: COVID-19 and Alert Level 4 in Aotearoa New Zealand - Toni Love

Te Kōti Pīra – Court of Appeal

Land transfer - caveat preventing dealings - removed on appeal - Stafford v Accident Compensation Corporation [2020] NZCA 164 - Craig Linkhorn

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

2020 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

2019 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Trusts - liability of former trustees to reimburse the trust fund - quantum - Beddoe order - Rātima v Sullivan - Tataraakina C (2019) 79 Tākitimu MB 103 (79 TKT 103) - Reto Blattner de-Vries

Trusts - trustee removal - conflict of interest - equitable damages - interest - Wikiriwhi v Walter - A16.4830 - Oruanui 9 and 10 Block (2020) 232 Waiariki MB 212 (232 WAR 212) - Kelly Mitchell

Trusts - trustee liability - repayment of legal costs - views of beneficial owners - Rātima v Sullivan - Tataraakina C (2019) 81 Takitimu MB 85 (81 TKT 85) - Kelly Mitchell

Trusts - partial termination - whānau trust - dissatisfaction - dwelling to remain in trust - Wallace v Downes - Te Rina Matene Downes Whanau Trust (2020) 414 Aotea MB 81 (414 AOT 81) - Sam Taylor

2020 Māori Land Court judgments - index

2019 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi – Waitangi Tribunal

Plant variety rights reform - UPOV 91 accession - Treaty consistency (Wai 2522, 2020) - Craig Linkhorn

Heritage protection - urupā - assessment processes - the Kārewarewa Urupā Report (Wai 2200, 2020) - Zoe Rose-Curnow

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Te Kōti Pīra - Court of Appeal

Tikanga Māori - existing legal interests - Treaty clause not necessarily exhaustive - Trans-Tasman Resources v Taranaki-Whanganui Conservation Board [2020] NZCA 86 - Craig Linkhorn

Te Kōti Matua – High Court

Resource management - appeal and judicial review - proper regard to Treaty principles - Māori Advisory Committee - quashed - Klink v Environmental Protection Authority and Coastal Resources Ltd [2019] NZHC 3161 - Toni Love

Judicial review - interim order - interested party status - memorialised land remedies - Mercury NZ Ltd v Waitangi Tribunal [2020] NZHC 598 - Craig Linkhorn

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

2020 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

2019 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Costs - 80% awarded - applicants acted unreasonably -Stewart v Eru - Succession to Teressa Ivor Silcock (2020) 200 Waikato Maniapoto MB 184 (200 WMN 184) - Kelly Mitchell

Costs - order for partial costs - recalled decision - Austen - Okahu 4D and other blocks (2020) 209 Taitokerau MB 150 (209 TTK 150-157) - Kelly Mitchell

Succession - ownership of fixture - transmission by survivorship - Kake - Estate of Aldyth Isabel Kake (2020) 209 Taitokerau MB 134 (209 TTK 134-148) - Kelly Mitchell

Partition - ownership of dwelling - both applications dismissed - no support from other owners - Atutahi - Ototoika A14 Block (2020) 201 Waikato Maniapoto MB 153 (201 WMN 153) - Sam Taylor

Trusts - trustee appointment - insufficient notice of election - issue of trusteeship not clear - Wharerau v Wade - Whakarewarewa Lot 29 Block (Wāhiao Meeting House) (2020) 232 Waiariki MB 44 (232 WAR 44) - Kelly Mitchell

Māori reservations - trustee removal - consequences - McLeod - Mangatawa 2B 2A Block (Tamapahore Marae) (2020) 201 Waikato Maniapoto MB 145 (201 WMN 145) - Zoe Rose-Curnow

2020 Māori Land Court judgments - index

2019 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi – Waitangi Tribunal

Remedies recommendations - preliminary decision - Wairarapa ki Tararua district inquiry - Decision preliminary to interim recommendations (Wai 863, #2.835) - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Maniapoto mandate inquiry report (Wai 2858, 2019) - Zoe Rose-Curnow

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Te Kōti Pīra – Court of Appeal

Mōtika tangata - human rights - declaration - impact on mana whenua of proposed vesting - Kamo v Minister of Conservation [2020] NZCA 1 - Craig Linkhorn

Mōtika tangata - declaration of inconsistency - strike out - stay inappropriate - Parliamentary Privilege Act 2014 - comity - Ngāti Mutunga O Wharekauri Asset Holding Co Ltd v Attorney-General [2020] NZCA 2 - Toni Love

Fiduciary duty - remedy of rectification inappropriate - rental clause in lease - Kusabs v Staite [2019] NZCA 420 - Toni Love

Te Kōti Matua - High Court

Injunctions - interim injunction dismissed - no relief available - Rerekura v TSB Bank Ltd [2020] NZHC 385 - Toni Love

Caveat preventing dealing in land - sustained pending appeal - Urlich v Attorney-General [2019] NZHC 2783 - Toni Love

Trusts - no survivorship notation removed - not corpus land of trust - Nicholas v Registrar-General of Land [2020] NZHC 645 - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Māori Incorporations - transfer of land valid - no unconscionability to defeat indefeasible title - The Proprietors of Potikirua Block Incorporated v Te Kani [2019] NZHC 3200 - Toni Love

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

2020 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

2019 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Status of land - investigate title to Māori customary land - tikanga Māori - ahi kā and use rights - Bell v Churton - Mataimoana (2019) 410 Aotea MB 244 (410 AOT 244) - Craig Linkhorn

Partition - subsequent amalgamation - further commercial proposal - Committee of Management of Mangatawa Papamoa Blocks Incorporated - Lot 1 DPS65413 and Part Mangatawa Papamoa Block (2019) 189 Waiokato Maniapoto MB 34 (189 WMN 34) - Craig Linkhorn

Māori Reservations - application for inquiry - concerns addressed - trustee appointment - Priest - Ngāti Rāhiri 1A, 3E, 4, 4Y, 6C, 6G, 7C Māori Reservation (2020) 414 Aotea MB 33 (414 AOT 33) - Kelly Mitchell

Māori Reservations - inquiry - trustee removal - invalid elections - Seymour v Spelman - Kawhia 02 Section 4 Block (Waipapa Marae) (2020) 201 Waikato Maniapoto MB 45 (201 WMN 45) - Kelly Mitchell

Māori reservations - inquiry into administration - Pukepapa 3 Māori Reservation (2020) 414 Aotea MB 16 (414 AOT 16) - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Māori Reservations - trustee appointment - competing applications - Wellington v Wellington - Tuateanui 2B1A Maori Reservation (2020) 209 Taitokerau MB 59 (209 TTK 59-66) - Kelly Mitchell

Māori Reservations - trustee removal - funding - dismissed - Tamakehu v Te Uamairangi Ohotu - No. 1C, No. 1 Block (2020) 414 Aotea MB 59 (414 AOT 59) - Kelly Mitchell

Māori Reservations - redefine reservation purpose - vote not determinative - McLeod v Nga Uri A Maata Ngapo Charitable (2020) 198 Waikato Maniapoto MB 5 (198 WMN) - Zoe Rose-Curnow

2020 Māori Land Court judgments - index

2019 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Ngā Whakaturetanga - Legislation

Family law - relationship property - review - Te Arotake i te Property (Relationships) Act 1976 - Zoe Rose-Curnow

Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie student essay competition 2019

Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Tribal Trust and beyond the balancing exercise - Rhianna Morar

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