Māori Law Review

High Court

Assessing the relative strength of customary interests - Ngati Rahiri Hapu o Te Atiawa (Taranaki) Society Inc v New Zealand Historic Places Trust [2013] NZHC 2746

Māori Appellate Court

Injunction – trustees are entitled to control who occupies trust lands - Nicholls v Nicholls – WT Nicholls Trust [2013] Māori Appellate Court MB 598

Alienation - illegality of registration does not affect indefeasible title - Muraahi v Phillips Rangitoto Tuhua 55B1B and 55B1A2 (Manu Ariki Marae) [2013] 2013 Māori Appellate Court 528; [2013] 2013 Māori Appellate Court 561

Māori Land Court

Chief Judge’s powers – erroneous vesting of life interest – Heke v Heke - Estate of James Heke [2013] Chief Judge's MB 996

Appeal – leave to appeal preliminary decision declined – Ruapuha Uekaha Hapu Trust - Hauturu East 8 (2013) 67 Waikato Maniapoto MB 100 (67 WMN 100)

Alienation – sale of undivided interests outside of the preferred class of alienees prohibited - Loach v Bidois - Matarikoriko No 7B2A (2013) 312 Aotea MB 195

Partition - application dismissed following flawed consultation process - Pure - Ahipara 1B2B (2013) 69 Taitokerau MB 109

Partition - insufficient support and unnecessary - Arama - Whatitiri 13B2B2 (2013) 16 Taitokerau MB 158

Occupation orders – order made where majority owner found to be acting oppressively - Bhana v Paniora - Wairau North 1B2C (2013) 69 Taitokerau MB 139

Equitable ownership of a dwelling - Herewini - Maungaroa 1 Sec 23K (Keterau) (2013) 85 Waiariki MB 141

Status of land:

Status of land – change to Māori freehold land not fatal to Council’s ability to collect arrears - Deputy Registrar v Ruapehu District Council (2013) 312 Aotea MB 137

Status of land - change to Māori freehold land not fatal to Council’s ability to collect arrears  - Deputy Registrar v Ruapehu District Council - Ohura South A3B1A (2013) 312 Aotea MB 144

Status of land - change to Māori freehold land not fatal to Council's ability to collect arrears - Deputy Registrar v Ruapehu District Council (2013) 312 Aotea MB 148

Trusts:

Appointment of trustees – appointment to Trust Board an internal matter – Turangawaewae Trust Board v Takerei - Section 166 Suburb of Newcastle North (2013) 67 Waikato-Maniapoto MB 113

Appointment of trustees, election processes – Deputy Registrar v Rakiura Māori Lands Trust - Rakiura Māori Lands Trust (2013) 21 Te Waipounamu MB 35

Maori reservations:

Māori reservations – leases - Ngā Hau e Whā National Marae Charitable Trust – Ngā Hau e Wha Marae (2013) 20 Te Waipounamu MB 152 (20 TWP 152)

Waitangi Tribunal

Te Urewera (Part IV)

Housing on Māori land

Housing - Kainga Whenua Loan and Kainga Whenua Infrastructure Grants criteria to change

Māori Law Review news

Student editor 2014 - Kohe Ruwhiu from Victoria University of Wellington will be the Māori Law Review's student editor in 2014

Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie student essay competition 2013 - Laura Hardcastle from Victoria University of Wellington is the competition winner

Legal Research Foundation Conference on Maori Legal Issues - Friday 29 November 2013 Auckland

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Court of Appeal

Trustees – unsatisfactory conduct; removal upheld – Rameka v Hall [2013] NZCA 203

High Court

Judicial Review – Registration of wāhi tapu – extension of boundary - Waikanae Christian Holiday Park Inc v New Zealand Historic Places Trust Maori Heritage Council [2013] NZHC 2319

Māori Appellate Court

Stay against injunction pending appeal – refusal upheld - Nicholls v Trustees of the W T Nicholls Trust – W T Nicholls Trust [2013] Māori Appellate Court MB 515

Māori Land Court

Chief Judge’s powers – legal adoption does not sever blood connection to land – Anderson - Estate of Paul Anderson [2013] Chief Judge's MB 783

General land status determined – no role for Court in ordering succession - Walker v Sinclair – Lot 9 DP 44307 (2013) 62 Taitokerau MB 203 (62 TTK 203)

Trusts:

Review – interim judgment issued to deal with the future of the proceedings - Tupe - Manunui No 1 Fourth Residue (2013) 309 Aotea MB 25 (309 AOT 25)

Removal of trustees – offer to resign accepted in light of evidence - Moeahu v Winitana - Waiwhetu Pa No 4 (2013) 310 Aotea MB 172 (310 AOT 172)

Removal of trustees due to conflicts of interest and inappropriate conduct – Scott v Sullivan - Karamu AY Section 2 (2013) 27 Tākitimu MB 5

Removal of trustee for non-attendance – Edwards - Te Komiti Z2B (2013) 67 Taitokerau MB 85

Removal of trustee refused on insufficient evidence – Wikiriwhi v Houpapa - Hurakia Trust (2013) 85 Waiariki MB 107

Waitangi Tribunal

Waitangi Tribunal declines urgent inquiry into radio spectrum auction - Wai 2224, 2.5.8 Decision of the Tribunal on the application for an urgent remedies hearing

Māori Law Review news

Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie student essay competition 2013 - Laura Hardcastle from Victoria University of Wellington is the competition winner.

Legal Research Foundation Conference on Maori Legal Issues - Friday 29 November 2013 Auckland

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Māori Appellate Court

Withdrawal from a mandated iwi organisation under the Māori Fisheries Act 2004 - Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Hine v Te Rūnanga ā iwi o Ngāpuhi (2013) Māori Appellate Court MB 89

Costs award - Pirika v Eru (2013) Māori Appellate Court MB 285

Māori Land Court

Ownership

Ownership of dwelling – applicant entitled to be compensated on constructive trust principles – Rautangata v Rautangata– Opuatia No 6D No 2D Block (2013) 63 Waikato Maniapoto MB 132 (63 WMN 132)

Status of land

Status of land – administration of estate; land assumed Māori freehold land - Deputy Registrar – Lot 1 DP 2811 (2013) 18 Te Waipounamu MB 287

Appeals

Stay against injunction pending appeal – concurrent jurisdiction of first instance and appellate court - Nicholls v Nicholls (2013) 55 Waikato Maniapoto MB 288

Trusts

Applicants absolved from personal liability for decision of majority of trustees - Bidois v Trustees of Te Rimu Trust – Tokata A14 and other blocks (2013) 31 Tairawhiti MB 95

Appointment of trustees - suitability for appointment, conduct - Te Tii (Waitangi) B3 Trust (2013) 62 Taitokerau MB 115

Appointment of trustees - proposal for implementation of a weighted voting system endorsed – Stone - Pukepuke Tangiora Estate (2013) 26 Tākitimu MB 64

Appointment of trustees - declined due to lack of support – Davis - Torere Reserves Trust (2013) 82 Waiariki MB 267

Appointment of trustees - failure to follow agreed processes – Tukapua - Horowhenua 11B 36 2L 4A Block (Kawiu Marae) (2013) 307 Aotea MB 117

Enforcing trustee obligations – Mansfield v Pomana (No 2) (2013) 24 Takitimu MB 287

Succession

Succession – Court unable to look at orders made over 10 years ago - whāngai entitled to life interest – James Savage - Goulton (2013) 65 Taitokerau MB 1 (65 TTK 1)

Succession – will void where no class of persons identified – Foreman v Sanders – Estate of Rachel Ngeungeu Zister (2013) 63 Waikato Maniapoto MB 286 (63 WMN 286)

Succession - life interest unaffected by change to relationships statutory references - Tuiono  - Joanna Davis (2013) 58 Taitokerau MB 269

Waitangi Tribunal

Waitangi Tribunal declines urgent inquiry into radio spectrum auction - Wai 2224, 2.5.8 Decision of the Tribunal on the application for an urgent remedies hearing

Law Reform

Resource Management Act 1991 - 2013 phase of RMA reform

Māori Community Development Act 1962 - consultation on its future

Māori Law Review news

Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie student essay competition 2013 - Laura Hardcastle from Victoria University of Wellington is the competition winner.

Print version

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Court of Appeal

Trustees – conflicts of interest - Naera v Fenwick [2013] NZCA 353

Māori Land Court

Ownership of land

Access across roadway reserve – anomalous situation requiring determination of rights and interests – Yates v Te Kohanga Trust - Te Kohanga Lots 1, 3-16, 24 and 27 (2013) 63 Taitokerau MB 299 (63 TKT 299)

Representation

No utility in determining representatives for Treaty settlement negotiations where Crown does not agree to be bound – Te Toki – Hako Hauraki (2013) 2013 Chief Judge’s MB 456

Chief Judge's Powers

Roadway order cancelled subject to conditions – The Trustees of Tauwhao Te Ngare Trust v Shaw - Tauwhao Te Ngare Block [2013] Chief Judge's MB 567

Exceptional evidence required to amend historic orders – Payne - Estate of Hami Te Maunu [2013] Chief Judge's MB 598

Ahu whenua trust cancelled – Skerrett-White – Allotments 302-315 Town of Richmond and Richmond Township Allotments 18-20 (2013) Chief Judge’s MB 473

Vesting of gifted shares cancelled - Fisher v Fisher – Mura Rattenbury (2013) 2013 Chief Judge’s MB 272

Costs

High award made against respondent - Thomas Baker Whānau Trust v Baker - Tarawera 5A (2013) 25 Takitimu MB 197

High award made against respondent - Māori Trustee v Forde - Section 186 Block V Longwood Survey District (2013) 19 Te Waipounamu MB 249

Award in favour of successful trustees foreshadowed - Paul v Trustees of Ruawahia 2B – Ruawahia 2B (2013) 79 Waiariki MB 108

Status of land

Change of status to general land refused - Martin – Lot 2 DPSA 26130 (2013) 59 Waikato Maniapoto MB 154

Roadways and survey

Roadway order varied - Chambers v Tawhiti Block Trust – Mangahaunui No 1 Roadline (2013) 31 Tairawahiti MB 165

Dismissal of application to survey wāhi tapu area - Deputy Registrar - Onewhero B (Burial Reserve) (2013) 61 Taitokerau MB 119

Alienation and succession

Succession - adoptee seeking biological brother’s land interests on intestacy - Martin – Estate of Jackie Te Ratu Tio (2013) 305 Aotea MB 1

Gift of land not confirmed as no evidence of preferred class of alienees - Prime (2013) 61 Taitokerau MB 133

Application by surviving spouse to succeed to life interest dismissed - Tahuparae (2013) 60 Taitokerau MB 46

Rehearings

Application for rehearing dismissed - Livingstone v Trustees of Lake Taupo Forest Trust (2013) 305 Aotea MB 188

Trusts

Transfer of occupation order to whānau trust adjourned - Phillips v Trustees of Te Rina Whānau Trust – Wharekahika D15 (2013) 31 Tairawhiti MB 175

Enforcing trustee obligations - Mansfield v Pomama (2013) 22 Tākitimu MB 123

Court’s power to appoint trustees to an Ahu Whenua Trust - Waimana 1C1A2B2 Trust v Tuna – Waimana No 1C No1A No2B No2 (2013) 76 Waiariki MB 19

Application for removal of trustees dismissed, interim injunction extended for six weeks – Taueki v Trustees of Horowhenua 11 (Lake) Part Reservation Trust (2013) 306 Aotea MB 175

Law Reform

Māori Community Development Act 1962 - consultation on its future

Māori Law Review symposium on the Treaty of Waitangi and the constitution - 12 June 2013

Background to the symposium

Pictures from the symposium

Māori Law Review news

Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie student essay competition 2013 - the competition winner will be announced on 8 October 2013.

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Special Issue - Māori Law Review symposium on the Treaty of Waitangi and the constitution - 12 June 2013

Background to the symposium

The Treaty in the constitution conversation - Craig Linkhorn

Māori, the Treaty and the Constitution - Rt. Hon. Sir Geoffrey Palmer QC

Transition from tradition to modernity - Colin James

Māori constitutionality (and the Treaty of Waitangi) - Māmari Stephens

The Treaty as a normal part of our public life - Amy Dixon

How should we change the way we do business with one another? - Duran Moy

Giving greater effect to Treaty obligations in our constitution would be good for our natural environment - Emma Smith

A constitution includes a hapū, whānau, iwi and Crown relationship - Marama Broughton

The Treaty of Waitangi should play more than a role in our constitution - Julia Whaipooti

Pictures from the symposium

Māori Land Court

Injunction – Court will not interfere where trust acts in accordance with trust order – Taueki v Horowhenua Sailing Club Limited - Horowhenua (11) Lake (2013) 304 Aotea MB 288

Trusts - management - application for rehearing dismissed - Livingstone v Trustees of Lake Taupo Forest Trust - Lake Taupo Forest Trust (2013) 305 Aotea MB 188

Occupation orders - order not to take effect until lease terminates - Paterson - Ahiateatua A8B (2013) 31 Tairawhiti MB 109

Māori Law Review news

Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie student essay competition 2013 - the competition winner will be announced on 8 October 2013

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Māori Land Court

Jurisdiction – counter-claims have no independent standing – Māori Trustee v Greening – Pirikotahi 9A2, 9B1, 9B2A and 9B2C2 (2013) 60 Taitokerau MB 78 (60 TTK 78)

Occupation orders - Court declined to cancel occupation orders - Hemi - Te Pupuke E1G1A (2013) 60 Taitokerau MB 151

Status of land - Shepherd v Popata – Konoti A No5 South 2B2 (2013) 57 TTK 47

Special aid, retrospective application - Wano v Ngāti Hineuru Iwi Incorporated (2013) 22 TKT 276

Trusts:

Trust obligations, enforcement - Lomax v Apatu – Awarua o Hinemanu Trust (2013) 22 TKT 282

Removal of trustee – Waho-Blayney v Taueki - Ihaia Taueki Trust (2013) 303 Aotea MB 81

Trusts – variation – lower Court erred by basing its decision on evidence received after the hearing had concluded - Tatere - Mangatainoka No 1BC No 2C, Tamaki 2A2A (Balance) [2013] 2013 Māori Appellate Court MB 243

Incorporations:

Special General Meeting requirements met, practical objections irrelevant - Morehu v Committee of Management of the Opawa Rangitoto 2C Incorporation – Opawa Rangitoto 2C Incorporation (2013) 74 WAR 97

Waitangi Tribunal

The Māori Language Act 1987 – a ‘lesser’ right to speak Māori in the Waitangi Tribunal? - Waitangi Tribunal Ruling concerning cross-examination in te reo Māori Wai 898, 7 February 2013

Procedure in the Waitangi Tribunal after Haronga - Carwyn Jones reviews Waitangi Tribunal decisions on applications for urgent inquiries since Haronga v Waitangi Tribunal [2011] NZSC 53

Seafood sector

Māori in the seafood sector (fisheries and aquaculture) – the year in review by Justine Inns

Māori Law Review symposium on the Treaty of Waitangi and the constitution - 12 June 2013

Background to the symposium

Photographs from the symposium

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Editorial

Māori land, unlocking the potential – Judge Craig Coxhead

Canada

A step forward for indigenous rights jurisprudence and an opportunity for New Zealand - Manitoba Métis Federation (Inc) v Attorney-General (Canada) [2013] SCC 14

Māori Appellate Court

Reference to extrinsic material to resolve ambiguity in definition of beneficiaries of whenua topu trust - Pirika v Eru (2013) 2013 Māori Appellate Court MB 127

Alienation - gifted interests were not held on trust - Morrison v Trustees of the Trevor and Dina Maxwell Whānau Trust – Arataua A [2013] 2013 Māori Appellate Court MB 189

Costs - award made against Ngāti Hine - Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Hine v Te Rūnanga ā Iwi o Ngāpuhi (2013) Māori Appellate Court MB 173

Māori Land Court

Injunction – order sought did not align with injunction provisions of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 – Albert - Lake Waikaremoana (2013) 74 Waiariki MB 276

Representation – declined - claim concerned mandate to settle – Wano v Ngati Hineuru Iwi Incorporated (2013) 24 Takitimu MB 56 (24 TKT 56)

Chief Judge’s powers – insufficient evidence to prove errors or incapacity – Smith - Nikora Whānau Trust [2013] Chief Judge's MB 302

Costs award – Proprietors of Potikirua Block Incorporation v Te Kani (2013) 2013 Chief Judge’s MB 248

Māori freehold land status not lost by transfers out of Māori ownership - Taukiri – Parish of Karamu Lot 197A (2013) 52 Waikato Maniapoto MB 294

Succession – whakapapa connection to Māori land interest unclear - Fapiano v Tarau (2013) 24 Takitimu MB 46 (24 TKT 46)

Law reform

Review of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 - Discussion Document reviewed by Tom Bennion

Māori Law Review events

The Treaty and the constitution - a symposium - 12 June 2013

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High Court

The consequences of not responding to consultative efforts - Greenpeace of New Zealand Inc v The Minister of Energy and Resources [2012] NZHC 1422

Failure to establish trust obligations at Wakatū - Proprietors of Wakatū Inc v Attorney General [2012] NZHC 1461

Māori Appellate Court

Trusts – partial termination - lower Court did not have regard to relevant considerations - Larkins v Kaitaia – Waihou Hutoia D2A Block [2013] 2013 Maori Appellate Court MB 159

Māori Land Court

Trusts - standing - applications framed against responsible trustee not former trustees - Clarke v Gray – Poukawa 9G and others (2013) 23 Takitimu MB 92

Withdrawal of an application to the Court - Dovey Property Holdings Limited – Orokawa 3B Part Lot 8 DP41892 (2013) 57 Taitokerau MB 75

Waitangi Tribunal

Tribunal declines binding recommendations for Ngāti Kahu - The Ngāti Kahu Remedies Report (Wai 45, 2013)

Tribunal to inquire urgently into availability of legal aid for Waitangi Tribunal claims - The Latimer and Piripi Claim (Wai 2374, #2.5.18)

Disposal of Waitangi Tribunal records - proposal for consultation

Law reform

Review of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 – discussion document March 2013

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Supreme Court

Partial privatisation no material impairment to remedying Treaty breaches - New Zealand Maori Council v Attorney-General [2013] NZSC 6

Māori Land Court

Partition - insufficient support and unnecessary - Tohiariki – Section 1F No 2 Parish of Katikati (2013) 54 Waikato Maniapoto MB 31

Choosing an effective administrative structure - Kahukura v Moore – Manukōrihi 1B Section 2 (2013) 299 AOT 153

Trusts – extension of interim trustees' term, appointment of replacement trustee – Severne - Lake Rotoaira Trust (2013) 298 Aotea MB 267

Trusts - removal of trustees - appeal dismissed where trustees found to have acted unsatisfactorily - Tatere v Te Aute Trust Board – Mangatainoka No 1BC No 2C, Tamaki 2A2A (Balance) [2013] 2013 Māori Appellate Court 105

Resource Management

Māori interests in natural resource management - 2012 in review

Waitangi Tribunal

Future management of Tongariro National Park - Te Kāhui Maunga: The National Park District Inquiry Report

Legal history

New Zealand’s “Lost Cases” – Unreported colonial case law on the internet

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Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie student essay competition 2012

Takamore v Clarke [2011] NZCA 587: The Most Significant Legal Development Affecting Māori - Laura Lincoln

Supreme Court

What does Takamore mean for tikanga? - Takamore v Clarke [2012] NZSC 116

Court of Appeal

Boundaries to land - Chief Executive Land Information New Zealand v Te Whanau o Rangiwhakaahu Hapu Charitable Trust [2013] NZCA 33

High Court

More on Mason: Cultural factors in sentencing - R v Mason [2012] NZHC 1849

Māori Appellate Court

Partition of land refused - Whaanga v Trustees of the Anewa Trust – Anewa Block (2013) 2013 Māori Appellate Court MB 45

Māori Incorporations – determining that land is investment land - Marumaru v Waipakuranui Incorporation (2012) Māori Appellate Court MB 572

Costs - Nikau v Rongomau – Whangape Parish Lot 23B (Horahora Marae) (2013) 2013 Māori Appellate Court MB 60

Māori Land Court

Injunction – application adjourned to allow for more information to be provided – Taueki v Horowhenua District Council - Horowhenua (11) Lake (2013) 298 Aotea MB 263

Injunction – application dismissed by consent – Horton v Māori Trustee - Awarua 3D3 No 12B and Awarua 3D3 No 13 (2013) 297 Aotea MB 178

Chief Judge’s power to correct errors - application dismissed that whenua tōpū trust wrongly constituted - Tane v Tanetinorau Opataia Whānau Trust – Hauturu East 7, 12, 13, 14 and Section 44 Block X Orahiri Survey District (2013) 2013 Chief Judge’s MB 112

Application by Incorporation for Māori Trustee to represent disengaged owners - Mangatawa Papamoa Incorporation – Lot 1 Deposited Plan South Auckland 65413 and Part Mangatawa Block (2013) 52 Waikato Maniapoto MB 82

Waitangi Tribunal

Tribunal declines to use binding powers in recommending remedies for Ngāti Kahu - The Ngāti Kahu Remedies Report (pre-publication edition) (Wai 45, 2013)

Book Review

Treaty of Waitangi Settlements - reviewed by Tom Bennion

Print Version

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Māori Appellate Court

Possession – mortgagee granted possession - orders of the lower Court substituted - Rangitukunoa v Koning – Matapihi 1A3D4C1 [2012] 2012 Maōri Appellate Court MB 690

Jurisdiction – no determination - interlocutory orders or directions are not susceptible to appeal - Davis v Mihaere – Torere Reserves Trust [2012] Māori Appellate Court MB 641

Jurisdiction – Appellate Court has no jurisdiction to hear matters simply referred from a Judge in Chambers - Bowers – Estate of Elizabeth Victoria Rodger Thorpe (Shepherd) [2012] 2012 Māori Appellate Court MB 686

Costs - previous award altered - Muru v Te Aho - Maungatautari 4G Section IV Block (2013) Māori Appellate Court MB 5

Māori Land Court

Chief Judge's power to correct errors - Proprietors of Potikirua Block Incorporated v Te Kani – Lot 1 Deposited Plan 8212 (2013) 2013 Chief Judge’s MB 82

Costs award - Koopu v Trustees of Maraenui A2 Ahu Whenua Trust - Maraenui A2 (2013) 69 Waiariki MB 115

Costs award - Gillies v Chappell – Section 4B2 Rāpaki Māori Reserve 875 (2013) 16 Te Waipounamu MB 205

Stay pending appeal declined; directions issued about trust order - Taueki – Horowhenua (11) Lake (2013) 296 Aotea MB 91

Chief Judge’s power to correct errors - Butler v N F Fraser & Co Limited – Mangawhaiti 3B1 & Takahiwai 3A2 (2013) Chief Judge’s MB 59

Chief Judge's power to correct errors - Murphy – Estate of Lizzie Turner Tau (2013) 2013 Chief Judge’s MB 48 (2013 CJ 48)

Charging order declined – sought for unpaid rates, insufficient evidence - Far North District Council v Maihi – Maungakawakawa 5G (2013) 52 Taitokerau MB 138

Māori reservation approved for a whare wānanga for kaupapa waka - Busby - Okokori B (2013) 52 Taitokerau MB 133

Supreme Court

Supreme Court rules on body burial clash - Takamore v Clarke [2012] NZSC 116

High Court

High Court rejects Māori Council water rights case - New Zealand Māori Council v Attorney-General [2012] NZHC 3338

Māori Appellate Court

2012 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Māori Land Court

2012 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Injunction – no serious question to be tried – Orbell v Rowallan Block XIII Section 1 and 5 Ahu Whenua Trusts - Rowallan Block XIII Section 1 and 5 Ahu Whenua Trusts (2012) 16 Te Waipounamu MB 53

Status of land - no jurisdiction for Māori Land Court to declare status of foreshore and seabed - Pue - Te Ika a Maui (2012) 295 Aotea MB 13

Status of land - no change to General land solely for purpose of sale - Taura - Ngapakihi 2D3A1A (2012) 294 Aotea MB 106

Trusts:

Review - Whanganui District Council – Kai Iwi 5G3A1, 5G3A2, 5G3B, 5G3C, 5H1 & 5H2 (2012) 295 Aotea MB 17

Review and variation - insufficient support - Livingstone v The Trustees of Lake Taupō Forest Trust – Lake Taupō Forest Trust (2012) 295 Aotea MB 6

Variation of trust order to enable sale of land – Steedman v Steedman - Owhaoko D6 Section 3 (2012) 20 Tākitimu MB 230

Legislation

Treaty settlement legislation before the House of Representatives in 2012

Book Review

Aboriginal Title: The Modern Jurisprudence of Tribal Land Rights - reviewed by Professor Richard Boast

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Editorial

Legislation to restore character, mana, and reputation - Mokomoko (Restoration of Character, Mana, and Reputation) Bill

Māori Appellate Court

Appeals - leave to appeal out of time granted after reasonable explanation provided - Muraahi v Phillips – Rangitoto Tuhua 551B and 55B1A2 (Manu Ariki Marae) [2012] 2012 Maori Appellate Court MB 568

Māori Land Court

Sale of shares – trustee not prevented from purchasing shares - Solomon v Smith - Te Awapatiki No 2A1 and other Blocks [2012] Māori Appellate MB 563

Occupation orders - orders to trust land cannot be granted without consent of trustee - Goldsmith - Marangairoa C12 (2012) 27 Waiariki MB 40

Partition - order not granted where parties could not agree to scheme plans - Matchitt - Te Kaha 65 (2012) 65 Waiariki MB 120

Partition, occupation orders, charging orders - Kingi Collier - Torere 50B2 (2012) 66 Waiariki MB 196

Trusts: 

Dispute about trust beneficiaries - Easthope v Pirika - Te Ngae Farm Trust (2012) 62 Waiariki MB 92

Appointment of trustees - objections to appointment lacked substance –McLaughlin - Wharekahika C7 & C11 (2012) 26 Tairāwhiti MB 128

Appointment of trustees and terms of trust – Procter - Horowhenua 11 (2012) 293 Aotea MB 165

Removal of trustees - warning that breach of trust sufficiently serious to warrant removal – Pue v Kīngi - Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Maru (Taranaki) Whenua Tōpu Trust (2012) 291 Aotea MB 257

Review - failure to keep proper accounts - Swanson v Wairua - Maungaroa No 1 Section 2B Ahuwhenua Trust (2012) 66 Waiariki MB 26

Māori Incorporations:

No error in election – Watson - Torere Section 64 Incorporation (2012) 66 Waiāriki MB 54

Member of the Committee of Management suspended – Stubbs v Wall - The Proprietors of Opawa Rangitoto 2C (2012) 291 Aotea MB 231

Waitangi Tribunal

Matua Rautia: the report on the Kōhanga Reo claim

Te Urewera, Part III: From self-governing native reserve to national park

Māori Land

Housing development on Māori land – Two case studies in developing and retaining Māori land

Comment - Papakainga housing at Mangatawa

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Editorial

Deputy Chief Judge Caren Fox - Re-launching the waka (3)

Court of Appeal

Validity of trustee appointments - Tito v Tito [2012] NZCA 493

High Court

Control over whānau taonga - Jones v Wickliffe [2012] NZHC 1960

Māori Appellate Court

Security for costs – appeal dismissed for failure to comply with Court directions - Whaanga v Ihaka Whaanga Whanau Trust - Town Section 90 Mahia & Town Section 91 Mahia [2012] 2012 Maori Appellate Court MB 538

Costs - costs reasonably incurred as starting point - Henare v Māori Trustee – Parengarenga 3G [2012] 2012 Māori Appellate Court MB 540

Māori Land Court

Rehearing - application submitted outside 28 day period - Te Purei - Rahui A12D (2012) 25 Tairawhiti MB 272

Status of land - status as Māori freehold land not a hindrance to securing finance - Johnson - Wairau North 8A (2012) 48 Taitokerau MB 217

Succession by whāngai - Edgecombe - Succession to Taiāwhio Waaka also known as Kelly Waaka (2012) 19 Takitimu MB 165 (19 TKT 165)

Interim injunction to prevent trespass on Māori freehold land - Te Rangi - Mahanga 1C1E (2012) 25 Tairawhiti MB 268 (25 TRW 268

Disposing of Māori freehold land by will to children adopted out of the whānau - Estate of Ross Glencairn Hovell (2012) 25 Tairawhiti MB 258 (25 TRW 258)

Māori reservation – whare wānanga for kaupapa waka – Busby - Okokori B (2012) 50 Taitokerau MB 9

Waitangi Tribunal

Te Taou application for an urgent inquiry into settlements declined

Settlements

New governance proposals for Te Urewera - Crown offer to settle the historical claims of Ngāi Tūhoe

Book Review

‘Always Speaking’: The Treaty of Waitangi and Public Policy reviewed by Dr Matthew S R Palmer

Print Version

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Editorial

Carwyn Jones - Re-launching the waka (2)

Māori Appellate Court

Trusts - termination of whenua tōpū trust - appeal dismissed - Karena v Pita - Whangaruru Whakaturia 1D9A & 1D10A [2012] 2012 Maori Appellate Court MB 451

Trusts - variation - ownership entitlements - Jaggard v Carver - Waikawa Village Section 2B 3B Lot 4 and Lot 5 DP 3660 [2012] 2012 Māori Appellate Court 525

Māori Land Court

Chief Judge’s powers - not a rehearing or appeal jurisdiction – Ruka - Taheke 23A [2012] Chief Judge's MB 416

Chief Judge’s powers – transfer order based on outdated valuation cancelled – Welsh - Taiharuru 4C3 [2012] Chief Judge's MB 398

Review of trust and defective lease - Te Paa, Ahipara A33 (2012) 47 TTK 3

Waitangi Tribunal

Māori rights over water – The Interim Report on the National Freshwater and Geothermal Resources Claim (Wai 2358, 2012)

Legislation

Treaty of Waitangi settlement legislation - extended sitting hours and cognate bills

Te reo Māori - Māori language

The Legal Māori Dictionary – treading a careful path…

Māori Law Review news

On 3 October 2012 Victoria University of Wellington hosted a function to celebrate the re-launch of the Māori Law Review.

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Editorial

Tom Bennion on the Māori Law Review - re-launching the waka

Court of Appeal

Transferring Māori freehold land by will to persons “related by blood” - Kameta v Nicholas [2012] NZCA 350

High Court

Trusts - amalgamation - Re Tuhoe Charitable Trust Board, Tuhoe Fisheries Charitable Trust Board and Tuhoe-Waikaremoana Māori Trust Board [2012] NZHC 1952

Māori Land Court

Partition - insufficient evidence to assess whether requirements met - Wilson - Waiwakaiho H2B (2012) 288 Aotea MB 63

Resignation of trustees and appointment of independent trustee - Rātima v Sullivan - Tataraakina C Trust  (2012) 18 Takitimu MB 75

Waitangi Tribunal

Māori claims to rights over water – Waitangi Tribunal recommends halt to partial privatisation of State-owned power companies (Wai 2358, 24 August 2012)

Settlement negotiations measured against the Treaty of Waitangi - The Port Nicholson Block Urgency Report (Wai 2235, 2012)

Māori claims to rights over water - Tribunal will endeavour to produce an interim report on water and geothermal issues by 24 August 2012 (Wai 2538, #2.7.3)

Legislation

Immunity from Seizure for Cultural Objects on Loan - Discussion Paper

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Supreme Court

Rivers as navigable public highways - Paki v Attorney-General Supreme Court [2012] NZSC 50

Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court

Appointment of trustees – voting procedure and participation levels - Rihia v Te Rūnanganui o Ngāti Hikairo

Discharge of interim injunction to prevent eviction from Māori land; no serious question – Kerr v Stewart

District, Youth and Family Courts

Announcing court sittings in te reo Māori and English

Waitangi Tribunal

Māori claims to rights over water – Tribunal issues interim direction urging halt to partial privatisation of State-owned power companies

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Māori Law Review news

Student essay competition - undergraduate law students of Victoria University of Wellington are invited to submit an essay on the most significant legal development affecting Māori in 2011. The winner will receive a $100 book token and will have their essay published in the Māori Law Review.

High Court

Application of tikanga Māori (Māori customary law) to criminal trial and sentencing processes R v Mason [2012] NZHC 1361

Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court

High threshold to succeed on appeal against costs awards Nikau v Te Rongomau (2012) 2012 Māori Appellate Court MB 300

Ownership of dwelling – rights of non-owners to fixtures on Māori land - Stock v Morris - Wainui 2D2B (2012) 41 Taitokerau MB 121 (41 TTK 121)

Interim injunction to prevent eviction from Māori land Kerr v Albert (2012) 55 Waiariki MB 146

Injunction – trustee wrongfully in receipt of rental proceeds – Māori Trustee v Te Pou - Waiohau a Section 4B (2012) 55 Waiariki MB 124

Trustee elections, postal ballots and statutory declarations of entitlement Trustees of Lake Horowhenua Trust (2012) 285 Aotea MB 135

Partition - not reasonably necessary - Whaanga - Anewa (2012) 22 Tairawhiti MB 167

Māori reservation – application for inquiry into administration misconceived – Webster - Komakorau Parish of 146B1A (Hukanui Marae) (2012) 42 Waikato Maniapoto MB 83

Waitangi Tribunal

No urgent inquiry into impact of Te Rarawa settlement on Hokianga Wai 2344, #2.5.12 19 June 2012

Remedies recommendations and principles for relief in the Waitangi Tribunal Wai 45, #2.411 25 June 2012

Legislation

Review of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 An expert panel has been appointed to review Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 - The Māori Land Act 1993 and report by December 2012

Māori Law Review news

Student essay competition - undergraduate law students of Victoria University of Wellington are invited to submit an essay on the most significant legal development affecting Māori in 2011. The winner will receive a $100 book token and will have their essay published in the Māori Law Review.

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Court of Appeal

Road at Papaaroha – possession orders to remove occupiers; leave sought for a second appeal - Henare v Thames Coromandel District Council [2012] NZCA 179

Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court

Injunction – interference with tangihanga would not be in the interests of justice – Malcolm-Davies - Ngararatunua A2B3C and A2B3D (2012) 39 Taitokerau MB 293

Proposed ex-gratia payment to trustee - Mika - Te Manawa o Tuhoe

Obtaining owners’ views on establishing an ahu whenua trust – Maori Trustee - Rotokautuku 1J1

Traditional ownership of tāonga tūturu found at Plimmerton beach - Chief Executive, Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Trusts – removal of trustee - application dismissed – Hart - Okoha section 5 block VIII Gore SD (2012) 12 Te Waipounamu MB 286

Waitangi Tribunal

Immigration decisions and the Waitangi Tribunal; spouses as taonga - the Immigration Issues (Kumar) Claim

Waitangi Tribunal applications seeking urgent consideration - practice note

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Court of Appeal

Trusts – trustee appointments – discretion of Court not broad and unfettered – Clarke v Karaitiana [2011] NZCA 154

Māori Appellate Court

Costs – Rameka v Hall - Opepe Farm Trust (2012) Māori Appellate Court MB 167 (2012 APPEAL 167)

Costs - Māori Land Court Special Aid Fund - Ripia (2012) Māori Appellate Court MB 175 (2012 APPEAL 175)

Status of land – effect of status order to amend earlier partition - Toroa – Te Kuri X53 and other blocks (2012) Māori Appellate Court MB 157 (2012 APPEAL 157)

Roadways - errors of law - appeals allowed - Ngunguru Coastal Investments Ltd v Climo - Horahora 1B4A2D1 and others [2012] 2012 Maori Appellate Court MB 80

Māori Land Court

Injunction – trustees' application to remove occupant refused – The Trustees of Oweta 4B v Riki - Oweta 4B (2012) 21 Tairāwhiti MB 190

Trespass and damages – orders would only inflame tense situation – Carroll v Maihi-Carroll - Waipuka 2R Section 3 (2012) 15 Tākitimu MB 234

Waitangi Tribunal

Inquiry into kōhanga reo and revitalisation of te reo Māori - Wai 2336, #2.5.13 25 October 2011

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High Court

Funding claimant groups for negotiation in preference to litigation - Taueki v Crown Forestry Rental Trust (High Court, Wellington CIV 2011-485-1497)

Māori Appellate Court

Applications for rehearing – Henare v Māori Trustee – Parengarenga 3G (2012) 2012 Māori Appellate Court MB 1

Trustees - removal - Rudd Senior v Proctor - Horowhenua 11 (Lake) Trust (2012) 2012 Maori Appellate Court MB 107 (2012 APPEAL 107)

Costs – appeal against costs award dismissed – Vercoe v Barns- Parish of Matata 39A2A and 39A2B2B2A (2012) Māori Appellate Court MB 149 2012 APPEAL 149)

Waitangi Tribunal

No urgent inquiry into use of the Mangawhai forest in settlement of Ngāti Manuhiri historical claims - Kapea and Beazley on behalf of themselves and Ngā Uri o Maki-nui (Wai 2181, #2.5.7)

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Māori Land Court

Partition - order granted where application filed because of bank policy - Te Puni - Ngawhakatutu A11A1 (2012) 20 Tairawhiti MB 232

Status of land - Māori Incorporation land deemed Māori freehold land - Marumaru v Waipakuranui Incorporation (2012) 279 Aotea MB 137

Trusts - appointment of trustees – debtor to the Trust cannot be trustee – Phillips v Gemmell - Mohaka A4 Trust (2012) 13 Tākitimu MB 264

Waitangi Tribunal

Ko Aotearoa Tēnei (A Report into Claims Concerning New Zealand Law and Policy Affecting Māori Culture and Identity) (Wai 262, 2011)

Ko Aotearoa Tēnei – background to the report on the Wai 262 claim

Ko Aotearoa Tēnei - perfecting the Treaty partnership

Ko Aotearoa Tēnei – taonga and intellectual property

Ko Aotearoa Tēnei - genetic and biological resources in taonga species

Ko Aotearoa Tēnei – Māori communities and resource management law and environmental policy

Ko Aotearoa Tēnei – taonga and the Conservation Estate

Ko Aotearoa Tēnei – Te Reo Māori

Ko Aotearoa Tēnei - Mātauranga Māori

Ko Aotearoa Tēnei – rongoā Māori

Ko Aotearoa Tēnei – international agreements

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Māori Land Court

Status of land - change to General land to facilitate obtaining finance - Ngatai - Te Puna Parish 154D5A1 (2012) 34 Waikato Maniapoto MB 111

Trusts - appointment of trustees – nominee appointed despite ongoing proceedings and statement of proposed future litigation – Tukapua v Taueki - Horowhenua Block 11 (2012) 278 Aotea MB 172

Editorial

2011 general election and government formation

Māori Appellate Court

2011 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Māori Land Court

2011 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Changing the status of Māori freehold land - Warin and Jensen (2011) 30 TTK 37

Trusts - review - Māori Trustee appointed responsible trustee - Māori Trustee - Huriwai Family Trust (2011) 13 Takitimu MB 17

Trusts – trustee appointment – insufficient evidence to determine nominee acceptable - Fenwick - Whakapoungakau 24 (2011) 45 Waiariki MB 252

Trusts – trustee removal - Māori Trustee retained with owner support - Ransfield - Poukawa 9E2 (2011) 13 Takitimu MB 102

Legislation

Treaty Settlement Legislation before the House of Representatives in 2011

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Court of Appeal

Customary law as part of the common law – burial; executor’s duties - Takamore v Clarke and Anor [2011] NZCA 587

High Court

Road at Papaaroha – possession orders to remove occupiers - Henare and others v Thames Coromandel District Council High Court, Hamilton (CIV-2010-419-1487)

Māori Appellate Court

Representatives for Ngā Ruahine - Pue and Manuiririrangi v Ngā Hapū o Ngā Ruahine Iwi Inc (2011 Appeal MB 577)

Māori Land Court

Injunction – order sought was a  blunt instrument and not appropriate – Trustees of Horina Nepia and Te Hiwi Piahana Whānau Trust v Tahamata Incorporation - Tahamata Incorporation (2011) 274 Aotea MB 203

Status of land - Savage-Pickett - Section 15B3 Block VIII Tairua Survey District (2011) 30 Waikato-Maniapoto MB 201

Trusts - trustee appointment - no evidence to raise doubt about those elected - Deputy Registrar - Pohokura 3B - Ahu Whenua Trust (2011) 44 Waiariki MB 10

Trusts - review of trust and appointment of replacement trustees – appointment of professional trustee necessary due to extreme dysfunction – Tawhai - Whakatere Ki Koranui Trust and Waima North A22 (2011) 29 Taitokerau MB 212

Legislation

New rules for the Māori Land Court - Māori Land Court Rules 2011/Ngā Ture O Te Kooti Whenua Māori 2011 (2011/374)

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