EDITORIAL
HIGH COURT
Wall & Wall v NZ Police - Appeal against trespass following discovery of kōiwi and occupation
Wall & Wall v NZ Police - Land not customary land and therefore subject to NZ laws
Raharaha v NZ Police - Appeal against conviction for refusing to give blood specimen
COURT OF APPEAL
Tātahi Ltd v Matauri Bay Properties Ltd - Appeal to cancel lease dismissed
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EDITORIAL
MĀORI LAND COURT
Re Waihou A8C1A2E - Insufficient support and shares to justify occupation
HIGH COURT
Gibbs v New Plymouth DC - No permit to construct a building on reservation
Garton Holdings Limited v The Ngahina Trust - Caveat upheld to prevent dealings in land
Garton Holdings Limited v The Ngahina Trust - Strike-out of claim for specific performance to purchase Māori freehold land.
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EDITORIAL
MAORI LAND COURT
Re Mann - Proposal to gift shares to whangai child
Re Tua - Failure to account for descendants
ENVIRONMENT COURT
Te Kura Pukeroa v TCTD - Costs following unsuccessful appeal
Te Whanau a Te Ngarara v Kapiti Coast DC - Strike-out refused re: Paraparaumu Airport
Howick Residents v Manukau CC - Consent to demolish and replace burned whare
HIGH COURT
Te Whanau o Rangiwhakaahu v Ringer - Lapse of caveat to prevent registration of dealings
Sainsbury v Graham - Strike-out: adopted child no longer entitled to Maori estate
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EDITORIAL
MAORI LAND COURT & APPELLATE COURT
Maori Land Court
- Faulkner: disputed status of land
- Mangakahia 2B2 No 2A1A: injunction to restrain trust manager
- Re Witehira: variation of trust instrument
Maori Appellate Court
- Ormsby: ownership of kaumatua flat on reservation trust land
OTHER COURTS
Land Valuation Tribunal - Taheke Paengaroa Trust: ratings dispute
Court of Appeal - Pukeru-Oruawhata Trust v Mitchell
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EDITORIAL
MĀORI LAND COURT & APPELLATE COURT
Te Konoti B4A3B: partition and mortgage to Fund renovations
Tauhara Middle 15 Trust: procedural irregularities
Te Tawa Kaiti v Tūhoe Pūtaiao
OTHER COURTS & TRIBUNALS
High Court—
- Ngāti Porou foreshore agreement: Strike-out Application on judicial review
- Te Whaiti Nui A Toi Trust: Appeal on Rating Decision
- Charlton v Koromete: Māori interest in general land
- Puru v Puru & Puru: validity of will
PARLIAMENT
Question Time: Te Puni Kōkiri
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Gifts of shares in Māori land – right to land validated by whakapapa - Sade v Mahanga - Taiharuru 2A1 (2008) 7 Taitokerau Appellate MB 47
Ririnui: partition, alienation of land by gift
Environment Court
- Kaupokonui: appeal against consent for quarry
- Waiareka Valley Preservation Soc: obligation to consult tangata whenua
Supreme Court
- Forests 2 Case: appeals withdrawn
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EDITORIAL
NEGOTIATIONS & SETTLEMENTS
Ngāti Apa (North Island) Deed of Settlement
MĀORI LAND COURT & APPELLATE COURT
Pastoral lease disagreement
Māori Trustee—breach of trust
Partition and review of status declaration
OTHER COURTS
High Court - Motueka River as resource or taonga
PARLIAMENT
Legislation & Regulations - Māori Trustee and Māori Development - Amendment Bill - Select Committee Report
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EDITORIAL
NEGOTIATIONS AND SETTLEMENTS
MĀORI LAND COURT
Determination of ownership of shares
Removal of trustee
Parihaka X—removal of trustee
OTHER COURTS & TRIBUNALS
Environment Court - Right to karakia and mihi at conference 5
High Court - Matauri X—development of land
Court of Appeal - Whāngai child in recovered will
PARLIAMENT
Legislation & Regulations - Walking Access Bill—2nd reading
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EDITORIAL SUMMARY
WAITANGI TRIBUNAL
Application for urgency declined
MĀORI LAND COURT
Misappropriation of trust funds
NEGOTIATIONS & SETTLEMENTS
Ngāi Tūhoe terms of agreement
Taranaki Whānui ki te Ūpoko deed of settlement
Tūranganui ā Kiwa AIP
Waikato River deed of settlement
PARLIAMENT
Official Reports - Ministry of Social Development Social Report
Legislation & Regulations
- Affiliate Te Arawa iwi claims settlement bill
- Policing Bill - inclusion of Treaty clauses
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EDITORIAL SUMMARY
WAITANGI TRIBUNAL
Appointment of new members
NEGOTIATIONS & SETTLEMENTS
Ātihau-Whanganui Incorporation settlement
MĀORI LAND COURT
Variation of trust
Replacement of trustees
Terms of loan to buy adjoining land
OTHER COURTS & TRIBUNALS
High Court - Return of surplus public works land
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Alienation and status of land – change to General land will rationalise commercial operations - The Proprietors of Potikirua Incorporation - Part Te Piki 2 (2008) 103 Ōpōtiki MB 17
High Court - Maori land and indefeasibility exceptions
Debates
- Affiliate Te Arawa Iwi and Hapu Claims Settlement Bill
- Central North Island Forests Land Collective Settlement Bill
- Treaty of Waitangi (Removal of Conflict of Interest) Amendment Bill
Question Time
- Treaty Settlements - Ratchet Clauses
- Settlement Bill - Airspace Protection
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Mauao Historic Reserves Revesting Bill and Act
Budget 2008
Alienation – sale to Council for public works only appropriate where sale is the only option – Searancke - Lot 2 and 4 of Proposed Subdivision of GS 5D/318 and Lot 1 of Proposed Subdivision of GS 5D/318 (2008) 179 Gisborne MB 61
Websites of interest
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WAITANGI TRIBUNAL
CNI Report Part V
NEGOTIATIONS & SETTLEMENTS
Ngati Porou mandate recognized
MAORI LAND COURT & APPELLATE COURT
Maori Land Court - Whangai Succession
Maori Appellate Court - Enforcement of trust obligations
OTHER COURTS & TRIBUNALS
Environment Court - Resource consents - consultation
PARLIAMENT
Question time - Maori Trustee funds transfer
Maori Purposes Bill No.2 - second reading
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EDITORIAL
MAORI APPELLATE COURT
Alienation – right of first refusal must not be unjustifiably restricted - Taueki - Horowhenua XIB 41 North A3A and 3B1 (2008) 16 Aotea Appellate MB 30
WAITANGI TRIBUNAL
CNI Report part IV
NEGOTIATIONS & SETTLEMENTS
Terms of negotiation, Ngāti Mākino & Waitaha
OTHER COURTS
Environment Court
- Regional Plan change—Māori values
- Resource conesent—Māori values
High Court
- Courts jurisdiction over tangata whenua
PRINT VERSION
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EDITORIAL
MĀORI LAND COURT & APPELLATE COURT
Change of status - rates - sale to neighbours
OTHER COURTS & TRIBUNALS
High Court — Fisheries — security for costs — impecuniosity
PARLIAMENT
Prime Minister’s speech from the throne
NEGOTIATIONS
Ngāti Porou foreshore & seabed agreement
Kaingaroa forest CNI terms of agreement
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Websites and books of interest
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WAITANGI TRIBUNAL
Small scale discreet remedies
CNI Report, Part III
MĀORI LAND COURT & APPELLATE COURT
Appointment of new judges
OTHER COURTS
High Court
- Public interest in fisheries case
- Encroachments onto Māori freehold land
- Only beneficial owners to vote
PARLIAMENT
Taranaki Whanui (Wellington) AIP
Question time
- Treaty settlements progress
- Te reo Māori in school curriculum
Debates
- Waka umanga bill - 1st reading
- Treaty principles bill - 2nd reading
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Partition - decision of the lower Court upheld - Hammond - Whangawehi 1B3H1 (2007) 34 Gisborne Appellate MB 185
WAITANGI TRIBUNAL
He Maunga Rongo (CNI) report, Part II
COURTS
DOC v Springfield
Karaka & Karaka v Ngai Tai ki Tamaki
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EDITORIAL
WAITANGI TRIBUNAL
He Maunga Rongo (CNI) Report, Part I
MĀORI LAND COURT
Timing for preferred alienees to make offer to buy
OTHER COURTS
High Court — Trespass Act & the Treaty
PARLIAMENT
Debates
- Arbitration Amendment Bill
- Trustee Amendment Bill
Question Time
- Māori Land Court services
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WAITANGI TRIBUNAL
Te Tau Ihu Takiwa second preliminary report
Tamaki-Makau-Rau settlement report
MAORI LAND COURT & APPELLATE COURT
Application to determine ownership
PARLIAMENT
Treaty settlements progress report
Debates
- Broadcasting Amendment Bill
- Select Committee report on Treaty principles deletion bill - Select committee report
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Status of land - successful appeal against condition on sale and refusal to grant change of status - Property Ventures Limited v Parata - Ngarara West B3B (2007) 16 Aotea Appellate MB 1
Special Aid funding declined
Application for rehearing to appoint trustees
Access to landlocked block
Te Arawa mandate report - note
High Court - Appeal struck out, incorporation invalid
Te Rōroa Claims Settlement Bill - 2nd reading
Kerikeri National Trust Bill - 2nd reading
New Zealand Day Bill - 2nd reading
Local Electoral (Repeal of Race-Based Representation) Bill—1st reading
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Chief Judge's powers - amendment of succession order - Wright - Aperahama Hutoitoi (2007) Chief Judge's MB 123 (2007 CJ 123)
WAITANGI TRIBUNAL
Note - Central North Island report stage 1 released
Second Nga Kaihautu o Te Arawa Mandate report
Annual Inquiry Programme for 2007-2008
MAORI LAND COURT
Purchase of Landcorp land by mortgage
Damages claim for water tanks on Maori Land
OTHER COURTS & TRIBUNALS
Court of Appeal - Forests (2) case - appeal dismissed
Supreme Court - Waitara leaseholders - appeal dismissed
PARLIAMENT
Budget 2007
Debates
Question Time
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WAITANGI TRIBUNAL
Te Arawa mandate report - note
Tāmaki Makaurau settlement report - note
MĀORI LAND COURT AND APPELLATE COURT
Special Aid funding declined
Application for rehearing to appoint trustees
Access to landlocked block
OTHER COURTS & TRIBUNALS
High Court - Appeal struck out, incorporation invalid
PARLIAMENT
Te Rōroa Claims Settlement Bill - 2nd reading
Kerikeri National Trust Bill - 2nd reading
New Zealand Day Bill - 2nd reading
Local Electoral (Repeal of Race-Based Representation) Bill—1st reading
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WAITANGI TRIBUNAL
Waikato River agreement in principle
OTHER COURTS AND TRIBUNALS
Environment Court
Unison Stage 2 - consent overturned
High Court
Forests 2 case - fiduciary duty of Crown
Writs of arrest for land occupiers
PARLIAMENT
Budget 2007 debate
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ARTICLE
Water Issues (part 2 of 2)
WAITANGI TRIBUNAL
Northern South Island Report
OTHER COURTS AND TRIBUNALS
Court of Appeal
Waitara land for Te Ätiawa settlement
Täme Iti shotgun case - convictions quashed
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