Disestablished in 1989, the former Department had
support staff located at many offices around New
Zealand who maintained minute book series for
judicial officers and/or bodies working in their
respective areas or for specific departmental or land
board activities.
As an example, in the Taitokerau District of the Māori
Land Court, minute books were maintained for
Auckland, the Bay of Islands, Kaikohe, Kaitaia and
Whangārei as well as for the District Māori Land
Boar...
The ‘gift’ blocks were quite small circular areas
on the mountaintops. Not all Tūwharetoa people
agreed that the land should have been awarded
to the Crown, and exactly what Horonuku Te
Heu Heu’s intentions were is unclear.
SECTION
APPLICANT
SUBJECT
SP1
9:30am AP-20240000003487 S53A(1)/
55
Tama Potaka Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua
TrustBoard - Investigate any
irregularities in the 2023
elections of Te Rūnanga o
Ngāti Whātua under s 53A(1) of
the Māori TrustBoards Act
1955
An investigation by Judge Wainwright under section 53A(a) of the Māori TrustBoards Act 1955 into whether the
election that took place from June-November 2023 to elect truste...
SECTION
APPLICANT
SUBJECT
SP1
9:30am AP-20240000003487 S53A(1)/
55
Tama Potaka Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua
TrustBoard - Investigate any
irregularities in the 2023
elections of Te Rūnanga o
Ngāti Whātua under s 53A(1) of
the Māori TrustBoards Act
1955
An investigation by Judge Wainwright under section 53A(a) of the Māori TrustBoards Act 1955 into whether the
election that took place from June-November 2023 to elect truste...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP14 10:55 AM AP-20260000002104 239/93 Trustees of
Pukawa D3 Ahu
Whenua Trust
He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Pukawa D3 Ahu
Whenua Trust
Replace Edward Te Tuiri Hakopa
with Ben Te Aonui Goldsbury-Hapi
and Josephine Mitareta Cooper-
Marsh as responsible trustees of the
Pukawa D3 Ahu Whenua Trust
SP15 11:00 AM AP-20260000003889 239/93 John Hura He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Ohuanga Trust
Reduce...
See also Ngawaka v Ngāti Rehua-Ngātiwai ki Aotea TrustBoard (No 2) [2021] NZHC 291 at [43]–[47] and [58]
45 statutes referencing tikanga include the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 (see s 2 definitions of “tikanga Māori” and “mana
tamaiti (tamariki)”); Resource Management Act 1991; and Taumata Arowai–the Water Services Regulator Act 2020.
(See Saxmere Company Ltd v Wool Board
Disestablishment Company Ltd [2009] NZSC 72, [2010] 1 NZLR 35; Saxmere
Company Ltd v Wool Board Disestablishment Company Ltd (No 2) [2009] NZSC
122)
The question of recusal is for the judge hearing the case.
