Ruapuha and Uekaha Hapu Trust v Tane - Hauturu East 8 Block [2010] 2010 Maori Appellate Court MB 512 (2010 APPEAL 512) [pdf, 226 KB]
...the Crown venture into the more acute issue of whether “the former owners or their descendants” meant their “successors” or “descendants”. The Crown did not turn its mind to the distinction at the time. [65] Mr Catran (paragraphs 101 and 102) also referred to paragraphs 37 to 41 of Judge Milroy’s decision and argued: Mr Bollmann’s letter to the Treaty Unit sets out Mr Wood’s opposition to successions (para 37). Mr Bollmann stated his own opposition to that approa...