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1. Bamber v Monschau - Tahorakuri A No 1 Sec 33A 2 (2019) 218 Waiariki MB 292 (218 WAR 292) [pdf, 415 KB]

   ...serious and Aaron Bamber’s claim, that the $70,000 of trust funds spent on legal fees, accounting and expert witness fees without the Court’s endorsement is fraud, is unsupported by evidence. The trustees have the power under their trust deed to employ lawyers and accountants and approve trust expenditure by majority. It was also noted the commercial reality that these trust funds are being used in pursuit of the judgment debt of $175,851.25 owed by Aaron Bamber’s parents....

2. Youth Court - history of the Youth Court [pdf, 217 KB]

   ...warnings or referral to community-based mediation groups such as Māori Committees or Community Resolution Meetings. The Working Party did acknowledge the likelihood of continued net-widening with this system, but countered that the potential benefits of a reconciliation between the offender, victim and community outweighed these concerns. It was further hoped that these proposals would offer a more sensitive response to cultural concerns, both through the composition of the Youth Assessment P...

3. Waitangi Tribunal - issue 67 of Te Manutukutuku [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   ...Rena. The grounding of the MV Rena on Otaiti (the Astrolabe Reef) in October 2011 is New Zealand’s worst maritime and second worst environ- mental disaster. The claims, lodged in May 2013, focus primarily on the terms and con- sequences of a deed the Government entered into with the Rena owners in October 2012, rather than the ground- ing itself or its immediate effects. Through this deed, the Government agreed to consider ‘in good faith’ whether to support a resource consent...

4. Justice Matters - issue 01 - December 2015 [pdf, 2.8 MB]

   ...return of the Motunui panels to Taranaki was the result of careful relationship building and reconciliation between the Crown, Te Ātiawa iwi and the family of George Ortiz. Members of the Ortiz family travelled from Switzerland to the Te Ātiawa deed of settlement signing ceremony in August 2014 and witnessed the signatories to the deed. The Motunui panels are now being held for display at Taranaki’s Puke Ariki Museum. The precious taonga are cared for by a trust with members from...

5. LCRO 87/2018 QZ v FZB (20 December 2019) [pdf, 231 KB]

   ...residential property (the residence), occupied by Mr and Mrs TV as their home, which was subject to a bank mortgage.2 1 Mrs TV’s children are XF, RP and AR. Mr TV’s children are VI and CH. 2 Deed of Trust (15 March 2004). 2 [4] The trust deed conferred the power of appointment of trustees on Mr and Mrs TV, and on their death, on their “administrators or executors or trustees”, or the “administrators or executors or trus...

6. Tatere v Hauraki - Mangatainoka No 1BC No 2C No 1 (2021) 93 Tākitimu MB 135 (93 TKT 135) [pdf, 293 KB]

   ...both Trusts were the Te Aute Trust Board (TATB) and the Anglican Parish of Dannevirke (‘the Parish’) as to a 4/5 share and a 1/5 share respectively. [8] Both trusts were involved in farming operations. In 1995, the trustees entered into a deed of partnership which resulted in the two farms being run as one financial unit. The parties referred to this arrangement as the Tatere Partnership. [9] On 10 October 2007, Hohepa Tatere II and Te Aroha Edwards applied to the Māori Land...

7. Waitangi Tribunal - East Coast Settlement Report [pdf, 1.1 MB]

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8. Waitangi Tribunal - Wai 2200 2.5.77 Scoping report [pdf, 755 KB]

   ...for the purpose of achieving a quick settlement. 54. If the claimants are ignored in a settlement process, she submitted, then the entire settlement process is irrational and divorced from the purpose it was intended for. It will not achieve reconciliation in fact. Rather in this case it will lead to more animosity and division. The Crown owes a duty to all Māori, not just to those who want to settle. 55. Counsel for the applicants further argued that the mandating process was fla...

9. Pokere v Bodger - Ōuri 1A3 (2023) 466 Aotea MB 120 (466 AOT 120) [pdf, 356 KB]

   ...hoki, ko ētehi o ngā utu mo te whakatū taiepa me te tangohanga ake i te asbestos – kāore he mana kokoraho kei roto. (h) Ne i ka tuku i tētehi koha, ko tā te kaikawe kēhi ki te Kōti, kia iti rawa (c) Clause 6 of the Hanataua Trust deed is relied on as a basis to protect minority interests, making it inappropriate to make an award of costs. (d) The case was conducted in an efficient and effective manner and on every occasion the applicant sought a prompt con...

10. Waitangi Tribunal - The new approach revisited [pdf, 586 KB]

    ...omissions, policies or practices of the Crown that are inconsistent with the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi, and are within the Tribunal’s jurisdiction. Claimants’ statements of identity and personal experience operate within the truth and reconciliation function of the Tribunal, and are critical to its function Annexure 1: the standard new approach Page 19 as a body offering catharsis and recognition to people whose grievances have been long overlooked. 4.14 It is rarely the ca...