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1. Tukiri - Te Kopua 3 and 4 (2002) 98 Waikato MB 100 (98 W 100) [pdf, 239 KB]

   Waikato Minute Book Volume 98 Folio 100 In the Maori Land Court of New Zealand Waikato Maniapoto District DECISION IN THE MATTER File: A20020001729 of an application by Robert Tukiri under Section 239 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 to appoint Trustees for Te Kopua 3 and Te Kopua 4 Blocks Te Kopua No 3 and 4 Blocks are held under a Section 438/53 Trust, now commonly known as an ahu whenua trust. The Trust was established on 30 November 1983. Three trustees were appointe...

2. Pahau - Puketapu 4 (2001) 150 Gisborne MB 174 (150 GIS 174) [pdf, 342 KB]

   ...causing further financial hardship. 8 The Block has a registered mortgage over the property which the Applicant is having difficulty in meeting and if further problems are encountered a mortgagee sale is likely." After the application was filed I directed the applicant to advertise that the intention of the application was to facilitate sale. In line with Re Lama Cleave (1995) 3 NZ Conv 192, the applicant was also directed to comply with Rules 110-114 of the Maori Land Court Ru...

3. Rua - Section 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 172 Patetere North East Survey District (2001) 76 Ōpōtiki MB 210 (76 OPO 210) [pdf, 274 KB]

   ...in fact considered the proposals for variation and to report on their views on the proposal indicating whether they support or oppose the variation. 3. Invoking section 37(3)/93 requiring the Trustees of Te Arawhata Trust under section 238/93 to file with the Maori Land Court, Waiariki, copies of their audited accounts for the period 1998-2001. JUDGE

4. Govind v Chandra [2018] NZIACDT 46 (15 November 2018) [pdf, 260 KB]

   ...justify an adverse disciplinary finding. [4] Unfortunately, this matter was heard, and the record of the proceeding being incomplete was misplaced. I apologise to the parties for the delay. The Complaint The background facts [5] The Registrar filed a statement of complaint, which set out a factual narrative and identified the two potential grounds for complaint. The main elements of the factual background in the statement of complaint were as follows: [5.1] Mr Govind sponsored...

5. LCRO 223/2018 UT v VU (20 March 2019) [pdf, 96 KB]

   ...It is difficult to envisage what more Mr VU could have told Mr UT to submit that would add weight to the materials Mr UT had already produced. [14] As to the second question Mr UT asked, Mr VU’s advice was to check the information on the INZ file so that Mr UT would know what INZ knows. That advice was pragmatic and uncontroversial. [15] As to the third question, Mr UT wanted to know from Mr VU what would constitute a change of circumstances that would be acceptable to INZ to s...

6. [2019] NZEmpC 29 Wendco (NZ) Ltd v Unite Inc [pdf, 220 KB]

   ...judgment dated 12 June 2018.1 Costs on the application were reserved. The matter then progressed towards a substantive hearing. The hearing never eventuated because the parties resolved matters following facilitation. The plaintiff subsequently filed a notice of discontinuance. While it is not uncommon for parties to agree costs on a discontinuance, that did not occur in this case. The defendant now seeks costs against the plaintiff; the plaintiff seeks costs against the defen...

7. [2019] NZEmpC 7 Sawyer v The Vice-Chancellor of Victoria University of Wellington [pdf, 336 KB]

   ...of a law firm, Bartlett Law, and Penelope Ryder-Lewis. [2] The reason for this application is that Dr Sawyer has issued proceedings in the High Court in which the applicants are defendants. In the High Court proceeding documents have been filed which refer to Dr Sawyer’s evidence in this Court which directly refers to Ms Ryder-Lewis who previously acted for her. Ms Ryder-Lewis acted for Dr Sawyer in relation to an employment relationship problem culminating in a reco...

8. Auckland Standards Committee 5 v Ellis [2018] NZLCDT 39 [pdf, 252 KB]

   ...risk to the public. Mr Pyke emphasised the following matters: (a) That the client lost interest in the matter of instructions to Mr Ellis and did not contact him for some time. Mr Ellis did not actively ignore his client and only took up the file again in 2012. He should have done so earlier; 2 Complaints Committee No. 2 Auckland District Law Society v Ellis NZLPDT 12 March 2003, at [42-44], and [51]. 3 Auckland Standards C...

9. Family Court Rewrite Submission - NZ Nurses Association [pdf, 307 KB]

   ...and/or the Government to improve family and whānau justice outcomes for Māori. We agree and tautoko proposed changes and recommended improvements to the monoculture aspects of the family justice system. We support https://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/documents/pages/child-health-questionnaire-2013.docx https://www.backbone.org.nz/ 2019-03/001 Page 3 of 4 any improvements that increase access to Te Ao Māori, for whānau and for family justice professionals to be supp...

10. Ford - Estate of Amiria Bowden (2018) 390 Aotea MB 25 (390 AOT 25) [pdf, 275 KB]

    ...Ōtaki 139 and Waiorongomai 1XA that she did not own at the time of her death.1 I did not consider that they could be disposed of by her will, and dealt with them as if a partial intestacy arose. [3] I reserved leave for any party who objected to file for a rehearing within 28 days of receipt of the minute. [4] On 22 September 2017, Edward Ford applied for a rehearing with respect to the interests in Ōtaki 139 and Waiorongomai 1XA. Mr Leo Watson, counsel for Mr Ford, argued th...