Rohipa v Campbell - Estate of Te Maungarongo Wiremu or Morgan Kingi (2008) 184 Gisborne 294 (184 GIS 294) [pdf, 475 KB]
...accept her as a whangai. Acceptance by siblings and other members of the whanau is, in terms of the expert evidence of Dr Mahuika, a key element in ascertaining whether a person is a whangai. There is no such acceptance in this case. 53 10 Rotorua Appeal Minute Books 43-54 184 Gisborne MB 309 [33] The evidence also demonstrates that she referred to her older aunts and uncles as just that. They remained her uncles and aunties. [34] There is evidence that this whanau have a hist...