Maruera v Te Runanga o Ngati Maru Taranaki Trust [2020] Chief Judge's MB 965 (2020 CJ 965) [pdf, 500 KB]
...continuing inability of Ngāti Maru to establish a more permanent representative entity for the iwi. [3] At the last hearing of these matters the chairman of the trust, Mr Jan Matuku, on behalf of himself and the majority of the trustees of the trust requested that I appoint counsel to assist them prosecute an application for the establishment of a whenua tōpu trust as a representative entity for the tribe. [4] I now appoint Nathan Milner, solicitor of Wellington, per sections...