Katipa v Dobbs - Harataunga 2C1 [2015] Chief Judge's MB 635 (2015 CJ 635) [pdf, 338 KB]
...resulted in overwhelming support for the proposed change to the beneficiary class. In short, the people have been given the opportunity to speak and they have spoken. In counsels’ view, it would create a further injustice and unnecessary further costs for all if the Court did not follow the will of the people and make the order as resolved. [48] Counsel also submitted that the hui was managed by Court staff and therefore would have been advertised in accordance with the Act’s no...