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1. Taipana - Taonui Ahuaturanga 3A2 Part (2017) 377 Aotea MB 282 (377 AOT 282) [pdf, 303 KB]

   ...UNDER Section 328 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 IN THE MATTER OF Taonui Ahuaturanga 3A2 Part MERETI HOKIPERE TAIPANA Applicant Hearing: On the papers Judgment: 30 November 2017 INTERIM JUDGMENT OF JUDGE L R HARVEY Introduction [1] Mereti Taipana seeks an occupation order in favour of the Kahu Durie Family Trust, a common-law trust, over an area of Taonui Ahuaturanga 3A2 Part block. The application is complicated by the fact that the...

2. [2018] NZEnvC 007 Aitchison v Walmsley [pdf, 474 KB]

   ...AITCHISON (ENV-201S-WLG-000098) First Applicant WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL Second Applicant HEATHER ANN WALMSLEY First Respondent DAVID CULLEN WALMSLEY Second Respondent WALMSLEY ENTERPRISES LIMITED Third Respondent Court: Environment Judge B P Dwyer sitting alone under s 279 of the Act Hearing: In Chambers at Wellington Date of Decision: 31 January 2018 Date of Issue: 1 February 2018 DECISION ON FURTHER APPLICATION FOR RECALL OF DECISION OFTHEEN~RONMENTCOURT A: A...

3. Shaw - Tauwhao Te Ngare (2004) 79 Tauranga MB 40 (79 T 40) [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   Minute Booi<: 79 T 40 MAoRI LAND COURT Place: Present: DATE: Chambers RE: Court: Hamilton Judge S Te A Milroy Geraldine Hulbert, Court Clerk Tuesday 9 November 2004 Application: A20040002194 Tauwhao Te Ngare Block Section 18(1 )(a)/93 being an application to determine an interest in land The above matter was heard on 16 September 2004 at Tauranga. On 12 October 2004 the Court received a faxed Memorandum from Counsel for the Applicant advising that the Respond...

4. [2019] NZEmpC 7 Sawyer v The Vice-Chancellor of Victoria University of Wellington [pdf, 336 KB]

   ...UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON Defendant Hearing: On the papers Appearances: W Robertson, counsel for applicant C Sawyer, plaintiff in person G Davenport, counsel for defendant Judgment: 4 February 2019 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE K G SMITH (Application for access to Court documents) [1] An application has been made for access to the brief of evidence and a transcript of any cross-examination of Caroline Sawyer in this proceeding on behalf of a law fir...

5. Raumati - Urenui Pā (2019) 394 Aotea MB 272 (394 AOT 272) [pdf, 293 KB]

   ...Waitara Survey District) JOHNSON RAUMATI Applicant Hearing: 24 January 2019, (Heard at Whanganui) Appearances: Johnson Raumati and Jamie Tūta in person Judgment: 25 January 2019 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE L R HARVEY Introduction [1] Johnson Raumati has sought an order to amend the gazette notice concerning Urenui Pā. When the application was first before the Native Land Court in 1932, one of the owners, Roimata Wi Tamihana, asked...

6. Judges Corner January 2021: SILNA [pdf, 159 KB]

   Māori Land Court | Judge’s Corner Judge Sarah Reeves* South Island Landless Natives Act 1906 (SILNA): past, present and future January 2021 History Following the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, the Crown negotiated several large- scale purchases of land in Te Waipounamu (the South Island) whereby almost the entire land base of Ngāi Tahu, some 34.5 million acres of land, was sold for £14,750.1 Ngāi Tahu’s landlessness was the subject of several Crown invest

7. [2020] NZEnvC 218 Wellington City Council v Livingstone [pdf, 3.7 MB]

   ...BETWEEN AND Decision No. [2020] NZEnvC 218 of the Resource Management Act 1991 of an application under s 320 of the Act WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL (ENV-2020-WLG-000039) Applicant WAYNE FREDERICK LIVINGSTONE Respondent Court: Environment Judge 8 P Dwyer sitting alone under s 309 of the Act Hearing: 17 December 2020 Appearances: E Higbee for the Wellington City Council W F Livingstone for himself Date of Decision: 22 December 2020 Date of Issue: 22 December 2020 DECISI...

8. [2022] NZEmpC 103 Pilgrim v Attorney-General [pdf, 230 KB]

   ...plaintiffs J Catran and A Piaggi, counsel for first defendant S G Wilson, J Hurren and H Rossie, counsel for second defendants R Kirkness, counsel to assist the Court Judgment: 16 June 2022 INTERLOCUTORY JUDGMENT (NO 3) OF CHIEF JUDGE CHRISTINA INGLIS (Application to access Court documents) Introduction [1] An application has been made by a journalist from New Zealand Media and Entertainment (NZME), a media outlet, to access certain documents on the Court...

9. [2021] NZACC 140 – Reilly v ACC (17 September 2021) [pdf, 217 KB]

   ...CORPORATION Respondent Hearing: On the papers Appearances: Ms C Kerr for the applicant Ms C Deans for the respondent Judgment: 17 September 2021 ____________________________________________________________________ JUDGMENT OF JUDGE C J McGUIRE ON APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL TO THE HIGH COURT UNDER SECTION 162 OF THE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT 2001 ____________________________________________________________________ [1] The applicant seeks leave to appeal...

10. [2022] NZEnvC 013 Arthurs Point Outstanding Natural Landscape Society Incorporated v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 755 KB]

    ...AND of an application for enforcement order under s316 of the Act BETWEEN ARTHURS POINT OUTSTANDING NATURAL LANDSCAPE SOCIETY INCORPORATED (ENV-2019-CHC-102) Applicant AND QUEENSTOWN LAKES DISTRICT COUNCIL Respondent Court: Environment Judge J J M Hassan Hearing: In Chambers at Christchurch Date of Decision: 10 February 2022 Date of Issue: 10 February 2022 _______________________________________________________________ DETERMINATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT COURT ______...