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1. Judicial Conduct Panel

   ...Judicial Conduct Commissioner (the Commissioner) who will conduct an initial investigation and determine the next course of action which may include a recommendation to the Attorney-General to establish a Judicial Conduct Panel. Anyone can complain about a Judge, but complaints must be about the conduct of a Judge, whether inside or outside court. The process cannot be used to challenge the legality or correctness of a Judge’s decision. In most cases a decision with which you do not agree can...

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2. Tairua v Aati - Estate of Mere Hare Kerepeti [2020] Maori Appellate Court MB 224 (2020 Appeal 224) [pdf, 308 KB]

   ...of New Zealand Taitokerau District A20190005108 WĀHANGA Under Section 58, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 MŌ TE TAKE In the matter of An appeal against an order of the Māori Land Court on 4 August 2004 at 2004 Chief Judges MB 374-381 in respect of THE ESTATE OF MERE HARE KEREPETI I WAENGA I A Between KEREMIA JANE TAIRUA Kaitono Appellant ME And DEMETRIUS AATI Kaiurupare Respondent Nohoanga: Hearing 13 November...

3. Hona v Marino - Oruanui A [2025] Māori Appellate Court MB 296 (2025 APPEAL 296) [pdf, 189 KB]

   ...Appellant ME And COLIN MARINO, RUTH WIPAKI, DEVON GARMONSWAY AND ALICE MARINO AS TRUSTEES OF THE ORANUI A TRUST Kaiurupare pīra Respondent Nohoanga: Hearing Nā runga i ngā pepa On the papers Kooti: Court Judge S F Reeves (Presiding) Judge A M Thomas Judge T K T A R Williams Whakataunga: Judgment date 23 July 2025 TE WHAKATAUNGA Ā TE KOOTI Reserved Judgment of the Court 2025 Māori Appell...

4. Matchitt v Matchitt - Te Kaha 65 [2015] APPEAL 662 (2015 APPEAL 662) [pdf, 190 KB]

   ...Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 IN THE MATTER OF Te Kaha 65 Block BETWEEN EDWARD MATCHITT Applicant AND PARATENE MATCHITT Respondent Hearing: 11 November 2015 (Heard at Rotorua by teleconference) Coram: Judge L R Harvey (Presiding) Judge D J Ambler Judge S R Clark Appearances: J P Koning for the Appellant A M Gallie for the Respondent Judgment: 23 November 2015 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT...

5. Gough-Pataua 4B (2011) 19 Taitokerau MB 1 (19 TTK 1) [pdf, 160 KB]

   ...4B BETWEEN BARRY GOUGH HUIA CONNOR ISABELLA MEHANA KENNETH CONNOR NGAIRE COOPER Applicants Hearing: 29 August 2006 22 December 2006 26 September 2007 14 December 2010 7 March 2011 (Heard at Whangarei) Court: Judge A D Spencer Judge D J Ambler Judgment: 12 April 2011 RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGES A D SPENCER AND D J AMBLER Introduction [1] This judgment concerns five applications for occupation orders under s 328 of Te Ture Whenua Māori A...

6. Soulsby v Accident Compensation Corporation (Leave to appeal to the High Court) [2024] NZACC 102 (18 June 2024) [pdf, 226 KB]

   ...OF THE ACT BETWEEN ANDRE SOULSBY Applicant AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Submissions: J Robinson for applicant F Becroft for respondent Hearing: On the papers Judgment: 18 June 2024 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE IAN CARTER [Leave to appeal to the High Court – s 162 Accident Compensation Act 2001] Nature and scope of the application for leave to appeal [1] This is an application for leave to appeal against one aspect of a judgment of Judge Sp...

7. Christie Alexis Lesley MARCEAU (CSU-2011-AUK-001471) [pdf, 12 MB]

   ...Court is not). A coroner's inquest cannot be used to re-litigate the correctness or otherwise of a judicial decision. (b) Likewise, broader issues raised by some parties involving district court judicial processes (for example, continuity of judges hearing bail applications and requirements relating to what a judge must be required to consider for a bail application) were outside the scope of the inquest as such issues encroach on judicial independence. 3 Section 44 of the Ba...

8. Court comes to the marae to celebrate new Chief District Court Judge

   All New Zealand courts celebrated the appointment of Judge Heemi Taumaunu as Chief District Court Judge at a historic special sitting of the District Court at Whāngārā marae near Gisborne on Saturday 19 October 2019. Declaring Whāngārā surely the most beautiful place a court has sat, the Chief Justice, the Rt Hon Dame Helen Winkelmann, presided over a bench of more than 60 judges representing all levels of the court system. They sat four deep across the verandah of the Whitireia meeting ho...

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9. [2008] NZEmpC AC 1/08 Yong t/a Yong and Co Chartered Accountants v Chin [pdf, 34 KB]

   ...Plaintiff AND YUNPEI (SOPHIA) CHIN Defendant Hearing: 25 September 2007 (Heard at Auckland) Appearances: Evgeny Orlov, counsel for the plaintiff Mark Nutsford, advocate for the defendant Judgment: 15 February 2008 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE A A COUCH [1] In this case, the plaintiff seeks a complete rehearing of his challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority, which was decided by Judge Perkins in a judgment dated 20 June 2007 (AC 37/07). In t...

10. JR v ST LCRO 57/2015 (2 December 2016) [pdf, 248 KB]

    ...timetabling directions dictated by the court. (c) He made a misguided attempt to recover GST. (d) The materials and argument he put before the Court in support of the application were in several respects deficient. (e) When referring to the Judge in his memorandum he variously and incorrectly spelt the Judge’s surname. [6] Each of those shortcomings was the subject of robust comment and criticism by the Judge when he delivered his costs judgment. The misspelling of the Judge...