Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa v Paul - Otara o Muturangi (burial ground) (2014) 2014 Chief Judge's MB 615 [pdf, 291 KB]
...Rangitihi Tribal Committee and that there was no Ngāti Awa involvement. The applicant submitted that there is no evidence on file of who was given notice of the application, and this failure to give notice was a breach of the rules of natural justice. [27] The applicant contended that the Court was bound to follow a two-step process under s 437 of the Māori Affairs Act 1953 whereby it should first determine the beneficiaries pursuant to s 437(1), and then make an order vesting th...