Ratu v Marshall - Whangape Lot 65B Sec 2A [2023] Māori Appellate Court MB 115 (2023 APPEAL 115) [pdf, 383 KB]
...on the whenua to be removed. Mrs Marshall applied to the Māori Land Court to prevent this. On 12 August 2021, Judge Stone:1 (a) Determined that Mrs Marshall owns the homestead as far as it sits on the whenua; (b) Granted Mrs Marshall a licence to occupy that part of the whenua on which the house sits for her lifetime; and (c) Ordered her to pay compensation of $20,000 and damages for trespass of $1,000 to the trustees. [4] The trustees appeal. [5] Before hearing the s...