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1. MOJ0217.6E_OCT21_WEB.pdf [pdf, 337 KB]

   ...maorilandcourt.govt.nz/apply/fees- and-forms What to file with your application You should file documents in support of your case. For example, for an application for succession, you’ll need a death certificate, any grant of administration (grant of probate2 or letters of administration3) or the original will, minutes of a whānau meeting if a whānau trust is required, and consents of the proposed trustees. Filing your application You can file your completed application in person at a...

2. Rec-Recap-2023-Q1-FINAL.pdf [pdf, 889 KB]

   Recommendations Recap A summary of coronial recommendations and comments made between 1 January and 31 March 2023 Office of the Chief Coroner | 2023 (1) i Coroners’ recommendations and comments Coroners perform essential functions within our society. They inquire into a range of unexpected deaths to establish the identity of the person who has died and the cause and circumstances of their death. While inquiring into a deat

3. Social Wellbeing and Perceptions of the Criminal Justice System Report [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...Zealanders believe the Police and groups that support victims are doing a good job, and they have a high level of trust in those agencies. However, they have less-positive views of the other components of the criminal justice system – the parole board, probation officers, criminal lawyers, the prison service, judges and juries. Furthermore, there are some strong disparities in social wellbeing, feelings of safety, and perceptions and experiences of the criminal justice system for di...

4. NZCVS topical report Cycle 2 (2019) - Social wellbeing and perceptions of the criminal justice system [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...Zealanders believe the Police and groups that support victims are doing a good job, and they have a high level of trust in those agencies. However, they have less-positive views of the other components of the criminal justice system – the parole board, probation officers, criminal lawyers, the prison service, judges and juries. Furthermore, there are some strong disparities in social wellbeing, feelings of safety, and perceptions and experiences of the criminal justice system for di...

5. EV v VJ LCRO 181 / 2010 (31 August 2011) [pdf, 129 KB]

   ...the Respondent’s office and left a telephone message that “she wished to tell him something”. That “something” apparently related to the terms of EX’s will. [41] The terms of the will were confirmed by VH when he forwarded a copy of Probate on 19 December 2006. As related in the background section of this decision, although bequeathing his interest in the property to the ABU Trust, the will expressed an intention that EW should have the right to remain in occupation o...

6. Inaia Tonu Nei - Hui Maori - English version WORD [docx, 69 KB]

   ...Cultural Reports in Sentencing must be expanded. The justice sector needs to support ongoing training, to increase the use of these reports. The reports should be funded, and legislative change must allow judges to direct reports to be completed. · Probation reports are currently inadequate. Many of those in prisons who engage with probation do not trust them because they are part of the system. The information gathered and presented in those reports is vastly different from the reports of p...

7. Stone - Pukepuke Tangiora Estate (2013) 26 Takitimu MB 64 (26 TKT 64) [pdf, 104 KB]

   ...determination is whether or not a weighted voting system based on shares allocated to the original nine beneficiaries is appropriate. Background [4] The testatrix Pukepuke Tangiora died in 1936 leaving a will and a substantial estate in land. Probate was granted by this Court on 8 December 1936. Since then by act of Parliament the will of Pukepuke Tangiora has been amended seven times. There have also been numerous court cases over the years concerning proposals to distribute the...

8. ACJ v ZXV [2013] NZDT 147 (5 June 2013) [pdf, 98 KB]

   ...consider what weight could be given to the contents of the Police Report. Having considered the evidence presented at the second hearing, I am satisfied that, despite the circumstances in which it was recorded, the Police Report is a relevant and probative document, and cannot be disregarded in considering what ZXV knew about his condition. This is so for the following reasons. [14] Firstly, the officer who wrote the report attended the hearing and confirmed that it contained an...

9. CD v QXF [2011] NZIACDT 31 (20 September 2011) [pdf, 77 KB]

   ...investigation. [27] The interview, and in particular the “admissions” gained after extensive interrogation, were wholly or substantially the evidence relied on for the allegation of theft. [28] The product of the interview was in itself of little probative value, given the deficiencies of the interview process, and the Adviser’s denial of wrongdoing. The Adviser asserted a proper investigation of the records which he willingly presented would show he had accounted for all funds....

10. Burns - Maurice Hikana Nutira (2016) 41 Te Waipounamu MB 21 (41 TWP 21) [pdf, 179 KB]

    ...dated 8 July 2016 (Heard at Christchurch) Judgment: 7 November 2016 RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE M J DOOGAN 41 Te Waipounamu MB 22 Introduction [1] Maurice Nutira died on the 27 March 2013 leaving a will dated 11 March 2013. Probate was granted on 28 May 2013 in favour of Judith Burns and Kaye Nutira as administrators. [2] This application concerns a block of General land, section 17 Block IV Rowallan (the Rowallan block), and certain Tītī Island interests. Th...