Mitchell - Pukeroa Oruawhata (2004) 282 Rotorua MB 180 (282 ROT 180) [pdf, 134 KB]
...Mitchell ("the Applicant"), seeks "the Court's assistance" to enable her to participate in these proceedings with representation by counsel. This is on the basis that, according to counsel, the applicant "does not have the resource to continue in this sort of procedural litigation." I apprehend that the application for assistance is made in terms of sections 70 and 98 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 ("the Act"). Counsel also submitted that hi...