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1. Fisher v Potroz - Mohakatino Paraninihi No 1C West 3A2 (2014) 328 Aotea MB 225 (328 AOT 225) [pdf, 209 KB]

   ...rehearing, the Court may affirm its former determination, or may vary or annul that determination, and may exercise any jurisdiction that it could have exercised on the original hearing. (6) When a rehearing has been granted, the period allowed for an appeal to the Maori Appellate Court shall not commence to run until the rehearing has been disposed of by a final order of the Court. [18] In Henare v Māori Trustee – Parengarenga 3G 10 the Māori Appellate Court discussed t...

2. LCRO 94/2019 EL v UD (15 May 2020) [pdf, 190 KB]

   ...scope of review [23] The nature and scope of a review have been discussed by the High Court, which said of the process of review under the Act:1 … the power of review conferred upon Review Officers is not appropriately equated with a general appeal. The obligations and powers of the Review Officer as described in the Act create a very particular statutory process. The Review Officer has broad powers to conduct his or her own investigations including the power to exercise for that...

3. LCRO 108/2016 WJ v FM (19 March 2019) [pdf, 146 KB]

   ...process of review under the Act:1 1 Deliu v Hong [2012] NZHC 158, [2012] NZAR 209 at [39]–[41]. 6 … the power of review conferred upon Review Officers is not appropriately equated with a general appeal. The obligations and powers of the Review Officer as described in the Act create a very particular statutory process. The Review Officer has broad powers to conduct his or her own investigations including the power to exercise f...

4. LCRO 158/2015 PL v VD (21 February 2019) [pdf, 178 KB]

   ...scope of review [25] The nature and scope of a review have been discussed by the High Court, which said of the process of review under the Act:1 … the power of review conferred upon Review Officers is not appropriately equated with a general appeal. The obligations and powers of the Review Officer as described in the Act create a very particular statutory process. The Review Officer has broad powers to conduct his or her own investigations including the power to exercise for tha...

5. Vincent v Kennedy - Estate of Carol Fleet (2019) 185 Taitokerau MB 148 (185 TTK 148) [pdf, 328 KB]

   ...that he was her whāngai for the purpose of succession under the Act. Is Mr Kennedy related by blood to Ms Fleet and a member of the hapū associated with the land? [29] The application of s 108(2)(c) of the Act was considered by the Court of Appeal in Kameta v Nicholas.8 The Court of Appeal found: [31] The Māori Appellate Court, correctly in our judgment, adopted a conjunctive approach to the construction of s 108(2)(c) in finding that a blood relationship will be established...

6. Denbighshire v Galashiels LCRO 218 / 2009 (26 February 2010) [pdf, 93 KB]

   ...litigant of me personally in the High Court. [35] I do not understand this to be the case. Mr Denbighshire’s proceedings quite correctly name the Legal Complaints Review Officer as the respondent to his judicial review application. He is in effect appealing the costs aspect of the earlier decision. In this sense being the subject of judicial review is a usual incident of issuing decisions which are otherwise unappealable. I also observe that the judicial review application argues...

7. LCRO 196/2016 GY v SO (15 September 2017) [pdf, 194 KB]

   ...scope of review [24] The nature and scope of a review have been discussed by the High Court, which said of the process of review under the Act:22 … the power of review conferred upon Review Officers is not appropriately equated with a general appeal. The obligations and powers of the Review Officer as described in the Act create a very particular statutory process. The Review Officer has broad powers to conduct his or her own investigations including the power to exercise for that...

8. Baker v Baker - Tarawera 5A (2012) 18 Takitimu MB 262 (18 TKT 262) [pdf, 137 KB]

   ...6 Te Ture Whenua Māori Act, s 17(2)(a). 18 Tākitimu MB 272 Jurisdiction under s 18(1)(i) [17] The issue of what jurisdiction is granted by s 18(1)(i) was discussed by the Court of Appeal in Attorney-General v Māori Land Court [1999] 1 NZLR 689. This case involved General and Crown land, and the ability of the Māori Land Court to make vesting orders in relation to such land. The Court of Appeal stated that:7 There is

9. KY v DZ LCRO 174/2015 (25 October 2016) [pdf, 76 KB]

   ...the LCRO on review [41] The nature and scope of a review have been discussed by the High Court, which said of the process of review under the Act:4 … the power of review conferred upon Review Officers is not appropriately equated with a general appeal. The obligations and powers of the Review Officer as described in the Act create a very particular statutory process. The Review Officer has broad powers to conduct his or her own investigations including the power to exercise for t...

10. LCRO 68/2023 QB v VN (5 September 2024) [pdf, 190 KB]

    ...scope of review [35] The nature and scope of a review have been discussed by the High Court, which said of the process of review under the Act:1 … the power of review conferred upon Review Officers is not appropriately equated with a general appeal. The obligations and powers of the Review Officer as described in the Act create a very particular statutory process. The Review Officer has broad powers to conduct his or her own investigations including the power to exercise for that...