Ratahi v Parininihi Ki Waitotara Incorporation - Section 53 Block IX Opunake SD being part Ngati Kahumate Block comprised in CT D4/240 (2007) 195 Aotea MB 127 (195 AOT 127) [pdf, 4.2 MB]
...February 2006. Mr Lawrence counsel for a number of respondents wrote to Mr Bulfin on 9 November 2005 raising the issue of jurisdiction but received no reply he says. The matter was set down for hearing on 24 February 2006 but was adjourned at the request of Mrs Hughes QC, counsel for the applicants in the instant case (the respondents in the substantive proceeding) who said she needed time to prepare and to brief rebuttal evidence. The substantive hearing occurred on 16 June 2006 wh...