3.5 MĀORI LAND COURT AND MĀORI APPELLATE COURT DECISIONS
Cite decisions of the Māori Land Court and the Māori Appellate Court as follows:
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Element |
Case name |
Block name |
Year of judgment |
Minute book reference |
Citation |
Pinpoint reference |
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Example – Māori Land Court |
Pacey v Adlam |
– Matata Parish 39A 2B 2A |
(2017) |
178 Waiariki MB 32 |
(178 WAR 32) |
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Example – Māori Appellate Court |
Faulkner v Hoete |
[2018] |
Māori Appellate Court MB 17 |
(2018 APPEAL 17) |
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Rule |
3.5.1 |
3.5.2 |
3.5.3 |
3.5.4 |
3.5.5 |
3.5.6 |
Eg Pacey v Adlam – Matata Parish 39A 2B 2B 2A (2017) 178 Waiariki MB 32 (178 WAR 32).
Eg Faulkner v Hoete – Motiti North C No 1 [2018] Māori Appellate Court MB 17 (2018 APPEAL 17).
Since 2010, all decisions of the Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court are organised within the following minute books. These include individual minute books for the seven Māori Land Court districts, the Māori Appellate Court minute book and the Chief Judge’s minute book.
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Current Māori Land Court Minute Books |
Citation abbreviation |
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Taitokerau |
TTK |
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Waikato Maniapoto |
WMN |
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Waiariki |
WAR |
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Tairāwhiti |
TRW |
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Tākitimu |
TKT |
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Aotea |
AOT |
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Te Waipounamu |
TWP |
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Māori Appellate Court |
APPEAL |
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Chief Judge’s |
CJ |
The Māori Appellate Court minute books (post-2010) and the Chief Judge’s minute books are organised by year rather than by volume number. Therefore, give the year in square brackets.
Eg McCallum v The Māori Trustee – Estate of Ngapiki Waaka Hakaraia [2017] Chief Judge’s MB 144 (2017 CJ 144).
Eg Reihana v Benedito – Punakitere 4J2B2B [2018] Māori Appellate Court MB 32 (2018 APPEAL 32).
Prior to 2010, Māori Land Court minute books were organised in a number of ways, including by judge, court district, area and topic. Pre-2010 minute books and their abbreviations can be found on the Māori Land Court website <www.maorilandcourt.govt.nz>.
Decisions of the Māori Appellate Court prior to 2010 were organised by district and, for the most part, were published in district Appellate Court minute books. They follow the same citation format as above except that the year of the judgment should be in round brackets.
Eg Craig v Kira – Wainui 2F4D (2006) 7 Taitokerau Appellate MB 1 (7 APWH 1).
Eg White – Maketu A2A Lot 4 DPS 63036 (1999) 1 Waiariki Appellate MB 116 (1 AP 116).
(a) Contested cases
Cite the case name for contested cases in accordance with the general rules governing case names in rule 3.2.1.
Eg White v Potroz – Mohakatino Parininihi No 1C West 3A2 [2016] Māori Appellate Court MB 143 (2016 APPEAL 143).
(b) Uncontested cases
If a case is uncontested, give the name of the applicant.
Eg Hutchison – Torere 64 Incorporation (2014) 109 Waiariki MB 260 (109 WAR 260).
(c) Applications filed by the Chief Registrar or Deputy Registrar
Cite these applications as:
Eg Deputy Registrar – Lot 1 DP 2811 (2013) 18 Te Waipounamu MB 287 (18 TWP 287).