Nicholas v The Official Assignee - Lot 6 DP 34349 [2021] Maori Appellate Court MB 228 (2021 APPEAL 228) [pdf, 258 KB]
...two grounds: first, the Ngāti Tai Hapū Incorporation did not have standing to bring the application to Court and, second, the Court lacked jurisdiction to grant the injunction because the Maketū land is General land. That is the decision under appeal. Ngā kupu o te ture Legal jargon [3] This case involves a number of technical legal concepts that are not often used in day to day language. Some of the concepts are not usually discussed in the Māori Land Court or this Court....