Alan Haronga v Waitangi Tribunal

[2010] NZSC 98

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND

SC 54/2010
[2010] NZSC 98

BETWEENALAN PAREKURA TOROHINA HARONGA

Applicant

ANDWAITANGI TRIBUNAL

First Respondent

ANDTHE ATTORNEY-GENERAL

Second Respondent

ANDTE WHAKARAU (FORMERLY TE POU A HAOKAI)

Third Respondent

Court:Elias CJ, Blanchard and Tipping JJ

Counsel:B W F Brown QC and K Feint for Applicant

V L Hardy and C Linkhorn for  Second Respondent 
T Bennion  for Third Respondent

Judgment:10 August 2010 

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

A.           The application for leave to appeal is granted.

B.The approved ground is whether in making his decision of 21 October 2009 in Wai 1489 to decline an urgent remedies hearing, the presiding Judge in the Waitangi Tribunal erred in law.

Solicitors:

Gibson Sheat, Wellington for Applicant

Crown Law Office for  Second Respondent

Bennion Law for Third Respondent