Ngati Whatua Orakei Trust v Attorney-General

Case

[2018] NZSC 24

23 March 2018

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND

SC 135/2017

[2018] NZSC 24

BETWEEN

NGĀTI WHĀTUA ŌRĀKEI TRUST

Applicant

AND

ATTORNEY-GENERAL

First Respondent

NGĀTI PAOA IWI TRUST
Second Respondent

MARUTŪĀHU RŌPŪ LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

Third Respondent

Court: Elias CJ, William Young and O’Regan JJ

Counsel:

J E Hodder QC, J W J Graham and R M A Jones for Applicant D J Goddard QC and D A Ward for First Respondent

N M Whittington and S L K Shaw for Second Respondent P F Majurey for Third Respondent

Judgment:

23 March 2018


JUDGMENT OF THE COURT


ALeave to appeal is granted (Ngᾱti Whᾱtua Ōrᾱkei Trust v Attorney-General [2017] NZCA 554).

B  The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal should have allowed the applicant’s appeal to that Court.


REASONS

[1]         The approved question is framed so as to permit the applicant to advance the arguments foreshadowed in its leave submissions.

NGĀTI WHĀTUA ŌRĀKEI TRUST v ATTORNEY-GENERAL [2018] NZSC 24 [23 March 2018]

[2]        The Court intends to set a fixture for the hearing of the appeal in the week beginning 7 May 2018 or early in the week beginning 14 May 2018. We ask the Registrar to consult with counsel on the actual fixture date. The Court will then set a timetable for submissions.

Solicitors:

Chapman Tripp, Auckland for Applicant

Crown Law Office, Wellington for First Respondent Meredith Connell, Wellington for Second Respondent Atkins Holm Majurey Ltd, Auckland for Third Respondent