Wairarapa Moana Ki Pou�kani Incorporation v Mercury NZ Limited

[2021] NZSC 183

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND

I TE KŌTI MANA NUI

 SC 93/2021
 [2021] NZSC 183

BETWEEN

WAIRARAPA MOANA KI POUĀKANI INCORPORATION Applicant

AND

MERCURY NZ LIMITED First Respondent WAITANGI TRIBUNAL Second Respondent ATTORNEY-GENERAL Third Respondent NGĀTI KAHUNGUNU KI WAIRARAPA TĀMAKI NUI-Ā-RUA SETTLEMENT TRUST Fourth Respondent RAUKAWA SETTLEMENT TRUST Fifth Respondent TE KOTAHITANGA O NGĀTI TŪWHARETOA Sixth Respondent POUĀKANI CLAIMS TRUST Seventh Respondent RYSHELL GRIGGS AND MARK PHILLIP CHAMBERLAIN Eighth Respondents THE TRUSTEES OF THE RANGITĀNE TŪ MAI RĀ TRUST Ninth Respondents

Court:	Glazebrook and O’Regan JJ
Counsel:	P J Radich QC and M K Mahuika for Wairarapa Moana ki Pouākani Inc J E Hodder QC, L L Fraser and R M A Jones for Mercury NZ Ltd M R Heron QC and H P Graham for Attorney-General M G Colson QC for Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki Nui‑ā‑Rua Settlement Trust F B Barton and A L Clark-Tahana for Raukawa Settlement Trust P V Cornegé, F E Geiringer, K H Dixon and A S Castle for Ms Griggs and Mr Chamberlain
Judgment:	15 December 2021

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

AWe extend time for the first respondent to apply for leave to cross‑appeal in SC 93/2021.

BWe grant leave to the first respondent in SC 93/2021 to cross‑appeal.

CThe approved question is whether the High Court’s decision on the first respondent’s claim in that Court was correct.

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Solicitors:
Kāhui Legal, Wellington for Wairarapa Moana ki Pouākani Incorporation
Chapman Tripp, Christchurch for Mercury NZ Ltd
Crown Law Office, Wellington for Waitangi Tribunal and Attorney‑General
Fitzherbert Rowe, Palmerston North for Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki Nui-ā-Rua Settlement Trust
Anderson Lloyd, Dunedin for Raukawa Settlement Trust
Annette Sykes & Co Ltd, Rotorua for Pouākani Claims Trust
Dixon and Co Lawyers, Auckland for Ms Griggs and Mr Chamberlain
McCaw Lewis Ltd, Hamilton for the Trustees of the Rangitāne Tū Mai Rā Trust