19 Dec 2008
LOU HUNAARA TANGAERE V THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL AND ANOR HC WN CIV 2008-485-1177
- Citation
- openlaw-2c7459d8_5d42_4cfe_90eb_2fe2979d5e00.pdf
- Court
- High Court
Section 4A of the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908 does not create an absolute or mandatory right to an oral hearing for interlocutory urgency applications; 'inquiry' refers primarily to the substantive inquiry and s4A(3) clarifies representation rather than mandating oral procedure; the Treaty of Waitangi Act Schedule 2 expressly grants the Tribunal discretion to regulate procedure and therefore declining the requested oral hearing was lawful and not unreasonable.