17 Aug 2017
COOKSON-UA v MOREHU [2017] NZHC 1960
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 1960
- Court
- High Court
There is no substantive difference between the Act and the Deed definitions: membership is narrowly defined by descent from a defined group of ancestors who exercised customary rights predominantly in the Ngāti Rangiteaorere area after 6 February 1840 (excluding specified Te Arawa groups); the Validation Committee applied the correct legal test and had evidence to support its conclusions; the 2014 AGM procedural defect did not justify relief; applicants did not meet the high threshold for review on mistake of fact, improper purpose or substantive unfairness, so the judicial review is dismisse…