12 Dec 2014
CHETHAM & Ors (as trustees of Patuharakeke Te Iwi Trust Board) v MIGHTY RIVER POWER LTD [2014] NZHC 3202
- Citation
- [2014] NZHC 3202
- Court
- High Court
The claim was struck out because MRP, as a mixed ownership model company, is not the Crown and s45Q does not apply to it; the Crown cannot direct MRP through its majority shareholding to prevent the sale; the land in lots 3–7 is private land not subject to SOE memorial protections or Tribunal resumption, and the MOU was an aspirational, non‑binding relational document that did not create enforceable obligations supporting the relief sought.