21 Nov 2014
JACKSON v TE RANGI and ORS [2014] NZHC 2918
- Citation
- [2014] NZHC 2918
- Court
- High Court
The selection body failed to comply with clause 6(2)(c) because the decision-making process (secret closed polling with no transparent collective consideration and insufficient contemporaneous evidence of mataawaka views regarding Tony Kake) did not demonstrate that the mandatory consideration was taken into account; insufficient time and inadequate information compounded the failure; consequentially the appointment was unlawful and was set aside and remitted for reconsideration; the application to adduce further evidence under s98 was refused for delay, lack of affidavit evidence, risk of ex…