10 Mar 2023
NGĀI TŪMĀPUHIA-Ā-RANGI HAPŪ [2023] NZHC 470
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 470
- Court
- High Court
The amendment changing the named applicant to a committee was declined because the Act requires naming a 'person' (a natural person or a legal entity) as the holder of any order for the applicant group under s9(1) and s101(f); by contrast the expansion of the description of protected customary rights was allowed because it did not constitute an 'essentially different' or fresh cause of action and remained sufficiently proximate to the originally pleaded kaitiakitanga and customary gathering rights