28 Feb 2013
CHIEF EXECUTIVE LAND INFORMATION NEW ZEALAND V TE WHANAU O RANGIWHAKAAHU HAPU CHARITABLE TRUST AND FRIENDS OF MATAPOURI INCORPORATED COA CA67/2011
- Citation
- openlaw-a1aca5ec_1f70_47e6_b84f_8452f1944837.pdf
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Chief Surveyor's approval of DP 199214 in 1999 was made applying an insufficiently rigorous standard and therefore was legally reviewable and erroneous; the Surveyor-General was correct to refuse correction under s 52 in 2008 because the material did not meet the very high threshold required to overturn prior cadastral definitions; the Trust's private law claims in contract and trust were time-barred or lacked essential elements and therefore failed; costs in the High Court should lie where they fall except for specific Maori Land Court attendance costs, and no costs are ordered in this C…