22 Jun 2016
HAPI aka MORUNGA v POLICE [2016] NZHC 1360
- Citation
- [2016] NZHC 1360
- Court
- High Court
Claims that native sovereignty or traveller's permits remove a person from the jurisdiction of New Zealand courts are not justiciable and do not negate statutory obligations; therefore the Land Transport Act applies and the defendant remains subject to criminal law, so the appeal against conviction and sentence fails.