Brown v Brown - [1984] 1 NZLR 374

Matrimonial property — Matrimonial home — Husband was in farming partnership — Whole property was owned by partners as tenants in common in equal shares — Two houses, each of which was occupied by one partner, were on unsubdivided parts of the farm — It was common ground that the husband's interest in the farming partnership was his separate property — Whether matrimonial home was a "homestead" - Whether it was matrimonial property — Matrimonial Property Act 1976, ss 2, 8 and 11.