Bruce v Edwards - [2003] 1 NZLR 515

Maori and Maori land — Sale of interest in land — Sale conditional on change of status to general land — Order made without notification to preferred class of alienees — Whether preferred class of alienees had interest in land — Whether and when purchasers acquired equitable interest in land — Whether equitable interest in land protected against annulment of change of status order — Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993, ss 43 and 88.

Equity — Equitable interest in land — Order for change of status of Maori land to general land — Whether and when prospective purchasers under conditional sale agreement acquired equitable interest in land — Whether and when right of first refusal gives rise to interest in land.