Hauraki Catchment Board v Andrews - [1987] 1 NZLR 445

Water and water control — Classification of land for rating purposes — Appeal against the classification — Whether District Court Judge required to rehear the case de novo — Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act 1941, s 103.

Administrative law — Judicial review — Appeal under s 103 of the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act 1941 disallowed by District Court Judge — Judicial review sought two and a half years later — Whether delay fatal to application — Discussion on type of relief available — Judicature Amendment Act 1972, ss 4(1), 4(5B) and 4(5C).