Hojsgaard v Registrar-General of Land - [2023] 3 NZLR 696

Land law — Compensation — Principles for recovery — Alleged system failure — Compensation recoverable solely for acts of Registrar — Not applicable to cadastral survey data errors — Registrar not having discretion to refuse Māori Land Court order — No fundamental and glaringly obvious error — Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 s 124.

Land law — Compensation — Causation — Litigation costs — Not caused by provisional registration — Land properly described as “waterfront” at all material times — Provisional title and changes to spatial view did not affect right of access to harbour.