Kamo v Minister of Conservation - [2020] 2 NZLR 746

Practice and procedure — Declaratory judgment — Māori land rights — Vesting of land — Proposal to vest land in Moriori — Dispute over mana whenua — Appropriateness of declaratory procedure — Whether breach of appellants’ right to property, culture and free movement to vest land in Moriori — Whether appellants’ property rights engaged — Consistency of proposed vesting with Bill of Rights Act — Consistency of vesting with Te Tiriti o Waitangi — Reserves Act 1977 s 26 — Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Māori land interests — Vesting of land — Declaratory judgment — Tikanga — Mana whenua — Whether property rights engaged — Consistency of proposed vesting with Bill of Rights Act — Consistency of vesting with Te Tiriti o Waitangi — Reserves Act 1977 s 26 — Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Tikanga — Tikane Moriori — Mana whenua — Whether property rights engaged — Consistency of proposed vesting with Bill of Rights Act — Consistency of vesting with Te Tiriti o Waitangi — Reserves Act 1977 s 26 — Te Tiriti o Waitangi.