Ngāti Hurungaterangi Ngāti Taeotu me Ngāti Te Kahu o Ngāti Whakaue v Ngāti Wahiao - [2017] 3 NZLR 770

Arbitration — Appeal — Arbitration to determine competing rights of beneficial ownership of land — Panel determined land be apportioned equally but parties to agree on implementation — Award appealed — Whether reasoned findings as to ownership — Whether reasons of adequate depth and substance — Whether reasons commensurate with importance of subject matter — Arbitration Act 1996, sch 1, art 31(2).

Māori and Māori land — Iwi claims of exclusive beneficial ownership of lands — Arbitration to determine rights — Panel determined land be apportioned equally but parties to agree on implementation — Award appealed — Whether reasoned findings as to ownership — Whether reasons of adequate depth and substance — Whether reasons commensurate with importance of subject matter — Arbitration Act 1996, sch 1, art 31(2).