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Supreme Court of New Zealand Wellington
SC7/2010; [2014] NZSC 118
19, 20 February 2013; 29 August 2014
Elias CJ, McGrath, William Young and Glazebrook JJ*
SC7/2010; [2014] NZSC 118
19, 20 February 2013; 29 August 2014
Elias CJ, McGrath, William Young and Glazebrook JJ*
Constitutional law — Relationship between sovereign and indigenous peoples — Whether Crown owed fiduciary duties to Maori vendors of land — Observations.
Constitutional law — Treaty of Waitangi — Whether Crown owed fiduciary duties to Maori vendors of land — Observations.
Maori and Maori land — Sale of interest in land — 19th century sales to Crown by Maori — Whether general presumption that riparian land conveyed ad medium filum — Whether presumption applied in this case.
Property law — Sale and purchase — 19th century sales to Crown by Maori — Whether general presumption that riparian land conveyed ad medium filum — Whether presumption applied in this case.