Reef Shipping Co Ltd v The ship Fua Kavenga - [1987] 1 NZLR 550

Admiralty — Sister ship jurisdiction — Ship owned by Tongan Government arrested in New Zealand on an action in rem on a claim in respect of another ship allegedly in the possession or control of that Government — Whether the sister ship jurisdiction applies when the ship from which the claim arose was not owned by or chartered by demise to the Tongan Government — Admiralty Act 1973, ss 4 and 5.

Admiralty — Sovereign immunity — Jurisdiction of Court — Ship owned by Tongan Government arrested in New Zealand — Whether doctrine of restrictive sovereign immunity applies in New Zealand.