Skerret-White v Minister for Children - [2024] 2 NZLR 493

Commissions of Inquiry — Waitangi Tribunal — Power to issue summonses — Whether the Waitangi Tribunal could lawfully summons a Minister to provide evidence — Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 sch 2 and cl 8.

Constitutional law — Comity — Relevance of comity to a decision by the Waitangi Tribunal to summons a Minister of the Crown.

Appeals — Mootness of appeal — Whether to make further orders when an appeal may be moot — Whether to issue a fully reasoned decision when an appeal may be moot.