Taiaroa v Minister of Justice - [1995] 1 NZLR 411

Constitutional law — Treaty of Waitangi — Whether Crown acted reasonably in its conduct of Maori electoral option whereby Maori electors were to be given notice under Electoral Act 1993 of their entitlement to be registered on Maori electoral roll — Whether reasonable steps were taken to publicise the Maori electoral option — Electoral Act 1993, ss 76, 77, 78(2) and 269(2).

Administrative law — Judicial review — Reasonableness — Whether Minister of Justice and government acted reasonably in carrying out statutory duties in Electoral Act 1993 regarding the implementation of the Maori electoral option whereby Maori electors were to be given notice under the Electoral Act 1993 of their entitlement to be registered on Maori electoral roll — Whether obligation to publicise the existence of the option was implicit in the Electoral Act — Whether reasonable steps were taken to publicise the Maori electoral option — Electoral Act 1993, ss 76, 77, 78(2) and 269(2).