Takamore v Clarke - [2012] 1 NZLR 573

Administration of estates — Executors — Burial place — Burial custom — Whether and when customary law applied to individual — Whether requirements for recognition of customary law as part of common law met — Relevance of wishes of deceased and family of deceased — Whether common law prevailed.

Māori and māori land — Māori customary rights — Burial custom — Whether and when customary law applied to individual — Whether requirements for recognition of customary law as part of common law met.