Te Runanga o Ngati Awa v Attorney-General - [2004] 2 NZLR 252

Public works — Compulsory acquisition of land — Whether land confiscated under the New Zealand Settlements Act 1863 was acquired for a public work and to be offered back to successors in title of original owners — Whether land no longer needed for that or any other public work before offer back to owner or successor in title required — Public Works Act 1981, s 40.