Waitakere City Council v Housing Corporation of New Zealand - [1992] 3 NZLR 591

Constitutional law — Crown immunities and privileges — Whether Housing Corporation of New Zealand agent of Crown — Whether corporation entitled to immunity from paying local body rates — Housing Corporation Act 1974, s 45 - Rating Powers Act 1988, s 139.

Practice and procedure — Summary judgment — Unavailability against Crown — Whether "Crown" includes Housing Corporation of New Zealand — High Court Rules, R 136(1)(b).