Rā:    8 o Hakihea | 8 December 2022 Tēnā koe, As requested by the Court on 5 December, please find attached the Statement of Defence for Te Ohu Kaimoana and the Statement of Defence Crown, as well as an accompanying Memorandum of Counsel from Te Ohu Kaimoana. The accompanying Memorandum of Counsel from Te Ohu Kaimoana proposes to appoint Counsel assisting, and seeks permission to publish pleadings on the Te Ohu Kaimoana website. [...]

Rā:    2 o Hakihea | 2 December 2022 Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu (Ngāi Tahu) has filed an application for judicial review with the High Court, arguing that the resolution of iwi at the 2016 SGM in favour of equal sharing of surplus funds is unlawful and that Te Ohu Kaimoana should not have included in its report to the Minister in response to the statutory review. The Minister is currently advancing amendments [...]