Livestream Tuesday 10 March 2026 - SC 30/2025
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Livestream Tuesday 10 March 2026
Hearing | 10 March 2026
Tuesday 10 March 2026 at 10:00am
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Summary
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
Result
A Leave to appeal and cross-appeal is granted in part (Peka (as personal representative of the Estate of Hawkins) v Te Hei [2025] NZCA 32, [2025] 2 NZLR 353).
B The approved questions are:
(a) whether the Court of Appeal was correct to allow the appeal and dismiss the cross-appeal; and
(b) whether the Court of Appeal was correct to refer Mrs Hawkins’ claim back to the Victims’ Special Claims Tribunal for reconsideration in light of its judgment.
C The application for leave to cross-appeal the issue of costs in the High Court is dismissed.
25 August 2025Date of Hearing
10 March 2026
Judges
Winkelmann CJ, Ellen France, Miller, Cooke and Katz JJ
Case Synopses
Submissions from counsel
- Hearing date 10 March 2026 Appellant submissions (PDF 444 KB)
- Hearing date 10 March 2026 Respondent submissions (PDF 1.4 MB)
- Hearing date 10 March 2026 Cross appellant submissions (PDF 383 KB)
- Hearing date 10 March 2026 Cross respondent submissions (PDF 226 KB)
Related Documents
High Court decision — TE HEI v HAWKINS [2022] NZHC 3170 [30 November 2022]
Court of Appeal decision — [2025] NZCA 32
Leave judgment - leave granted — PEKA AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF IDA HAWKINS v TE HEI [2025] NZSC 108 [25 August 2025] (PDF 189 KB)