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\par Appearances: Mrs Tina Browne for Applicant in 405/2009 and for the Objector in 529/2009
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\par T Browne, Browne Harvey & Associates,
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The evidence of Mr Herman concerning his meeting to commence the process was that it was attended by the descendants (the line) of Te Poroa Te Aia. Notwithstanding, he produced evidence that Te Aia Auariki, Te Poroa's father, had at least four lines 
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ance for Mr Pittman's case than that of Mr Herman. Thus I will deal with that question later. 
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\par {\listtext\pard\plain\s18 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [5]\tab}}\pard \s18\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12070933 {
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 A further important aspect of Mr Herman's case is that he had a post-Investiture meeting of the alleged six lines, and counsel argues that the Court could t
ake into account this meeting and confirm Mr Herman as Title holder. Mr Herman properly acknowledged that his original meeting with only one line present was insufficient, hence the importance of the post-Investiture meeting's validity. I find that the Po
st-Investiture meeting of the Kopu }{\lang2057\langfe5129\dbch\af34\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 \hich\af0\dbch\af34\loch\f0 Mataiapo}{\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150  does not help Mr Herman. 
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\par {\listtext\pard\plain\s18 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [6]\tab}}\pard \s18\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12070933 {
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 Mrs Browne referred me to the Appellate Court Title case: }{\i\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 Kainuku Ariki}{
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150  decided in 1991, where there were also competing candidates for the Title. One had relied upon an Investiture 
held some nine years before her candidate selection (Kopu meeting); her case was lost in the Court of Appeal primarily on this point.
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\par {\listtext\pard\plain\s18 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [7]\tab}}\pard \s18\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12070933 {
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 I acknowledge that the facts in the }{\i\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 Kainuku Ariki}{\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 
 case differ because of the length of time between Investiture and meeting; however, I am bound by the decision. I mention that even if there had not been an Appellate Court decision I would not have accepted the second meeting as having any validity.

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\par {\listtext\pard\plain\s18 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [8]\tab}}\pard \s18\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12070933 {
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 As a meeting of the correct persons comprising the }{\lang2057\langfe5129\dbch\af34\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 \hich\af0\dbch\af34\loch\f0 Kopu Ariki}{
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 /}{\lang2057\langfe5129\dbch\af34\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 \hich\af0\dbch\af34\loch\f0 Matai\hich\af0\dbch\af34\loch\f0 apo}{
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 /Rangatira Title matters is an essential prerequisite to validate the later Investiture, I find on his own evidence that Mr Herman, whether the Kopu }{
\lang2057\langfe5129\dbch\af34\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 \hich\af0\dbch\af34\loch\f0 Mataiapo }{\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 
comprised six lines (Kopu) or four lines (Kopu), has not established that the Court should accept and confirm him as Title holder. 
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\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 Mr\~Herman's case is dismissed.
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\par {\listtext\pard\plain\s18 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [10]\tab}}\pard \s18\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12070933 {
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 Moving now to Mr Pittman. He has produced evidence that his meeting was attended by the four Kopu, being the surviving lines of Te Aia Auariki (the common ancestor). 
His evidence is that he was selected by the Kopu }{\lang2057\langfe5129\dbch\af34\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 \hich\af0\dbch\af34\loch\f0 Mataiapo }{\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 
and thus with his Investiture being held with proper customary rites the Court should accept him as the Title holder. 
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\par {\listtext\pard\plain\s18 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [11]\tab}}\pard \s18\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12070933 {
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 Evidence was adduced that the 1968 Kopu selecting the }{\lang2057\langfe5129\dbch\af34\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 \hich\af0\dbch\af34\loch\f0 Mataiapo}{
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150  also comprised the four Kopu. I accept Mr Pittman's evidence and now move to the question of whether there are further Kopu descended from a second wife of Te Aia Auariki.
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\par {\listtext\pard\plain\s18 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [12]\tab}}\pard \s18\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12070933 {
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 Mr Herman gave evidence that the second wife, named Tapaeru, had children of which two l
ines survive to this day. He produced MB 9/58 which, inter alia, has a genealogy whereby a person Te Aia Metua married Tapaeru, they having three children of which one died without Issue. He also gave evidence that descendants of the surviving line attend
e
d his post-Investiture meeting. Mr Herman also referred to a genealogy, apparently compiled by a Mr James Foster, which supported the two wives of the common ancestor. As well, he presented a genealogy, being a copy of a Mormon Church document. Unfortunat
ely, neither of those documents were authenticated in any way, particularly with Minute Book acceptance. 
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\par {\listtext\pard\plain\s18 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [13]\tab}}\pard \s18\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12070933 {
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 Mr Herman relied heavily on MB 9/58. Mr George submitted that there was sufficient evidence before the Court for a finding on the balance of prob
abilities that there were the two wives resulting in a further two Kopu. Mrs Browne produced Minute Book extracts dealing with land that was successfully claimed by the children of Te Aia Metua and Tapaeru, these lands did not figure in the domain of Te A
ia }{\lang2057\langfe5129\dbch\af34\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 \hich\af0\dbch\af34\loch\f0 Mataiapo}{\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 .
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\par {\listtext\pard\plain\s18 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [14]\tab}}\pard \s18\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12070933 {
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 
With regard to these two Kopu lines I find that there is insufficient evidence before me to accept these additions. There is no Minute Book authentication. Rather, what is before me, and presented by Mrs Browne, casts real doubt on the tw
o Kopu line argument. The genealogy purporting to be the one compiled by James Foster and that of the Mormon Church were unsupported. If these had been supported with evidence it would have helped the Court. Sadly nothing was presented. Hence I find that 
the Kopu }{\lang2057\langfe5129\dbch\af34\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 \hich\af0\dbch\af34\loch\f0 Mataiapo}{\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150  for the Teaia }{
\lang2057\langfe5129\dbch\af34\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 \hich\af0\dbch\af34\loch\f0 Mataiapo}{\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 
 Title comprises the four Kopu lines as presented to me. I refer to the genealogy at MB 224; this genealogy was given in evidence by Charles Cowan, the grandfather of Mr Herman, in 1954 and validates my above finding.
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\par {\listtext\pard\plain\s18 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [15]\tab}}\pard \s18\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12070933 {
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 This finding is crucial insofar as Mr Pittman is concerned, as the Kopu }{\lang2057\langfe5129\dbch\af34\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 \hich\af0\dbch\af34\loch\f0 Mataiapo}{
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150  meeting where he was selected as Teaia }{\lang2057\langfe5129\dbch\af34\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 \hich\af0\dbch\af34\loch\f0 Mataiapo}{
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150  meets the prerequisite for a valid Investiture. There was no evidence impugning the Investiture of Mr Pittman or his character.
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\par {\listtext\pard\plain\s18 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [16]\tab}}\pard \s18\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12070933 {
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 I find that Mr Pittman has established in terms of s 409(f) of the Cook Islands Act 1915 that he has the right to hold the Teaia }{
\lang2057\langfe5129\dbch\af34\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 \hich\af0\dbch\af34\loch\f0 Mataiapo}{\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150  Title.
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\par }\pard \s18\qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12070933 {\b\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12070933\charrsid3895150 Hingston J
\par }}