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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 7, 2020 3:27:04 GMT 12
'WHĀNAU ARE WHĀNAU AND AN ADOPTION CERTIFICATE DOESN'T CHANGE THAT' A woman whose legal link to her Māori father was cut when her stepfather adopted her, has convinced a court that a strong whānau link continued. In a decision issued recently in Wellington, Justice Helen Cull accepted Māori tikanga was a "special circumstance" that justified granting Sabin administration of the estate. She said the court had a discretion to set aside the normal rules in special circumstances. In Māori culture whānau were whānau and an adoption certificate did not change the connection, Sabin said...... www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/122048353/whnau-are-whnau-and-an-adoption-certificate-doesnt-change-that
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