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  Judges acting as mediators Kaiwhakawā Wilson Isaac Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Kahungunu Judge Wilson Isaac was appointed to the Māori Land Court in March 1994.

Kaiwhakawā Matua Tuarua Craig Coxhead Ngāti Makino, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Maru Deputy Chief Judge Craig Coxhead was appointed to the Māori Land Court on 25 January 2008 and appointed Deputy Chief Judge in May 2024.

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There some 29 separate claimants and claimant groups, some laying claim to the whole of the island and others only to sections of it, mostly representing sections or hapū of Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Uenukukōpako, Ngāti Rangiwewehi, and Ngāti Rangiteaorere.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)

Steven Dodd - Kairēhita Matua Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Rangiwewehi Steve first began work in the Maori Affairs Department in July 1984 working Māori Trustee and then the Land Development division before becoming an Alienation Officer in 1989.

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E rere ana ngā mihi mahana ki Ngāti Pōneke Māori Arts, for their manaakitanga in hosting our Matariki Horahora kaupapa during their week of Matariki festivities. 

Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2023-Matariki-2024.pdf (11 mb)

The opening ceremony began with karakia led by mana whenua kaumātua representative Cordry Huata (Ngāti Kahungunu) and whānau, who blessed each area of the building as guests were welcomed through the newly designed spaces.

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The whenua has historic connections to Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Rārua and Ngāti Tama who settled in the area following the hekenga of the early nineteenth century.

Documents/Judges-corner-articles/Aorere-Accretion-determination-of-status-and-ownership-of-land.pdf (890 kb)

Whakanuia 8 Māori Land Court / Māori Appellate Court Annual Report Matariki 2022 – Matariki 2023 Chief Judge Caren Fox Ngāti Porou ӹ Appointed 1 December 2000 (104th Māori Land Court Judge) ӹ Appointed Deputy Chief Judge 20 February 2010 ӹ Appointed Chief Judge 5 July 2023 ӹ Resident Judge, Tairāwhiti ӹ Waitangi Tribunal Chairperson (appointed 22 August 2023) and Presiding Officer: Porirua ki Manawatū Inquiry (Wai 2200), Te Rohe Pōtae Inquiry (Wai 898), Constitutiona...

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Within te ao Māori, rangatiratanga can embody the authority of a rangatira (a Chief) but importantly also that of the people, being the whānau (family), hapū (sub-tribe) and iwi (tribe).

Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)

Hei whakakapi i te pō, ka waiata tahi ngā kaihaka me ō rātou hoa, whānau hoki i te waiata “Tō Aroha”, i mua i te hākari whakakapi i te pō.

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