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An index of past and present judicial officers of
the Māori Land Court and Native Land Court
1 May 2018
Judicial officers of the Native Land Court from 1864 to 1947
Judge Date appointed
John Rogan 25 June 1864 (President)
9 January 1865 (Judge)
Wiremu Tipene 25 June 1864
Matikikuha 25 June 1864
Te Keene of Orakei 25 June 1864
Tamati Reweti 25 June 1864
George Clarke 25 October 1864 (President)
9 January 1865 (Judge)
Hone Mohi Tawhai 25 October 1864
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The legal ownership of property and the legal evidence of a person’s ownership
rights.
2. A person who receives, as of right, a share of a deceased person’s estate.
3.
The Court may take into account such other matters as it thinks fit but the exercise of its discretion will be guided by s 222(2); and
the importance ordinarily attaching to the views of the owners highlights the need to design meeting procedures that are likely to secure the widest possible input from the owners.
The legal ownership of property and the legal evidence of a person’s ownership
rights.
2. The division of Māori land into two or more separate titles (partition).
The most significant of these was the Mackay Commission of 1886-1887, which found that Ngāi Tahu as an iwi and its members had been left without a sufficient land base. 2 In 1892, the Crown agreed to make certain lands available to South Island landless Māori. 3 Judge Mackay and Percy Smith, the Surveyor-General, compiled a list of landless Māori in the South Island and assigned sections of land to them, assisted by Tame Parata. 4 By 1905, 142,463 acres had been allocated to 4,064 peop...
A claim or liability attached to property, for example a lease, a mortgage or a
charge.
2. When the High Court confirms the appointment of an executor to administer the
will of a deceased person, the authority for that person to act is given in a grant of
probate.
3.
See Part 12 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
2. The traditional Māori tribal hierarchy and social order made up of hapū (kin
groups) and whānau (family groups), having a founding ancestor and territorial
(tribal) boundaries.
3.
The
underlying legal theory is referred to today as
‘Crown pre-emption’, and was reflected in Article
2 of the Treaty of Waitangi, local ordinances, and
government land purchasing practice.
