I kopoua a Kaiwhakawā Matua Fox hei Kaiwhakawā o te Kooti Whenua Māori i te tau 2000, ā, hei Kaiwhakawā Matua Tuarua hoki i te tau 2010. Hāngai ana ki te kopounga, i kī te Tumu Whakawā: “He kawenga tino nui te kawenga ka whai a Kaiwhakawā Matua Fox i nāianei, i roto i tōna tūranga hei Kaiwhakawā Matua o Te Kooti Whenua Māori.
In this edition of the Judges’ Corner, I have decided to elaborate further on the Māori Freehold Land Registration Project that was substantively completed in 2010 with tidy up work still being completed. This was briefly mentioned in Chief Judge Wilson Isaac’s contribution to this forum.
It was not until October 2010 that the final Court case was completed. By that time the various applications and Court cases had been running for over six years, until they were finally concluded in our favour.
This project was completed in March 2010. One of the real benefits of this project is that now the majority of Māori land titles are defined as to survey, which will enable a full certificate of title or provisional certificate of title to be obtained.
(See Saxmere Company Ltd v Wool Board Disestablishment Company Ltd [2009] NZSC 72, [2010] 1 NZLR 35; Saxmere Company Ltd v Wool Board Disestablishment Company Ltd (No 2) [2009] NZSC 122) The question of recusal is for the judge hearing the case.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Maori-Land-Court-Recusal-Guidelines.pdf (226 kb)
It does not include documents or judgments produced by judicial/court officers. February 2010 Cover photograph by Adrian Heke The Māori Land Court (Te Kooti Whenua Māori) is the New Zealand court that hears matters relating to Māori land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-applications-english.pdf (327 kb)
It does not include documents or judgments produced by judicial/court officers. February 2010 Cover photograph by Adrian Heke MLC011_NOV14 The Māori Land Court (Te Kooti Whenua Māori) is the New Zealand court that hears matters relating to Māori land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)
It does not include documents or judgments produced by judicial/court officers. February 2010 Cover photograph by Adrian Heke MLC011_NOV14 The Māori Land Court (Te Kooti Whenua Māori) is the New Zealand court that hears matters relating to Māori land.
Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)
It does not include documents or judgments produced by judicial/court officers. February 2010 Cover photograph by Adrian Heke MLC011_NOV14 The Māori Land Court (Te Kooti Whenua Māori) is the New Zealand court that hears matters relating to Māori land.
Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english-v2.pdf (333 kb)
note: Ministry of Justice ‘publications’ comprise those documents produced by the Ministry in its business as usual capacity. it does not include documents or judgments produced by judicial/court officers. February 2010 Cover photograph by Adrian Heke The Māori Land Court (Te Kooti Whenua Māori) is the New Zealand court that hears matters relating to Māori land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-title-improvement-english.pdf (385 kb)
