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People who benefit from a reservation
The people who benefit from the reservation
are usually named as members of a hapū 4
or several hapū, or they can be any group
of Māori.
(Land may be vested in a trustee, or shares may be vested
in another person.)
11. Section 4 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 lists the preferred classes of alienees
in relation to any alienation.
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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
P...
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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...
(Land may be vested in a trustee, or shares may be vested
in another person.)
4. An administrative structure similar to a company for managing Māori land vested
in it by the Māori Land Court.
5.
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Generally, a person who has not yet reached the
age of 20 (Section 4 Age of Majority Act 1970). But
there are specific variations in other
Acts.
Ngā tāngata ka whai hua mai i te
whenua rāhui
Ko ngā tāngata ka whai hua i raro i tēnei
āhuatanga, ko ngā mema o tētahi, o ētahi
hapū 4, he rōpū Māori rānei. Ka āhei anō te
whakataha whenua rāhui Māori mō ētahi atu
rōpū whānui, he iwi kāinga, ā, mō ngā iwi
katoa o Aotearoa.
At 2025 Chief Judge’s MB 373-390 (4 February 2025) the Court made orders amending a succession order to Teone Karepe I or Hoani Karepe at 32 T 117-119 (30 May 1972) and cancelling a succession order to Porokuru Te Kiwi at 155 ROT MB 234 (30 November 1970).