SECTION
APPLICANT
SUBJECT
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45/93 Aza Sheree
Temahinerangi
Smith
CJ 2021/2 - Evelyn Potahi
Smith or Evlyn Smith and
Kima Joseph Smith - and
succession orders made at
307 Rotorua MB 23-28 on
6 March 2007 - Application
to the Chief Judge
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45/93 Michel Manning
CJ 2016/5 - Kukuwhero
also known as Maraea
Waaka or Tarawhata -
Succession order made on
25 June 1969 (45 Sou...
A primary function of succession for Māori is to maintain whakapapa connections
to their whenua (land), whānau(family), tupuna (ancestors) and atua (gods).
51 Joseph Williams “Lex Aotearoa: An Heroic Attempt to Map the Māori Dimension in Modern New Zealand Law” (2013)
21 Waikato L Rev 1 at 4.
52 Joseph Williams “Lex Aotearoa: An Heroic Attempt to Map the Māori Dimension in Modern New Zealand Law” (2013)
21 Waikato L Rev 1 at 4.
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MANA
As identified earli...
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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...
Current trustee training roster
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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.
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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.)
11. Section 4 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 lists the preferred classes of alienees
in relation to any alienation.
(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.
