In August 2020, the Government passed targeted changes to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 to simplify the legal processes for owning, occupying and using Māori land. What has changed? Whāngai is the traditional Māori practice where a child is raised by someone other than their birth parents.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Succession-for-whangai-web-version.pdf (172 kb)
The name of the proceedings and the case number. 2. Your role in the proceedings (e.g. applicant, respondent, legal representative for the applicant). 3.
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A judge is not required to recuse him or herself merely because the issues involved in a case are in some indirect way related to the judge’s personal experience or that the judge has previously dealt with the case. 4. The making of a complaint to the Judicial Conduct Commissioner against a judge does not of itself serve to disqualify the judge from hearing cases involving the complainant. 5.
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4 1. Executive Summary 5 1.1. Volume of Records 5 2.
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PAGE 9 of 12 Ngatitamainu NGT Orakei OWM Otorohanga OT Otorohanga OTR Presidents Appellate APPR Royal Commission RC Registrars (Section 81/67) ADWM Registrars (Section 81A/67) RGWM Succession Order Book SOB Tauranga T Tauranga Alienations ALTA Tauranga Claim – Descriptions of Block Boundaries BBTC Title Improvement TIWM Tokerau Appellate APTOK Waiheke WHKE Waikato W Waikato Alienations ALWH Waikato-Maniapoto WM Waikato-Maniapoto Alienations ALWM Waikato-Maniapoto Title N...
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1 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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Footnotes 3 4 After the hearing The minutes (record of the hearing) will be typed from a recording made at the hearing and will be signed by the Judge.
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Ko te mana o te Kooti mō tēnei tangata ki te mahi i tēnei mahi ka tukua i raro i te tukunga reta whakahaere. He whakamārama 3 4 • te whakakore i te pānui tono, nā te kore o te kaiwhakawā i whakaae ki te tuku tono ā kooti mō tō tono.
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The status of the land will continue to be Māori land unless and until the Māori Land Court makes an order changing the status of the land. 2 Literally, a “basket”. In the context of a trust, it is the concept of several people, collectively, filling a basket by contributing communally with money and other assets. 3 A trustee/guardian – in this context, of a minor or person unable for any reason to fully manage his or her own affairs. 4 A subtribe or kin group that is l...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-incorporations-english.pdf (856 kb)
Ka tū tonu te whenua hei whenua Māori kia tae rā anō ki te wā ka whakaritea mai he tono e te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te whakarerekē i te tūnga o taua whenua. 2 He kete tēnei. I raro i te tikanga kaitiaki ko te whakaminenga tāngata e mahi kotahi ana, e whakaki ana i ngā kete mā te tuku moni pūtea me ētahi atu taonga hei painga mō te katoa. 3 He kaitiaki, he kaiwhakaruruhau – i raro i tēnei tikanga he kaitiaki mō te huinga taiohi, rangatahi, tamariki me te hunga hauā rānei kāhore...
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