20 July 2023
MEDIA STATEMENT
Chief Justice welcomes the appointment of
new Chief Māori Land Court Judge
The Chief Justice welcomes the announcement by Associate Minister of Māori
Development, the Hon Nanaia Mahuta, of Judge Caren Fox’s appointment as
Chief Judge of Te Kooti Whenua Māori | Māori Land Court.
Chief Judge Fox (Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata, Te Whānau a Apanui) is the 17th
Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court, and the first wahine Māori to hold the role....
For more information about The South Island Landless Natives Act (SILNA) and the work of Te Kooti Whenua Māori and updating the lists of potential owners for the four remaining SILNA Blocks Hāwea-Wanaka, Whakapoai, Port Adventure and Toitoi, please see our SILNA page.
I whakatakotohia e Ngā Kaiwhakapūmau i te Reo te pētihana Reo Māori he hiahia nō rātou kia kitea te reo Māori ki ngā kura katoa o te motu me tō rātou whakapono, he manawa whenua tō tātou reo Māori, mā te reo Māori te iwi Māori e whakaora.
Nō te rā nei i pānuitia e te Minita Tuarua mō te Whakawhanaketanga Māori, e Nanaia Mahuta ko Kaiwhakawā Caren Fox te Kaiwhakawā Matua hou o te Kooti Whenua Māori.
Kua puta te tono a te Minita o Te Puni Kōkiri ki te hunga e hiahia ana ki te whai i te tūranga Kaiwhakawā Matua o Te Kooti Whenua Māori, ā, ā tōna wā ka pānuitia ko wai te Kaiwhakawā Matua hou me te Heamana hou o Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
