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Community Law has always been close to her heart, and she is the Independent Māori Board Member on the Community Law Centres of Aotearoa National Board.

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A different sort of criticism is that developed by Alan Ward in his book A Show of Justice (2nd ed, 1995), arguing that Chief Judge Fenton ignored directions from the legislature.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)

Disestablished in 1989, the former Department had support staff located at many offices around New Zealand who maintained minute book series for judicial officers and/or bodies working in their respective areas or for specific departmental or land board activities. As an example, in the Taitokerau District of the Māori Land Court, minute books were maintained for Auckland, the Bay of Islands, Kaikohe, Kaitaia and Whangārei as well as for the District Māori Land Boar...

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-Minute-Book-Abbreviations.pdf (470 kb)

Records may be separated by type of trust, and in some cases the records of particular types of trusts may be on the personal/personalty files.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)

Over the years, Piri has worked in service of her people in Whanganui including Awa FM, Te Oranganui Iwi Health Authority, Te Puna Matauranga o Whanganui and the Whanganui River Māori Trust Board. In the last 10 years, Piri has worked at the Māori Land Court in Whanganui and has recently been added to the MLC Leadership Team.

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It is also called a trust order. A trust order sets out the general purpose of the trust and well as the responsibilities, rights, obligations, and limitations of the trustees.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)

Contents: Applications for hearing in FEBRUARY | HUI-TANGURU 2023: (Please note that these in person hearings may be substituted for remote hearing by Zoom depending on operating Covid-19 protocols) 2 - 8 Aotea District 9 - 19 Tairäwhiti District 20 - 29 Taitokerau District 30 - 33 Takitimu District 34 - 49 Waiariki District 50 - 59 Waikato Maniapoto District 60 Appendix 61 - 74 Applications that remain outstanding in the Office of the Chief Registrar 75 - 81 Notices 82 - 86 Mäori...

Documents/Panui/1213222-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-February-2023-web2.pdf (752 kb)

Meanwhile, fifty proud Te Arawa/Mataatua whānau and friends travelled to Ōtautahi to welcome Sean Vercoe (Te Arawa, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Manawa, Te Rarawa me Ngāti Ranginui) as the new Pae Ārahi o Te Rāwhiti – a celebration of continuity and new leadership.

Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)

See also Ngawaka v Ngāti Rehua-Ngātiwai ki Aotea Trust Board (No 2) [2021] NZHC 291 at [43]–[47] and [58] 45 statutes referencing tikanga include the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 (see s 2 definitions of “tikanga Māori” and “mana tamaiti (tamariki)”); Resource Management Act 1991; and Taumata Arowai–the Water Services Regulator Act 2020.

Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)

Awaiting Administrative Action A20190007011 8/08/2019 Tamati and Margaret Makara Whanau Trust - and orders constituting a whanau trust made at 99 Whangarei MB 34-36 (23/02/2004) - Application to the Chief Judge 45/93 Tainui Noble 1.

Documents/5-11-reports/2022-05-31-Notification-of-Applications-Over-6-months-old-in-MLC-MAC-combined.pdf (1.8 mb)