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Awaiting Administrative Action
A20160002930 2/05/2016 CJ 2016/14 - Donald McLeod - and succession orders made at 38 South Island MB 228-232 on 10/08/1961 - Application to the Chief Judge 45/93 Flora Falanaki 1.
Awaiting action by staff
AP-20230000022665
A20160004868
22/08/2016 CJ 2016/27 - Titi Islands - Descendants of William Fisher and a succession order made at 20 South Island MB 160 on 11 December 1917 -
Descendants of Teoti Mauhe and a succession order made at 19 South Island MB 204 on 17 December 1915 - Descendants of Irihapeti Pikoikoi and a
succession order made at 18 South Island MB 213 on 12 December 1913 - Chief Judge Application
45/93 Zelda McIntyre, Dean...
The problem we face is not quite as dramatic as I see in the Cook Islands and Niue where I also serve. As an example of the way things have shifted, the Māori Land Court staff at Rotorua have 31 members whose ages range from early 20s through to being close to retirement.
Hearing scheduled
AP-20230000022665
A20160004868
22/08/2016 CJ 2016/27 - Titi Islands - Descendants of William Fisher and a succession order made at 20 South Island MB 160 on 11 December 1917 -
Descendants of Teoti Mauhe and a succession order made at 19 South Island MB 204 on 17 December 1915 - Descendants of Irihapeti Pikoikoi and a
succession order made at 18 South Island MB 213 on 12 December 1913 - Chief Judge Application
45/93 Zelda McIntyre, Dean Te Au...
My tipuna were part of the diaspora of Taranaki Māori in the 19th century, finally settling on Aropaoa Island in Queen Charlotte Sound. My grandmother Pirihira was bought up in Waikawa, part of the extended Watson or Tahuaroa whānau.
This working List is comprised of successors to the 181 original beneficiaries who were
allocated land on Rakiura under the ‘SILNA’ scheme. The South Island Landless Native Act
1906 was repleaded in 1909 without these 181 original beneficiaries having received their
land.
Chief Judge Fox was appointed as a Māori Land Court judge on 1 October 2000, and shortly thereafter was appointed as the Presiding Officer of the Waitangi Tribunal’s Central North Island district inquiry in 2001. She has gone on to lead a number of Tribunal inquiries, including the Porirua ki Manawatū and Te Rohe Pōtae district inquiries, the Constitutional kaupapa inquiry, and urgent inquiries into claims concerning aquaculture and marine farming, Te Arawa Treaty settlement and mandating...
There are various other Acts which we operate under, including:
Māori Purposes Act 1983
The Māori Purposes Act 1983 enables the Court to determine entitlements to Tītī Islands interests.
Māori Purposes Act 1991
The Māori Purposes Act 1991 has limited powers extended to the Court in relation to the Wi Pere Trust.
SECTION
APPLICANT
SUBJECT
SP 5 11:00AM AP-20230000020406
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45/93 Edward Joseph
Scandlyn
CJ 2022/47 - Mereana
Tauke or Mary Anne
Scandlyn or Mary Ann
Douglas or Mereana or
Mary Ann Haenga - and
vesting orders made at 12
Registrar MB 240 on 8
August 1986 - Application
to the Chief Judge
SP 6 11:15AM AP-20240000001573 45/93 Britt-Amber Barris CJ 2024/17 - Rora Fowler
also known as Wiki Toa or
Rora Wikitoa and
succession orders made at
56 Taranaki MB 444...
Judge Coxhead was appointed to the Māori Land Court in 2008 and is one of the resident judges in Waiariki, as well as a Presiding Officer in the Waitangi Tribunal, Chief Justice of the High Court of Niue and a Justice of the High Court of Cook Islands. Judge Coxhead’s 16 years of judicial service, and his extensive experience and knowledge of law and tikanga, will serve him well as he steps into his new position as Deputy Chief Judge.