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On 23 March 2020, Chief Judge Isaac released a protocol advising that all scheduled Māori Land Court hearings and other events would be adjourned, to be rescheduled once we ceased to be at Level 4. 2 Any applications for urgent injunctive or other relief filed with the Court during this period were directed to the Chief Judge to address. A significant number of applications were adjourned during this period - in April alone approximately 500 cases were notified in the National Pānui, a...
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In some instances this is because the land has only one or just a few owners, or because the land is unsuitable for any form of development and owners have decided to leave it in its natural state. However, a number of blocks of Māori land held in multiple ownership that are suitable for development are also without any governance entity.
The idea was that an individual or a whānau could consolidate their shares across a large area and in a large number of blocks with many owners, down into a particular piece of land that they would call their own.
Conflicts of interest arise in a number of different situations. Judges should be alert to
any appearance of bias arising out of connections with litigants, witnesses or their legal
advisors, and should always inform the parties of facts that might reasonably give rise to
a perception of bias or conflict of interest.
Tākitimu
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
via Zoom
Meeting ID: 856 429 8176
Thursday, 2 November 2023
Judge D H Stone
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SP1 10:00AM AP-20230000020362 240/93 Bessie Phillips Removal of Arthur Gemmell, Sam
Gemmell, Claude Gemmell and
Carol Whatuira as trustees...
Tākitimu
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
via Zoom
Meeting ID: 856 429 8176
Thursday, 16 November 2023
Judge A M Thomas
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SP1 1:00PM AP-20230000032646 67/93 Deputy Registrar Aohanga Incorporation –
Judicial conference on an
application to remove
committee...
Tākitimu
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Masterton
Via Zoom
Wednesday, 18 October 2023
Judge M J Doogan
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Meeting ID: 856 429 8176
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SP1 9:30am AP-20230000033179 67/93,
40A/93
Deputy
Registrar
Te Awaiti 7 No 1...
