In this order, all things were seen to come from the
gods and the ancestors as recorded in whakapapa.
There are at least two classes of land rights – the right of the community
associated with the land, and the use rights of individuals or families.1
Where have we come from:
On the 17th of October 1877, Chief Justice Sir James Prendergast’s statements when delivering
judgment in the case of Wi Parata v The Bishop of Wellington ruled that the courts lacked the ability
to c...
Before he was appointed, Deputy Chief Judge Coxhead worked in private practice with McCaw Lewis Chapman mainly in the areas of Treaty of Waitangi, Māori land issues, criminal and general civil litigation. Following private practice, he became a senior lecturer at the University of Waikato Law School lecturing in both graduate and post-graduate courses.
Māori
became very used to the Court and its methods
of hearing cases and taking evidence. The Court
recorded its evidence and judgments in large
leather-bound folio books, the ‘Minute Books’,
which today form a vast record of the Court’s
proceedings.
It is
tūrangawaewae – the place where we come from,
the place we belong to, the place we stand.
As a court of record, the Māori Land Court is
responsible for ensuring the accurate documenta-
tion of Māori land succession and management.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
69 AP-20250000003802 98(9)(a)/93 Deputy
Registrar
He utunga mai i te Tahua Āwhina Motuhake a
te kooti
Payment from the Māori Land Court Special Aid
for accountancy services in relation to Te
Puawaitanga Mokopuna Whānau Trust -
Enforcement of obligations of a trust under
application AP-20230000022837
70 AP-20250000003910 239/93 Deputy
Registrar
He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō
Ngarakauwhakarara 16 Trust
Replace Tamati Williams...
Kapohia ki te tuhirau, ki te reehuiringa
Preservation of the integrity of the record, the record will prevail As a court of record, our key purpose is to accurately document the succession and management of Māori land.
You can contact any office of the court to seek
copies; however, if these are not available in the
court’s document management system, you will need
to contact the office in which those records are
located so they can review the physical file and
where possible copy the physical record.
APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
AP-20230000033300 86/93 Mäori Trustee Te Araroa Mäori Townships Sections 43-53 -
Wiremu Turei Walker - Amendment of Court
record for incorrect entry of a name at 86 TRW
MB 195-198 dated 6/6/2019 (A20190003109)
AP-20230000033043 86/93 Deputy Registrar George Ryland Chambers - Amendment
of Court record to correct incorrect shares
recorded at 117 TRW MB 178-183 dated
09/03/2023 (AP-20230000027894/
A20220012345)
AP-202300000...
Prepare for court hearing
AP-20230000029884 16/07/2023 CJ 2024/33 Kui (Kata) de Thierry and an amendment to the Court record made at 178 Taitokerau MB 154-157 on 29/06/2018 45/93 Thomas Benjamin de Thierry 1.
