This is reflected in the right to self-determination in art 3 being characterised as “essential to the
enjoyment of all human rights”: Melissa Castan “DRIP Feed: The Slow Reconstruction of Self-determination for
Indigenous Peoples” in Sarah Joseph and Adam McBeth (eds) Research Handbook on International Human Rights
Law (Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, 2010) 492 at 499; see also Office of the High Commissioner for Human
Rights CCPR General Comment No 12: Article 1 (Right to Self-...
Te Kooti Whenua Māori Kaiwhakawā Matua, Chief Judge
Caren Fox and Pae Matua, Steve Gunson
4 Māori Land Court / Māori Appellate Court Annual Report Matariki 2023 – Matariki 2024
Chief Judge Caren Fox
Ngāti Porou
◆ Appointed 1 December 2000 (104th
Māori Land Court Judge)
◆ Appointed Deputy Chief Judge 20
February 2010
◆ Appointed Chief Judge 5 July 2023
◆ Resident Judge, Tairāwhiti
◆ Waitangi Tribunal Chairperson
(appointed 22 August 2023) and
Presiding Officer: Porirua ki
Ma...
Whakapūaho: Kaiwhakawā Matua Caren Fox o Te Kooti
Whenua Māori me te Pae Matua a Steve Gunson
4 Māori Land Court / Māori Appellate Court Annual Report Matariki 2023 – Matariki 2024
Kaiwhakawā Matua Caren Fox
Ngāti Porou
◆ I kopoua i te 1 o Hakihea 2000
(te Kaiwhakawā Matua 104 o Te
Kooti Whenua Māori)
◆ I kopoua hei Kaiwhakawā
Matua Tuarua i te 20 o
Huitanguru 2010
◆ I kopoua hei Kaiwhakawā Matua i te 5
o Hōngongoi 2023
◆ Kaiwhakawā Tūturu, Te Tairāwhiti
◆ Tiamana o Te Rōpū...
Our Vision
The Māori Land Court is jointly operated by
administrative staff from the Ministry of Justice
and judicial officers, working towards a shared
vision:
Māori Land Court business profile
Kia tū hei Kooti Māori e tāwharau nei i te pae tangata, i te pae whenua, i te whare kōrero
To be a Māori Court that provides a shelter for the people, their land and their kōrero
He Aronga Matawhānui / Vision
Hei Kooti Māori
Hei tāwharau i te pae tangata
Hei tāwharau i te pae whenua
Hei tāwhara...
Te Kooti Whenua Māori/ Te Kooti Pira Māori Pūrongo-A-Tau - Matariki 2024 - 2025 5
Tō Mātou Wawata
Kua whakahaeretia ngātahitia Te Kooti Whenua
Māori e ngā kaimahi whakahaere nō Te Tāhū o te
Ture me ngā āpiha ā-kaiwhakawā, e kōkiri ngātahi
ana i ngā mahi kia tutuki ai te wawata kotahi:
Kia tū hei Kooti Māori e tāwharau nei i te pae
tangata, i te pae whenua, i te whare kōrero
Ō Mātou Ratonga
Ko tā Te Kooti Whenua Māori he whakarato i ngā
ratonga motuhake ki ngā kaipupuri whenua Māori,
ki t...
