Chief Judge Caren Fox and resident judges, Judge Wilson Isaac and Judge Nathan Milner, were joined by Chief District Court Judge Hemi Taumaunu, and other members of the Māori Land Court Bench for a special sitting that followed the opening ceremony.
She is the fifth judge to be appointed as Chairperson of the Waitangi Tribunal, following Chief Judge Kenneth Gillanders Scott, Tā Justice Taihakurei Durie, Tā Justice Joe Williams and Chief Judge Wilson Isaac. 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.
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SP20 11:25 AM AP-20260000002846 239/93 Elizabeth Anne
Pitman
He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Reu Reu 1 Sub 20A
Trust
Replace Larissa Jamima Karry
Rapana and David Warren Wiari with
Aquitania Ngaoma Pukape as
responsible trustee of the Reu Reu 1
Sub 20A Trust
SP21 11:30 AM AP-20260000007474 239/93
338/93
Faenza-Lee
Hiroti
He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Kauangaroa 3F Māori
Reservation
Replace Isis Tamehana...
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SP 4 11:00 AM AP-20230000030996 45/93 Suzanne Roberts CJ2023/46 - Julie Ann Matire Edwards
or Matire Edwards or Matire Huia
Edwards and succession orders made
at 13 AT(S) 249-250 on 20/02/2006
and 221 Taitokerau MB 264-267 on
29/10/2020 – Application to the Chief
Judge
SP 5 11:20 AM AP-20230000027427 45/93
47(4)/93
44(1)/93
Hirini Pakia
Manihera (Jnr)
CJ 2010/85 - Motatau 3P, Motatau 5X
and Ngati Hine H2B blocks - against
the Ngatihine Amalg...
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A20200013962
45/93 Neville Adrian
Hurunui
CJ 2020/58 - Mangatainoka 1 BC No
2B No 3 - and a partition order made
at 65 Napier MB 275-276 on 13 July
1914 - Application to the Chief Judge
SP28 2.30PM AP-20230000027507
A20210009207
45/93 Dennis Wattie
McDonnell
CJ 2021/30 - Anaru Anderson - and
a succession order made at 152
Whanganui MB 96-98 on 17 August
1987 and Ani Miriama Tarakura -
and a succession order...
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Chief Judge Fox and Pae Matua Steve Gunson
Te Kooti Whenua Māori/ Te Kooti Pīra Māori Pūrongo-Ā-Tau Matariki 2022 – Matariki 2023
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Tribute to Chief Judge Wilson
Isaac
On 30 April 2023, Chief Judge Wilson Isaac
celebrated his 70th birthday, completing his term
as Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court and
Chairperson of the Waitangi Tribunal.
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338(7)/9
3
Jasmine Kimi He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Parish of
Whangamarino Lot 471A 2C
(Taniwha Marae) Māori
reservation
Replace Mary Ann Wilson, Tui
Tawera and Michael Tahu with
Norman Pahiri, Valance Smith,
Kuratomairangi Toka and John
Barbarich as responsible trustee
of the Parish of Whangamarino
Lot 471A 2C (Taniwha Marae)
Māori reservation
SP23 12:00 PM AP-20250000006987 23...
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APPLICANT
SUBJECT
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A20170006960
45/93 Paerau Warbrick
CJ 2017/32 - Estate of
Rangitukehu - Waimana
Parish 252 (Part) &
Waimana Parish 582 and a
succession order made at
29 Whakatane MB 6-8 on
16 November 1949 -
Application to the Chief
Judge
SP 11 1:45PM AP-20230000027428
A20110001330
45/93 Beverley Rewa
McGhie (nee
Wilson), Dawn
Shields
CJ 2011/1 - Tamati Mihaka
- against and orders
Application to the...
This was briefly mentioned in Chief Judge Wilson Isaac’s contribution to this forum. Background Today, owners their whanau and hapu, the Māori Land Court staff and its judges have inherited a system of Māori land title that many have claimed to be inconsistent with Māori customary preferences.
