Māori women judges in Aotearoa
01 Mar 2016 | NewsCurrently Aotearoa New Zealand has 11 women judges of Māori ancestry who serve on the High Court, District Court and Māori Land Court. That figure represents about 4.8% of the judiciary.
Currently Aotearoa New Zealand has 11 women judges of Māori ancestry who serve on the High Court, District Court and Māori Land Court. That figure represents about 4.8% of the judiciary.
Judge Milner is well-versed in the work of both the Māori Land Court and Waitangi Tribunal through his extensive work representing land owners and claimant groups in both jurisdictions, alongside his work in Treaty settlement negotiations and experience in resource management, intellectual property and Marine and Coastal Area cases.
Mā tātou te whenua e ora, mā te whenua tātou e ora We will care for the land, the land will care for us Whenua is part of the identity of tangata whenua.
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. That information makes up the Māori Land Court record, which is the legal and official documentation of land ownership of whenua Māori.
I am currently the judge for Te Waipounamu in the Māori Land Court. I am also presiding over a number of urgent inquiries in the Waitangi Tribunal, which has never been busier.
1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington July 2023 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 11th of May 2023, are hereby notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down for inquiry or...
Māori Land Court fees are increasing from 1 July 2025.
Taitokerau PĀNUI He pānuitanga tenei kia mohiotia ai ka tu Te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te whakawa, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai A Judicial Conference At Whangārei (via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/99314293400) Māori Land Court Taitokerau 16 Rathbone Street, Whangārei Monday 13 November 2023 Judge M P Armstrong PĀNUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: SP 4 10:00 AM AP-20230000028401 A2020001395...
Documents/Panui/SP-4-5-Panui-Hoteo-River-Determine-Status-and-Investigation.pdf (117 kb)
Taitokerau PĀNUI He pānuitanga tenei kia mohiotia ai ka tu Te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te whakawa, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai A Judicial Conference At Whangārei (via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/99314293400) Courtroom 1, Māori Land Court, Second Floor, 16 Rathbone Street, Whangārei Tuesday 10 October 2023 Judge T K T A R Williams PĀNUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: WHSP 1 10:00AM AP-2023...
Documents/Panui/WHSP-Judge-Williams-Judicial-Conferences.pdf (122 kb)
The Māori Land Court is conducting an inquiry into the entitled successors of the Toitoi SILNA block as part of the Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement.