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Te Puna Manawa Whenua refers to various standard documents and templates. These are guides only and often need to be tailored appropriately to the facts and legal issues of the particular case.

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Affected parties include successors to the deceased and persons who may have an interest that may be affected by this application.

Documents/SILNA/MLC-Form-01-APPLICATION-TO-DETERMINE-SUCCESSORS-FOR-SOUTH-ISLAND-LANDLESS-NATIVES-SILNA-LANDS-TOITOI.pdf (263 kb)

While the numbers of Māori women judges have increased in the Māori Land Court and District Court, Justice Lowell Goddard was the first, and so far the only Māori woman to become a Queen’s Counsel and judge of the High Court.

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Overall, the more simplified mediation process now included in the Act, premised on tikanga Māori and flexibility, is welcomed. The challenge now is to develop a robust and consistent framework, so that those owners of Māori Land who seek genuine resolution can use this service and avoid determinations that result in a winner and loser.

Located in:  Who we are Our judges Judges' corner articles

Overall, the more simplified mediation process now included in the Act, premised on tikanga Māori and flexibility, is welcomed. The challenge now is to develop a robust and consistent framework, so that those owners of Māori Land who seek genuine resolution can use this service and avoid determinations that result in a winner and loser.

Documents/Judges-corner-articles/Judges-Corner-Article-by-Judge-Aidan-Warren-on-Dispute-Resolution2.pdf (154 kb)

On top of that he was also a senior kaumatua and tribal leader for Ngāti Whakaue and his sudden and unexpected death was a huge loss to us all.

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The Level 2 protocol for the Māori Land Court was released on 13 May 2020 and provided that the judiciary would continue to determine applications on the papers where possible, and hearings by way of by telephone conference, zoom and AVL would be preferred to in-person hearings. 4 Where in-person hearings are scheduled, there will be a series of measures to ensure the safety of participants, and compliance with social distancing hygiene restrictions.

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However, judges retain discretion over how they use its standard documents and templates and tailor them to the specific facts and legal issues of each case.

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Guest users do not have this option and entered application details will not be saved when leaving the page.

How-do-I-user-guides/Submitting-an-application-v1-6.pdf (2.2 mb)

This form is designed to be generic and allow for different types of application under Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 and other legislative provisions.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-1-General-application-v2.pdf (113 kb)