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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 consider claims based on aboriginal or native title.
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A Special Sitting
At Levin
Māori Land Court
Te Takeretanga o Kura-hau-pō
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Levin
Tuesday 19 September 2023
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Waiariki
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Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
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A Special Sitting
At Ōpōtiki
Ministry of Justice, District Court, 117
Church Street, Ōpōtiki
Tuesday 5 September 2023
Judge T M Wara Presiding
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tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Whanganui
Māori Land Court
Ingestre Chambers
74 Ingestre Street
Whanganui
Tuesday, 14 November 2023
Judge A H C Warren
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Kahukura
Venning
Edwards
Waiariki
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tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Rotorua
Māori Land Court, 1143 Haupapa
Street, Hauora House, Rotorua
Friday 1 September 2023
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Maud
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Edwards
Opape 1A15A an...
Waiariki
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Special Hearing
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Rotorua
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Tuesday, 19 December 2023
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Hona
Appeal 2025/21 - He whakarerekētanga
ki ngā tarahitī mō Oriwa Hereaka
Whānau Trust – Remove Sara Terehia
Hona as responsible trustee of the
Oriwa Hereaka Whānau Trust and an
order dismissing a strike out application
made at 347 Waiariki MB 65-78 on 15
Hepetema 2025 – Notice of Appeal
(Respondents: Anthony James Marino,
Catherine Te Waaka, David Herewini,
Geoffrey Keith Marino, Jacqu...
The judgment concerns an application made by Donna Pokere Phillips and the late James Phillips and involves whenua at Ōuri 1A3, and specifically the Whare on that whenua.
Justice Joe Williams himself was the Chief Judge of the Maori Land Court before his appointment to the higher courts, and indeed the Chief Judge before him, the Honourable Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie, is also an alumnus. And although the records on the earliest Judges of the Court are often incomplete, it appears that Judge Hugh Fraser Ayson was the first VUW graduate to be appointed as a Judge of this Court.