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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.
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.
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.
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.
Traditionally, the practice of whāngai was to strengthen whānau, hapū and iwi ties and relationships and to honour the responsibility that whānau had to each other.
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Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2024 | Hune 2024
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government
agencies about the characteristics of Māori Customary and Māori Freehold Land.
The majority of land set aside was transferred to identified beneficiaries included western and eastern Murihiku, Rakiura, Te Tai Poutini and Te Tau Ihu.
