In August 2020, the Government passed targeted
changes to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 to simplify
the legal processes for owning, occupying and using
Māori land. What has changed? Whāngai is the traditional Māori practice where a child is
raised by someone other than their birth parents.
Some of the matters the judge
should consider are:
1. A judge should apply the above principles firmly and fairly and not accede too
readily to suggestions of bias.
2.
Section 18 of the Adoption Act 1955 explicitly stated that adoption orders under the Act applied
to Māori and sections 19(1) and (2) of the Act effectively provided that customary Māori
adoption (whāngai) carried out since the commencement of the Native Lands Act was not legally
binding.
1
An index of past and present judicial officers of
the Māori Land Court and Native Land Court
1 May 2018
Judicial officers of the Native Land Court from 1864 to 1947
Judge Date appointed
John Rogan 25 June 1864 (President)
9 January 1865 (Judge)
Wiremu Tipene 25 June 1864
Matikikuha 25 June 1864
Te Keene of Orakei 25 June 1864
Tamati Reweti 25 June 1864
George Clarke 25 October 1864 (President)
9 January 1865 (Judge)
Hone Mohi Tawhai 25 Oc...
At the end of the hearing the Judge may do
one of several things:
• make the order you were seeking
• adjourn the hearing to another date,
and possibly another venue, if more
information or evidence is needed
• “reserve” the decision (ie put the
matter aside to be considered further
by the Judge and for a written decision
to be issued at a later date)
• dismiss the application if the Judge is
not prepared to make the order you
were seeking.
1 A claim or liability attache...
Ā te mutunga o te keehi, koia nei ngā
āhuatanga e āhei ana te kaiwhakawā:
• ka whakaae ia ki te tuku tono mai i te
Kooti ki tāu e hiahiatia nei
• te hiki i te keehi mō tōna wā, kia rangona
anō i tētahi atu wā, ki tētahi wāhi rānei,
mēnā e hiahiatia ana ētahi kōrero
whakamārama, kōrero tautoko rānei
• te whakatārewa i te whakatau (arā te
waiho i te take ki te taha kia whakaarohia
anōtia e te kaiwhakawā, me te tuku ā tuhi
i te whakatau i muri iho)
1 He kerēme, he herenga ki te w...
Changes to the constitution
Section 253A of the Act and Rule 4(1)
(h) of the constitution allow shareholders
to alter the constitution by putting further
restrictions on the powers of the committee
of management.
E wātea ana ngā mema o te
Kōmiti Whakahaere wā poto ki te tū mō te
Kōmiti Whakahaere hou.
1 Ko te whenua whai pānga ka whakatūria nei
e te Kooti Whenua Māori mā te tono kore
here (arā, kua whakaritea he taitara e te
kooti mō te whenua me te whakaatu i ngā
tāngata whai pānga ki aua whenua).