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The Māori LandCourt is notifying all descendants of Mary Naera also known as Mee Naera or Mere Naera Pomare or Mere Nicol or Mere Nikora or Mere Tuhata or Mere Hautonga about the following hui:
Whenua: Sections 14 and 15 Town of Urenui situated at 44 Whakapaki Street, Urenui
Date: Friday, 5 December 2025
Time: 3:30 PM
Venue: Tu Tama Wahine O Taranaki 2 Leslie Street Waitara 4320
Zoom: Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83824104626 Meeting ID: 838 2410 4626
Kaupapa:...
She was also appointed as an Alternate Environment Court Judge in 2009. Chief Judge Fox was appointed as the Deputy Chief Judge of the Māori LandCourt in 2010, and as the Chief Judge of the Court in 2023.
Your key duties as a trustee are to:
continue to grow the value of the land or shares without creating significant costs
protect the assets of the trust.
To my Māori language, if I am to be completely honest, it was not only my law degree or the experiences I gained in my legal career that led me here today, it was because of you that I now have a position amongst the Māori LandCourt judiciary. I would also like to take the opportunity at this point to acknowledge our Acting Chief Judge who sits by my side today, over these past months and in fact, years, when an issue has arisen, a question, a complication, it has been our ACJ tha...
Following an urgent Māori LandCourt hearing held on Wednesday, 2 August 2023, the Court has directed that the five separate hui scheduled on Saturday, 5 August 2023 for the following Māori Reservations is CANCELLED:
Whakapoungakau No.7A Māori Reservation;
Whakapoungakau No.7B 2 Māori Reservation;
Whakapoungakau No.7C Māori Reservation;
Whakapoungakau No.7F Māori Reservation; and
Whakapoungakau No.7G Māori Reservation.
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