It is from this base that, in New Zealand in 2022, our Courts are now issuing decisions decreeing that tikanga Māori is part of our common law in New Zealand.
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Any copy or image of any of the material in (a) to (e) above that is kept in electronic form in accordance with rule 7.23 of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011; and G.
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Māori freehold land is owned in common in unequal shares. This means that each owner owns each piece of the land in that share.
Judge Thomas was sworn in as the 118th Judge of the Court in a spe- cial sitting held at Whitiora Marae in Te Tii.
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He commenced work as a Judges’ clerk in Hamilton in 1986 and worked in private practice and in local government in Wellington before moving to England in 1990.
Most of the Māori freehold land in New Zealand is therefore concentrated in the centre and the east coast of the North Island.
Completion of the district inquiries is in sight. In July a new strategic direction was announced which will see the Tribunal’s inquiry programme progress in two broad transitional phases.
More problematic was that in the early 1970s there had been further succession orders in relation to interests not dealt with in 1967.
Conflict of interest arising out of legal practice Judges should recuse themselves if they served as a legal advisor when in practice on a matter in issue when in practice.
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In other words, they apply ‘by default’ unless they have been explicitly amended or varied in the trust order.
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