block and a vesting order made at
102 Rotorua MB 332-333 on
5/4/1956 - Application to the Chief
Judge
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45/93 Nathan John Bevin CJ 2022/30 - David Te Au and a
succession order made at 41 South
Island MB 9-10 on 24/2/1965 -
Application to the Chief Judge
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45/93 Donna Marie Barnes CJ 2022/31 - Norma Margret
Matenga or Norma Margret Barnes
or Tepara Barnes and a succession
order made at 54 Taupo MB 375-376
on...
(c) Third, where tikanga values comprise a source of the New Zealand common law.44 or
have been integrated into law by statutory reference45
41 Tautari v Mahanga – Mohinui 3B2B (2011) 18 Taitokerau MB 6 (18 TTK 6) at [33].
42 Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
43 See Ani Mikaere “The Treaty of Waitangi and Recognition of Tikanga Māori” in Michael Belgrave, Merata Kawharu and
David V Williams (eds) Waitangi Revisited: Perspectives on the Treaty of Waitangi (2nd ed, Oxford Univers...
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Judge Sarah Reeves
Te Ātiawa
ӹ Appointed 10 December
2010 (110th Māori Land
Court Judge)
ӹ Appointed Deputy
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ӹ Waitangi Tri...
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Te Kooti Whenua Māori/ Te Kooti Pīra Māori Pūrongo-Ā-Tau Matariki 2022 – Matariki 2023
Kaiwhakawā Sarah Reeves
Te Ātiawa
ӹ I kopoua i te rā 10 o Tihema
2010 (110th Kaiwhakawā o te
Kooti Whenua Māori)
ӹ I kopoua hei Heamana Tuarua o
te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o
Waitangi i te rā 24 o Noema 2021
ӹ Heamana Whakakapi o te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o
Waitangi ma...
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