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Application being researched
AP-20230000022665
A20160004868
22/08/2016 CJ 2016/27 - Titi Islands - Descendants of William Fisher and a succession order made at 20 South Island MB 160 on 11 December 1917 -
Descendants of Teoti Mauhe and a succession order made at 19 South Island MB 204 on 17 December 1915 - Descendants of Irihapeti Pikoikoi and a
succession order made at 18 South Island MB 213 on 12 December 1913 - Chief Judge Application
67/93 Zelda McIntyre,...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP15 10:15 AM AP-20240000001384 45/93,
44(1)/93,
47(4)/93
Louis (Mike)
Harris
CJ 2024/14 – Kararaina Tame
Wiremu also known as Kararaina
Beazley and succession orders
made at 3 Kaikohe Succession MB
72-73 and 29 Kaikohe MB 40-41 on
8/12/1999 - Application to the Chief
Judge
SP16 10:30 AM AP-20230000027512 45/93 Clinton Hakopa
Kati
CJ 2021/36 - Te Toi Tuhakaraina
also known as Moki Gillett or Moki
Taikereti - and a succession order
ma...
Chief Judge Fox was appointed as a Māori Land Court judge on 1 October 2000, and shortly thereafter was appointed as the Presiding Officer of the Waitangi Tribunal’s Central North Island district inquiry in 2001. She has gone on to lead a number of Tribunal inquiries, including the Porirua ki Manawatū and Te Rohe Pōtae district inquiries, the Constitutional kaupapa inquiry, and urgent inquiries into claims concerning aquaculture and marine farming, Te Arawa Treaty settlement and mandating...
There are various other Acts which we operate under, including:
Māori Purposes Act 1983
The Māori Purposes Act 1983 enables the Court to determine entitlements to Tītī Islands interests.
Māori Purposes Act 1991
The Māori Purposes Act 1991 has limited powers extended to the Court in relation to the Wi Pere Trust.
Our Vision
The Māori Land Court is jointly operated by
administrative staff from the Ministry of Justice
and judicial officers, working towards a shared
vision:
Māori Land Court business profile
Kia tū hei Kooti Māori e tāwharau nei i te pae tangata, i te pae whenua, i te whare kōrero
To be a Māori Court that provides a shelter for the people, their land and their kōrero
He Aronga Matawhānui / Vision
Hei Kooti Māori
Hei tāwharau i te pae tangata
Hei tāwharau i te pae whenua
Hei tāwhara...
Judge Coxhead was appointed to the Māori Land Court in 2008 and is one of the resident judges in Waiariki, as well as a Presiding Officer in the Waitangi Tribunal, Chief Justice of the High Court of Niue and a Justice of the High Court of Cook Islands. Judge Coxhead’s 16 years of judicial service, and his extensive experience and knowledge of law and tikanga, will serve him well as he steps into his new position as Deputy Chief Judge.
This working list is comprised of successors to the 53 original beneficiaries who were allocated
land between Lakes Hāwea and Wānaka (‘The Neck’) under the ‘SILNA’ scheme. The South
Island Landless Natives Act 1906 was repealed in 1909 without those 53 people having
received their SILNA land.
This working list is comprised of successors to the 50 original beneficiaries who were
allocated land between Lakes Hāwea and Wānaka (‘The Neck’) under the ‘SILNA’ scheme.
The South Island Landless Natives Act 1906 was repealed in 1909 without those 50 people
having received their SILNA land.