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Te Puna Manawa Whenua refers to various standard documents and templates. These are guides only and often need to be tailored appropriately to the facts and legal issues of the particular case.
While the numbers of Māori women judges have increased in the Māori Land Court and District Court, Justice Lowell Goddard was the first, and so far the only Māori woman to become a Queen’s Counsel and judge of the High Court.
Overall, the more simplified mediation process now included in the Act, premised on tikanga Māori and flexibility, is welcomed. The challenge now is to develop a robust and consistent framework, so that those owners of Māori Land who seek genuine resolution can use this service and avoid determinations that result in a winner and loser.
Overall, the more simplified mediation process now included in the Act, premised on tikanga
Māori and flexibility, is welcomed. The challenge now is to develop a robust and consistent
framework, so that those owners of Māori Land who seek genuine resolution can use this
service and avoid determinations that result in a winner and loser.
The Level 2 protocol for the Māori Land Court was released on 13 May 2020 and provided that the judiciary would continue to determine applications on the papers where possible, and hearings by way of by telephone conference, zoom and AVL would be preferred to in-person hearings. 4 Where in-person hearings are scheduled, there will be a series of measures to ensure the safety of participants, and compliance with social distancing hygiene restrictions.
However, judges retain discretion over how they use its standard documents and templates and tailor them to the specific facts and legal issues of each case.
