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There some 29
separate claimants and claimant groups, some
laying claim to the whole of the island and
others only to sections of it, mostly representing
sections or hapū of Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti
Uenukukōpako, Ngāti Rangiwewehi, and Ngāti
Rangiteaorere.
Kaiwhakawā Matua Tuarua Craig Coxhead
Ngāti Makino, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Maru
Deputy Chief Judge Craig Coxhead was appointed to the Māori Land Court on 25 January 2008 and appointed Deputy Chief Judge in May 2024.
E karanga atu ki tēnei uri o Ngāti Mākino, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Awa me Ngāti Maru, CRAIG COXHEAD , touti mai ki tō tūranga o te Kaiwhakawā Matua Tuarua.
Steven Dodd - Kairēhita Matua
Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Rangiwewehi Steve first began work in the Maori Affairs Department in July 1984 working Māori Trustee and then the Land Development division before becoming an Alienation Officer in 1989.
In the recent High Court decision of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust v Attorney-General [2022] NZHC 843,
there was considerable discussion of tikanga Māori in the context of who exercised mana whenua
where the following were found;
- Tikanga Māori is a source of broadly shared core values (tāhuhu) that may inform the
development of the law and in some contexts is law
Kāti ake ka huri ki te kaupapa, e hika ma, nōku te hōnore ki te tuku i tēnei pānuitanga motuhake. E te uri o Ngāti Rēhia, te uri o Ngāti Kurī tēnei uri o Ngā Puhi nui tonu piki mai rā ki te pae whakawā, whakaeke mai ki te Te Kooti Whenua Māori ki Te Roopu Whakamana i Te Tiriti, whakatau mai rā ki tō tūranga hōu!
Meanwhile, fifty proud Te
Arawa/Mataatua whānau and friends travelled
to Ōtautahi to welcome Sean Vercoe (Te Arawa,
Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Manawa, Te Rarawa me
Ngāti Ranginui) as the new Pae Ārahi o Te Rāwhiti
– a celebration of continuity and new leadership.