Abridged Speech for the Māori Graduation Ceremony at Te Herenga Waka Marae
16 Aug 2019 | NewsAnd speaking of the Supreme Court, it would be remiss of me not to acknowledge the recent appointment of Justice Joe Williams to the Supreme Court bench.
And speaking of the Supreme Court, it would be remiss of me not to acknowledge the recent appointment of Justice Joe Williams to the Supreme Court bench.
There were many of these schemes and all have proved ultimately to be futile.
This ranged from protections they are implementing in China to protect lawyers to allow them to prosecute cases without being persecuted by the State, to the unfair reporting of judicial decisions in general and social media in Hong Kong, and to corruption amongst the judiciary in Malaysia where (apparently) lawyers have been known to turn up to Court with bags of money. 17th Conference of Chief Justices of Asia and th...
Footnotes 3 4 Where a vesting order is sought to gift Māori land shares that have a value of over $2,000, the owner of the shares will need to give evidence, either in Court or in a written affidavit 13 or declaration, to support the application.
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Footnotes 3 4 Where a vesting order is sought to gift Māori land shares that have a value of over $2,000, the owner of the shares will need to give evidence, either in Court or in a written affidavit 13 or declaration, to support the application.
Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english-v2.pdf (333 kb)
Footnotes 3 4 Where a vesting order is sought to gift Māori land shares that have a value of over $2,000, the owner of the shares will need to give evidence, either in Court or in a written affidavit 13 or declaration, to support the application.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)
Judge Reeves graduated with a Bachelor of Law from the University of Otago and was admitted to the Bar in 1985.
The Court agreed to a request by the applicants to appear, correspond, and be heard on the matter in te reo Māori.
Against this backdrop of a growing volume of mahi, all districts have been working hard to progress applications through to final outcomes for Court users.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2023-Matariki-2024.pdf (11 mb)
In 2017, an application was made to the Māori Land Court to determine the status of the land, the ownership of the land and the relative interests of the owners.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/Aorere-Accretion-determination-of-status-and-ownership-of-land.pdf (890 kb)