Celebrate the rising of Matariki
Celebrate the lord of the skies
Celebrate the new year
Unite, unite
And bring forth the dawn
Together
In union
We are one!
8 Māori Land Court / Māori Appellate Court Annual Report Matariki 2023 – Matariki 2024
Puanga Pōtiki performed first, singing “Wiremu
Te Māngai”, a powerful lament to the founder
of the Rātana religion – Tahu Pōtiki Wiremu
Rātana – composed by his wife, Te Urumanao
Rātana.
Reasons to remove a member could be:
• the member has failed to carry out their duties
satisfactorily
• the member has contravened any part of the Māori
incorporation’s constitution or has acted in a manner that
is not compatible with membership of the committee
• it is in the best interests of the Māori incorporation that the
member be removed from office.
8. An agreement between two parties that is intended to be enforceable at law.
I kopoua a Chief Judge Isaac hei Kaiwhakawā
o te Kooti i te rā 20 o Tihema 1993, waihoki, hei
Kaiwhakawā Matua Tuarua o te Kooti i te rā
8 o Hepetema 1999. Nā wai rā i kopoua ia hei
Kaiwhakawā Matua o te Kooti i te rā 13 o Akuhata
2009, ā, i taua tau tonu, i te rā 11 o Hepetema,
whakamana ai taua tūranga i tētahi nohoanga
motuhake ki te marae o Pakirikiri kei Tokomaru
Bay.
Kaiwhakawā Tūturu Hou mō Te Tairāwhiti
8 Māori Land Court / Māori Appellate Court Annual Report Matariki 2023 – Matariki 2024
I tū tuatahi a Puanga Pōtiki ka waiata i a “Wiremu
Māngai”, he mōteatea whai mana ki te tangata
nāna i tīmata ai te hāhi Rātana – a Tahu Pōtiki
Wiremu Rātana – i titoa e tana hoa rangatira a
Te Urumanao Rātana.
Mihi
Contents
Foreword 3
Māori Land Court business profile 4
Judges of the Court/ Ngā Kaiwhakawā o te Kooti 6
Chief Judge update 8
Pae Matua operations update 9
National performance 10
Annual business planning 11
Māori land data updates 13
Te Ao Māori strategy 15
Responding to the Post Implementation Review 16
Judicial Decisions Online – expanding access to Māori Land Court decisions 16
Te Puna Manawa Whenua – now accessible to the public 17
District operational updates 18
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1870. But this was understood at the time to be
temporary.
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