For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the
appropriate application number at:
Physical address: Postal address:
L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203
WELLINGTON WELLINGTON
Phone: 04 914 3102
Fax: 04 914 3100
Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz
STEVEN DODD
Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
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For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the
appropriate application number at:
Physical address: Postal address:
L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203
WELLINGTON WELLINGTON
Phone: 04 914 3102
Fax: 04 914 3100
Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz
STEVEN DODD
Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
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HE TONO KIA WHAKARITEA TĒTAHI HUI
TAKAWAENGA
APPLICATION FOR MEDIATION
Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993
Section 98L(1)(b)
Form 4A
WHAT IS THIS FORM FOR?
Tēnā koe.
Judge Isaac was appointed as a Judge of the
Court on 20 December 1993, and subsequently
appointed as the Deputy Chief Judge of the Court
on 8 September 1999. He was then appointed as
Chief Judge of the Court on 13 August 2009, and
sworn in at a ceremony at Pakirikiri Marae in
Tokomaru Bay on 11 September that year.
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
Notable judg...
