During her legal career, Judge Thomas represented several iwi and hapū throughout New Zealand on matters relating to the rights of te iwi Māori, and more specifically, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the environment, the land, the sea, tikanga Māori and te reo Māori. Judge Thomas is a strong advocate for the promotion of te reo Māori and has been passionate in her pursuit to ensure te reo Māori is recognised and used in the law.
Haere mai is the reo pōwhiri at the marae. At this point in te pā whenua, you should have gathered all the information you need, and you should be ready to file an application with the Court.
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Kathleen Dawn Hunter He tauatanga ki a Irene Rangi McLuskie –
Succeed to the Māori land interests of Irene
Rangi McLuskie also known as Irene Rangi
Cootes
AP-20240000009058 118(6)/93 Debbie Rangimarea
Rore
He tauatanga ki ngā pānga tāpiri ki a Lena
Rore –
Succeed to the additional interests of Lena Rore
AP-20240000009655 241/93 Perry Daniel Junior
Bryers
He tauwehenga i ētahi pānga whenua atu i te...
Download the Māori Land Court glossary of terms.
He rauemi reo Māori mō ngā kupu e whakamahia ana i te Kooti Whenua Māori me te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi
A te reo Māori resource for words used in the Māori Land Court and the Waitangi Tribunal
Māori words for the Māori Land Court and the Waitangi Tribunal prepared by Judge Alana Thomas.
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Letitia
Bradnock
(Tiamana Te
Hunga Ririki
Te Kohanga
Reo)
Part section 98 Town of
Waverly and Lot 1
application plan 2514
(formerly section 99 Town
of Waverly) (General
Land)(Sections 98 & 99
Town of Waverley
(Wairoa-Iti Marae)–
Injunction against any
person in respect of any
actual threatened trespass
or other injury to any Māori
land or Māori Reservation
(Respondents: Te Wairoa
Iti Mara Truste...
She has gone on to lead a number of Tribunal inquiries, including the Porirua ki Manawatū and Te Rohe Pōtae district inquiries, the Constitutional kaupapa inquiry, and urgent inquiries into claims concerning aquaculture and marine farming, Te Arawa Treaty settlement and mandating processes, Crown policy concerning Kōhanga Reo, and the Crown review of the Māori Community Development Act and Māori Wardens.
That said, subsection 14 seems to contemplate the possibility that leases or licences for longer periods than 14 years may be needed for such developments as kohanga reo, health clinics or similar education- or health-related developments.
