SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP7 2:00 PM AP-20260000002971 58/93 Keremeta Ainsley,
Vanessa Mercer,
Edward Ainsley,
Sally Ainsley
Appeal 2026/10 - Tuhua Trust (Mayor
Island) against a dismissal of an
Injunction application against any
person in respect of any actual
threatened trespass or other injury to
any Māori land or Māori Reservation
heard at 293 Waikato Maniapoto MB
55-64 on 26 February 2026 – Notice of
Appeal
Chief Judge Fox was appointed as a Māori Land Court judge on 1 October 2000, and shortly thereafter was appointed as the Presiding Officer of the Waitangi Tribunal’s Central North Island district inquiry in 2001. 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...
There are various other Acts which we operate under, including:
Māori Purposes Act 1983
The Māori Purposes Act 1983 enables the Court to determine entitlements to Tītī Islands interests.
Māori Purposes Act 1991
The Māori Purposes Act 1991 has limited powers extended to the Court in relation to the Wi Pere Trust.
Judge Coxhead was appointed to the Māori Land Court in 2008 and is one of the resident judges in Waiariki, as well as a Presiding Officer in the Waitangi Tribunal, Chief Justice of the High Court of Niue and a Justice of the High Court of Cook Islands. Judge Coxhead’s 16 years of judicial service, and his extensive experience and knowledge of law and tikanga, will serve him well as he steps into his new position as Deputy Chief Judge.
This working List is comprised of successors to the 181 original beneficiaries who were
allocated land on Rakiura under the ‘SILNA’ scheme. The South Island Landless Native Act
1906 was repleaded in 1909 without these 181 original beneficiaries having received their
land.
Our Vision
The Māori Land Court is jointly operated by
administrative staff from the Ministry of Justice
and judicial officers, working towards a shared
vision:
Māori Land Court business profile
Kia tū hei Kooti Māori e tāwharau nei i te pae tangata, i te pae whenua, i te whare kōrero
To be a Māori Court that provides a shelter for the people, their land and their kōrero
He Aronga Matawhānui / Vision
Hei Kooti Māori
Hei tāwharau i te pae tangata
Hei tāwharau i te pae whenua
Hei tāwhara...
This working list is comprised of successors to the 53 original beneficiaries who were allocated
land between Lakes Hāwea and Wānaka (‘The Neck’) under the ‘SILNA’ scheme. The South
Island Landless Natives Act 1906 was repealed in 1909 without those 53 people having
received their SILNA land.
This working list is comprised of successors to the 50 original beneficiaries who were
allocated land between Lakes Hāwea and Wānaka (‘The Neck’) under the ‘SILNA’ scheme.
The South Island Landless Natives Act 1906 was repealed in 1909 without those 50 people
having received their SILNA land.
This working list is comprised of successors to the 50 original beneficiaries who were
allocated land between Lakes Hāwea and Wānaka (‘The Neck’) under the ‘SILNA’ scheme.
The South Island Landless Natives Act 1906 was repealed in 1909 without those 50 people
having received their SILNA land.
