I also just want to acknowledge the very tragic and sudden loss of Rawiri Rangitauira earlier this week. Of course, Rawiri was the founding partner of our firm, Rangitauira & Co, it was he and Annette Sykes who first employed me as a solicitor when I returned from London, and he was very much a mentor and a leader for me during my early years in practice.
Contact information: Māori Land Court – Te Waipounamu Phone: (03) 962 4900 Email mlcsilna@justice.govt.nz Outstanding Original Owners Tame Norton Mehiria T Norton Alice Elizabeth Norton Maud Emma Norton Teone T Norton Tiemi Norton Nare Norton Hana T Norton Bertha (Pata) Norton Tame Parii Norton Hemi Pateriki Norton Meri Norton Maraki Norton Heni Hohipine Norton Hae Peka Norton Taini Norton Kataraina Pohata Hohaia Poharama Haora Wi Poharama Haora Poharama Tu Pitini Tuka...
No Surname First Name Abode 1 TE ARATUMAHINA Tini Kaiapoi 2 TE ARATUMAHINA Puake Kaiapoi 3 TE IPUKOHU Wi Pukere Kaikoura 4 TE KATI Anaha Kaikoura 5 RAKI Ruti Kaiapoi 6 RAKI Ria Kaiapoi 7 RAKI Te Ipu Kaiapoi 8 RAKI Toihi Kaiapoi 9 RAKI Purua Kaiapoi 10 RAKI Akiha Kaiapoi 11 RAKI Hamuera Kaiapoi 12 RAKI Wekipiri Kaiapoi 13 RAKI Apeta Kaiapoi 14 RAKI Hiria Kaiapoi 15 SPRING Toria Kaikoura 16 SPRING Takihi Kaikoura 17 SPRING Eparaima Kaikoura 18 SPRING Tuteahuka K...
Documents/SILNA/List-of-Original-Grantees-for-Hawea-Wanaka-with-notes.pdf (128 kb)
1 An index of past and present judicial officers of the Māori Land Court and Native Land Court 1 May 2018 Judicial officers of the Native Land Court from 1864 to 1947 Judge Date appointed John Rogan 25 June 1864 (President) 9 January 1865 (Judge) Wiremu Tipene 25 June 1864 Matikikuha 25 June 1864 Te Keene of Orakei 25 June 1864 Tamati Reweti 25 June 1864 George Clarke 25 October 1864 (President) 9 January 1865 (Judge) Hone Mohi Tawhai 25 October 1864 P...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2018-05-01-FS-Past-and-present-judges.pdf (356 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP3 12:40 PM AP-20240000009524 239/93 Jeremy Kenneth Williams, (represented by Counsel: Rox Soriano, Style Toleafoa & Dr Bryan Gilling) He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Estate and Trust for Kenneth Sydney Williams - Aorangi Maunga No. 1 Replace Elizabeth Josephine Williams and John William Stuart Williams with Jeremy Kenneth Williams, Deborah Mary Williams and Natalie M...
Tākitimu PĀNUI He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai A Special Sitting At Hastings Via Zoom https://us06web.zoom.us/j/8564298176 Meeting ID: 856 429 8176 Thursday 28 September 2023 Judge D H Stone PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: SP1 10:00AM AP-20230000032674 220/93, 222/93, 244/93 William Koro H...
Documents/Panui/SP-1-Panui-William-Koro-Henderson.pdf (113 kb)
Judge Te Kani Williams analyses how New Zealand's laws protect indigenous cultural heritage and customary rights, and poses the question - are they adequate?
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. He is the first Maori to be appointed to our highest court.
A primary function of succession for Māori is to maintain whakapapa connections to their whenua (land), whānau(family), tupuna (ancestors) and atua (gods). 51 Joseph Williams “Lex Aotearoa: An Heroic Attempt to Map the Māori Dimension in Modern New Zealand Law” (2013) 21 Waikato L Rev 1 at 4. 52 Joseph Williams “Lex Aotearoa: An Heroic Attempt to Map the Māori Dimension in Modern New Zealand Law” (2013) 21 Waikato L Rev 1 at 4. 15 MANA As identified earli...
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)
An island that is being dreamed about by Justice Williams, that was imagined by our ancestors and that we aspire to reach in our lifetime.
