She holds a LLM from Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, and in 2023 received her PhD at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi for her thesis "Ko te mana te utu: Narratives of sovereignty, law, and tribal citizenship in the Pōtikirua ki te Toka-a-Taiau District". Judge Sarah Reeves will continue as Deputy Chairperson of the Waitangi Tribunal.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP9 2:00 PM AP-20240000005941 239/93 Jodi Porter Replace Papakura Martha
Toa and Hone Edwards
Thompson with Albert Berend
Te Oke Waiapu, Tayna Glen
Kelly KareKare, Arron James
Patterson Porter and Frank
Te Wheki Porter as trustees
of the Ruarakai -
Tokomanawa Lands Trust
SP10 2:00 PM AP-20240000006002 215/93
219/93
220/93
222/93
Jodi Porter Constitute the Ruarakai -
Tokomanawa Lands Trust
over Omarumutu 3 block and
to appoint Jodi Lorraine
Po...
She is a member of the Waitangi Tribunal, serving as the Deputy Chairperson from 2010 to 2015.
Kaiwhakawā Sarah Reeves
Te Ātiawa
Judge Sarah Reeves was appointed to the Māori Land Court on 10 December 2010.
Aorere – Accretion, determination of status, and ownership of land
Judge Sarah Reeves & Sophie Hursthouse
Introduction
In 2017, an application to the Court was made by Ropata Taylor seeking determination
of status and ownership of land situated in the township of Collingwood, Golden Bay.1
The land had no current title and was significantly affected by both accretion and
erosion.
Whakapūaho: Kaiwhakawā Matua Caren Fox o Te Kooti
Whenua Māori me te Pae Matua a Steve Gunson
4 Māori Land Court / Māori Appellate Court Annual Report Matariki 2023 – Matariki 2024
Kaiwhakawā Matua Caren Fox
Ngāti Porou
◆ I kopoua i te 1 o Hakihea 2000
(te Kaiwhakawā Matua 104 o Te
Kooti Whenua Māori)
◆ I kopoua hei Kaiwhakawā
Matua Tuarua i te 20 o
Huitanguru 2010
◆ I kopoua hei Kaiwhakawā Matua i te 5
o Hōngongoi 2023
◆ Kaiwhakawā Tūturu, Te Tairāwhiti
◆ Tiamana o Te Rōpū...
Sitting Date
10 March 2026
18 March 2026
9 June 2026
11 June 2026
7 September 2026
17 September 2026
8 December 2026
10 December 2026
Unless otherwise notified, sittings will be held by Zoom Ngā tono ki te Kaiwhakawā Matua
Chief Judge applications to be heard
Pānui
Sitting of the Chief Judge 11 June 2026
Sitting of the Chief Judge 9 June 2026
Sitting of the Chief Judge 18 March 2026
Sitting of the Chief Judge 10 March 2026
Sitting of the Chi...
Maheno Puhirere or Peraniko
Puhirere and orders made at 155
Napier MB 179-180 (9 December
1998) - Application to the Chief
Judge
A20190002253 45/93 David Churton CJ 2019/4 - Mataimoana (Maori
Customary Land) - and vesting orders
made at 135 Whanganui MB 119-127
on 24 June 1971 - Application to the
Chief Judge
A20190002306 45/93 Estrelita Kahikatea Dickinson CJ 2019/2 - Paurini Paengahuru - and
succession orders made at 49
Tokaanu MB 187-191 on 25
September 1969 - Applicatio...
