The former Chief Judge continues to be presiding officer of the Waitangi Tribunal over those inquiries that have been already heard or part-heard by him.
If you would like to speak to us kanohi ki te kanohi (face-to-face), please visit our district offices, where our kaimahi will do their very best to assist you with your enquiry.
The Māori Land Information System (MLIS), the Court’s previous system which held information about whenua Māori and the court record, was only accessible in the court’s district offices. In Pātaka Whenua, landowners can access this information online, from anywhere at any time.
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.
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.
For more information about Māori land matters,
please contact your nearest Māori Land Court office.
Glossary of Terms
ABSOLUTE
Is used to describe ownership of land interests
meaning that the interest(s) or share(s) are owned by
the person.
The trustee can also be removed if they:
repeatedly refuses or fail to act as trustee
become an undischarged bankrupt
are a corporate trustee that is subject to an insolvency event, or
are no longer suitable to hold office as trustee because of their conduct or circumstances.
This person may be a lawyer, notary public, Justice of the Peace, court official, court registrar, or New Zealand Police Officer of a certain rank.
Pōtitanga hei whakahaere i ngā paihere rawa whaiaro
Election to administer the estate
An election to administer an estate is where the Public Trust can apply to the High Court to administer a small estate without the need for a grant of administration.
