I am currently the judge for Te Waipounamu in the Māori Land Court. I am also presiding over a number of urgent inquiries in the Waitangi Tribunal, which has never been busier.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP7 2:00 PM AP-20260000005712 328/93 Maurea Law He otā whakanoho mō Roseanna Tahuparae rātou ko Putiputi Matete ko Aroha Reihana ko Tania White ko Emma Furlonge ki a Porangahau 2B 9B Sec 14 Occupation order for Roseanna Tahuparae, Putiputi Matete, Aroha Rehana, Tania White and Emma Furlonge on Porangahau 2B 9B Sec 14 SP8 2:30 PM AP-20260000005711 239/93 Maurea Law He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Rawinia Rakapa Tutaki Whānau...
Chief Judge Fox (Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata, Te Whānau a Apanui) is the 17th Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court, and the first wahine Māori to hold the role.
Documents/Articles/23-07-20-Media-Statement-Chief-Maori-Land-Court-Judge-appointment.pdf (400 kb)
Our key purpose is to promote the retention of Māori land in Māori hands, and to support landowners to use, occupy and develop their whenua for the benefit of all landowners, and their whānau and hapū.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP13 10:00 AM AP-20250000004899 241/93 David James Davies Removal of land interests from the Rangitopeora Whānau Trust
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 7 10:00AM AP-20240000013663 19/93 Love Whānau Trust Whataarakai No 1 B – Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation (Respondent: Nicklause Neames) Tākitimu PĀNUI
Documents/Panui/21.-Special-Takitimu-18-December-2024.pdf (140 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 002 10:00 AM AP-20240000013815 19/93 Te Hurihanganui David Wickliffe Whanau Trust Mourea Papakainga 3E9 Māori Reservation and Mourea Papakainga 3E 14C 2 block - Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation (Respondents: Jeremy Pryor and his agent David Taylor, Jacqueline Pryor WAIARIKI PĀNUI SP 003 10:00 AM...
Documents/Panui/23.-Special-Waiariki-20-December-2024.pdf (141 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP69 10:00 AM AP-20250000006669 19/93 Edward Joseph Hayes Whānau Trust, Christine Brake, Isabel Tui Edwards Opape 1A 15A and Opape 1A15B No 2 blocks - Edward Joseph Hayes Family Trust - Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation (Respondents: Angelina Rika and Vanessa Hayes)
Accordingly, I direct the following applications that were scheduled to be heard in the Wairoa Māori Land Court on Thursday 27 June 2024 are adjourned and rescheduled to be heard at a Special hearing of the Māori Land Court: APPLICATION NO.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 6 1:00 PM AP-20230000031625 19(1)(a)/93 Huirua (Ben) Mohi, Delwyn Mohi Ngaiotonga 1B1A, 1B1B, 1B1C, 2B1 and Lots 2 and 4 (Huirua and Tracey Mohi Tamariki Whanau Trust) – Injunction against any person in respect of any actual or threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori Land or Māori Reservation (Respondents: Georgina Davis and Graeme Davis) TE TAITOKERAU PĀNUI
Documents/Panui/5.-Taitokerau-Special-4-June-2024.pdf (118 kb)
