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One title would represent the totality of the shares currently held by the Seymour whanau (32.21252 shares) to be vested in (Phillip Douglas Seymour, Pauline Ruth McKay, Selwyn Gerald Martin Seymour, Edward James Seymour, and Caroline Ngawaiata Rowena Power) as to their respective shares, with the other title vested in the owners, being the whanāu of Tame Horomona Rehe.
Justice Joe Williams himself was the Chief Judge of the Maori Land Court before his appointment to the higher courts, and indeed the Chief Judge before him, the Honourable Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie, is also an alumnus. And although the records on the earliest Judges of the Court are often incomplete, it appears that Judge Hugh Fraser Ayson was the first VUW graduate to be appointed as a Judge of this Court.
Ngā hui ā-tau
Me hui ngā kaitiaki ia tau, engari mēnā kāre
he kiko o te whakatū hui ā-tau (arā mō te
urupā, whānau, paku noa iho), ka āhei te inoi
ki te Kooti Whenua Māori kia whakaaetia te
whakaiti i ngā hui, kia kotahi ia rua, toru, rima
tau rānei.
This is reflected in the right to self-determination in art 3 being characterised as “essential to the
enjoyment of all human rights”: Melissa Castan “DRIP Feed: The Slow Reconstruction of Self-determination for
Indigenous Peoples” in Sarah Joseph and Adam McBeth (eds) Research Handbook on International Human Rights
Law (Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, 2010) 492 at 499; see also Office of the High Commissioner for Human
Rights CCPR General Comment No 12: Article 1 (Right to Self-...
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Waiariki Appellate AP
Waimana WAIM
Waioeka, Parish of WAI
Wairaka WA
Whakatane WHK
Whakatohea WHAK
Whanau Apanui WHA
Urewera URE
Urewera Appellate APURE
Urewera Commission 1896 URE COM
Consolidation Minute Book Series:
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Consolidation CNWA
Restricted Minute Book Series: (not available for
inspection or copying)
Minute Book Abbreviation
Adoption ADPWA
Current Minute Book Series (2010-):
Minute Book Abbreviation
Waiariki WAR...
I tohua a Kaiwhakawā Matua Fox hei kaiwhakawā mō Te Kooti Whenua Māori i te 1 o Oketopa 2000, ā, i muri paku mai i tohua ko ia te Āpiha Whakahaere o te uiui o takiwā o Te Puku o Te Ika a Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi i te tau 2001.
Waikato-Maniapoto
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 ā muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Hamilton
Māori Land Court, BNZ Centre, Level 2
354 Victoria Street, Hamilton
Thursday 7 December 2023
Judge R P Mullins, Presiding
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SDec5/1 10.00AM
(allow one
(1) hour
for both
matters)
AP-202300000309...
Waikato-Maniapoto
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 ā muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Hamilton
Māori Land Court, BNZ Centre, Level 2
354 Victoria Street, Hamilton
Wednesday 6 December 2023
Judge R P Mullins, Presiding
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SDec9 10.30AM AP-20230000034367 214/93 Joanne
Gabriel (Papi)
Barakat
M...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 5 10:00 AM AP-20250000010880 58/93 David Taui Appeal 2025/19 - Lot 3 Deposited Plan
South Auckland 19992 block (Tura Te
Ngakau Lands Trust) and an order
removing a trustee made at 344 Waiariki
MB 9-14 on 30/7/2025 - Notice of
Appeal (Respondent: Joseph Edwards)
Tairāwhiti
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mohiotia ai ka tu Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawa, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o nga tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
Special Hearing
Māori Land Court
Te Whare o te Ra, Nga Wai e Rua Building
60 Reads Quay, Gisborne
Friday, 24 November 2023
Judge A M Thomas presiding
PANUI
NO:
TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SP1 9:00AM AP-20230000033793 328/93 Matthew Warren
Randall
Te Kuri X47B block –...
