He is one of the resident Judges for the Tairāwhiti District of the Māori Land Court.
You have heard of the countless benefits that emerge from the freedom of the spoken language, from the use of the language, from the survival of the language within the hearts of mankind.
The Treaty of Waitangi, signed in 1840 between Māori and the Crown, is the founding document of Aotearoa New Zealand.
The imagery of a spring has been used to represent the wealth of knowledge regarding the law that has been pooled together in this bench book and that will be used to support both the land and the people who come to the Court.
If the borrower defaults the lender is entitled to remove the house from the land.
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.
Step 1 In the Pātaka Whenua portal, use the menu on the left side of the screen to click “Search”.
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The mediator will guide the parties in the dispute through mediation based on the tikanga agreed by the parties.
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What has changed? The Local Government (Water Services) Act (the Act) has made the following changes to the Māori Land Court’s jurisdiction.
If there is a dispute about access or no response to an access notice, an internal reviewer will assess the situation. • Where the land is Māori-owned and the landowner does not participate in the internal review, the water service provider can appeal to the Māori Land Court under section 166(4)(b). • If the reviewer makes a decision that the landowner disagrees with, the Māori lando...
