39. Aotea 5 September 2025
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP16 1:30 PM AP-20240000014163 67/93 Lorraine Clark Waipapa 1M Trust – Judicial Conference. The Court may convene to make Orders
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP16 1:30 PM AP-20240000014163 67/93 Lorraine Clark Waipapa 1M Trust – Judicial Conference. The Court may convene to make Orders
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 3:35 PM AP-20240000009812 67/93 131/19 Scott Wirihana- Tawake Te Wirihana Tawake Whānau Trust – Relief against liability application by trustees-substantive hearing
This information in my view should be brought together and made available to the Māori Land Court, and then to an owner who wishes to develop his land and needs to notify owners.
The Deed of Settlement did not specify a deadline for completion of the identification phase and the work was not prioritised over and above the business as usual work of the Māori Land Court.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 12 10:30 AM AP-20240000009048 239/93 338(7)/93 Te Runanga o Ngāti Kea Ngāti Tuara He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Horohoro 40 Māori reservation - Replace Hepora Young, Albert Hapi, Eru George, Kuia Ihe and Vincent Eru with Anthony Leonard Peni, Hone Philip Waudby, Alana Ngawai Collins, Ema Maria Bargh, Kataraina Ake Nanua George, Danielle Latai Michelle Marks, Ngahuia Mary Corbett and Brook Tahaumaraeariki George a...
Documents/Panui/17.-Special-Waiariki-21-October-2024.pdf (148 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 12 10:30 AM AP-20240000009048 239/93 338(7)/93 Te Runanga o Ngāti Kea Ngāti Tuara He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Horohoro 40 Māori reservation – Replace Hepora Young, Albert Hapi, Eru George, Kuia Ihe and Vincent Eru with Anthony Leonard Peni, Hone Philip Waudby, Alana Ngawai Collins, Ema Maria Bargh, Kataraina Ake Nanua George, Danielle Latai Michelle Marks, Ngahuia Mary Corbett and Brook Tahaumaraeariki George...
Documents/Panui/57.-Special-Waiariki-21-October-2024.pdf (170 kb)
Eleven out of these thirteen judges are Māori, and all judges have extensive experience in Māori land and Treaty of Waitangi legal matters.
Te Puna Manawa Whenua refers to various standard documents and templates. These are guides only and often need to be tailored appropriately to the facts and legal issues of the particular case.
While the numbers of Māori women judges have increased in the Māori Land Court and District Court, Justice Lowell Goddard was the first, and so far the only Māori woman to become a Queen’s Counsel and judge of the High Court.
Overall, the more simplified mediation process now included in the Act, premised on tikanga Māori and flexibility, is welcomed. The challenge now is to develop a robust and consistent framework, so that those owners of Māori Land who seek genuine resolution can use this service and avoid determinations that result in a winner and loser.