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A significant number of applications were adjourned during this period - in April alone approximately 500 cases were notified in the National Pānui, and subsequently adjourned under the Chief Judge’s protocol to be heard at a later date. During the Level 4 lockdown, like the rest of New Zealanders, all Māori Land Court staff were required to work from home.
Following the Government’s decision last week to remove the remaining COVID-19
restrictions, the judiciary, informed by public health advice, reviewed the court
operating protocols.
In Pātaka Whenua, you can find information about your whenua, search the court record, make an application or enquiry online and pay the application filing fee.
It is important to include all relevant information for your
application to be assessed as ‘simple’, so complete the
application form carefully and completely.
Although I didn’t realise it at the time, being true to who I was, and who I am, has been the single most important influence in my working life to date. There is, I think, a lesson in that. Māori Land Court Judges The Māori Land Court bench at present is made up of thirteen judges.
Written Reports and Settlement Agreements The appointed mediator must provide written reports to keep the Registrar informed of the progress of the mediation. The mediator is also to record the terms of the resolution reached at mediation and report them to the Judge or Registrar who referred the issue/s to the mediator.
The session on the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law was also very informative. We heard from the Hon T F Bathurst AC, Chief Justice of The Supreme Court of New South Wales, Mr Kohei Nasu, former Judge of Supreme Court of Japan, Mr Wenxian Zhang, Vice President of the China Law Society, the Hon Geoffrey Tao-li Ma GBM QC SC, Chief Justice of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal, Dato' Mah Weng Kwai, former Judge of Court of Appeal of Malaysia and Dr Oliver Stolpe, Senior Pro...
Written Reports and Settlement Agreements
The appointed mediator must provide written reports to keep the Registrar informed of the
progress of the mediation. The mediator is also to record the terms of the resolution reached
at mediation and report them to the Judge or Registrar who referred the issue/s to the
mediator.
