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Judge Coxhead was appointed to the Māori Land Court in 2008 and is one of the resident judges in Waiariki, as well as a Presiding Officer in the Waitangi Tribunal, Chief Justice of the High Court of Niue and a Justice of the High Court of Cook Islands. Judge Coxhead’s 16 years of judicial service, and his extensive experience and knowledge of law and tikanga, will serve him well as he steps into his new position as Deputy Chief Judge.
TRANSFERRING SHARES TO FACILITATE PARTITION
If owners of Māori land shares agree or arrange to allot
shares on a partition, the MLC may make a vesting order to
give effect to the agreement.
Transferring shares to facilitate
partition
If owners of Māori land shares agree or
arrange to allot shares on a partition, the
Māori Land Court may make a vesting order
to give effect to the agreement.
Transferring shares to facilitate
partition
If owners of Māori land shares agree or
arrange to allot shares on a partition, the
Māori Land Court may make a vesting order
to give effect to the agreement.
Transferring shares to facilitate
partition
If owners of Māori land shares agree or
arrange to allot shares on a partition, the
Māori Land Court may make a vesting order
to give effect to the agreement.
Court It does
Greg Shaw The other thing | wanted to note your Honour although we have indicated
the costs would not fall on the owners of these lands | would like to make it clear that at
this point in time the Maon Trustee hasnt recewved confirmation of funding by the Crown
for this work nevertheless we are proceeding \We dont believe we can just delay any
further to begin this work but | want to make it clear to the Court that at this stage the
funding hasnt been secured for that additional w...
Father and son, Phil (left) and Jayden Hokianga, standing on their ancestral
whenua managed by Matuaokore Ahu Whenua Trust on Kaitī Hill, near Gisborne.
This year’s conference was attended by Chief Justices (or their representatives) from Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Russia, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.
The block is situated on Rēkohu/Wharekauri/Chatham Islands.
Details for the hui are:
Whenua: Otonga 3
Date: Saturday 16 August 2025
Time: 2PM Chatham Islands time (1.15PM New Zealand time)
Venue: The Den Norman Memorial Reserve Chatham Islands
Proposed resolution:
T he Seymour whānau resolve to seek the full partition of the Otonga 3 block into 2 separate titles, as represented on the sketch plan provided.
Most of the Māori freehold land in New Zealand is therefore concentrated in the centre and the east coast of the North Island. There are 27,137 Māori freehold land titles and approximately 2.3 million ownership interests in those titles.
