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Whenua Māori
Te Rohe o Te Taitokerau
Tari Rēhita
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Te Rohe o Waikato Maniapoto
Tari Rēhita
Papa tuarua, BNZ Centre,
354-358 Victoria
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HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE COURT 1862–1890s
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SECTION 1
Historical
Foundations
of the Court
1862-1890s
“Ōku waewae kāinga”
HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE COURT 1862–1890s
Historical
Foundations
of the Court
1862-1890s
Written by R P Boast QC
Professor, Faculty of Law,
Victoria University of Wellington.
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Origins of the Court
The Native Land Court, today the Māori Land
Court, is New Zealand’s oldest and longest-
establishe...
NGĀ KAPOREIHANA MĀORI TE TURE WHENUA MĀORI ACT 1993
MĀORI INCORPORATIONS
TE TURE WHENUA MĀORI ACT 1993
The Māori Land Court (Te Kooti Whenua
Māori) is the New Zealand court that hears
matters relating to Māori land.
NGĀ KAPOREIHANA MĀORI TE TURE WHENUA MĀORI ACT 1993
MĀORI INCORPORATIONS
TE TURE WHENUA MĀORI ACT 1993
The Māori Land Court (Te Kooti Whenua
Māori) is the New Zealand court that hears
matters relating to Māori land.
‘Custom law: address to the New Zealand Society for Legal and Social Philosophy’ in Victoria University of
Wellington Law Review (1994) 24: 325-331, p.328.
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for Māori to have their rights, and their systems of governance, acknowledged alongside the law of the
state as a matter of justice.
KAITIAKI WHENUA MĀORI
TE TURE WHENUA MĀORI ACT 1993
Ko te whakakape
I pau te manawa me te kaha ki te whai i te tika me te pono
o tēnei puka pānui, i tuhia, i whakatikaina, ā, i pānuitia
i runga tonu i te mōhiotanga ko ōna kaituhi me ōna
kaiwhakatika, kaipānui…
Judge
Milner was a solicitor, senior
associate and special counsel.
He graduated from Victoria
University with an LLB, BA
in Māori and BA Hons (First
Class) in Political Science and
International Relations.
NGĀ KAPOREIHANA MĀORI
TE TURE WHENUA MĀORI ACT 1993
MĀORI INCORPORATIONS TE TURE WHENUA MĀORI ACT 1993
Ko te whakakape
I pau te manawa me te kaha ki te whai i te tika me te pono
o tēnei puka pānui, i tuhia, i whakatikaina, ā, i pānuitia
i runga tonu i te mōhiotanga ko…
