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In August 2020, the Government passed targeted
changes to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 to simplify
the legal processes for owning, occupying and using
Māori land.
Ka āhei te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te
whakamana i te tono whakawehe mēnā koia
nei tonu te huarahi tōtika mō te whakamahi
me te whakahou i te whenua, ka whai
takoha rānei tētahi mema o tewhānau mai i
te kaitono.
20 July 2023
MEDIA STATEMENT
Chief Justice welcomes the appointment of
new Chief Māori Land Court Judge
The Chief Justice welcomes the announcement by Associate Minister of Māori
Development, the Hon Nanaia Mahuta, of Judge Caren Fox’s appointment as
Chief Judge of Te Kooti Whenua Māori | Māori Land Court.
Chief Judge Fox (Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata, TeWhānau a Apanui) is the 17th
Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court, and the first wahine Māori to hold the rol...
Ko Kaiwhakawā Matua Fox (nō Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata, TeWhānau ā Apanui),
te Kaiwhakawā Matua tekau mā whitu o Te Kooti Whenua Māori, ā, ko ia hoki te
wahine tuatahi ki te whiwhi i tēnei tūranga.
She also acted as legal counsel for Treaty claimants and Māori land clients. She holds a LLM from Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, and in 2023 received her PhD at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi for her thesis "Ko te mana te utu: Narratives of sovereignty, law, and tribal citizenship in the Pōtikirua ki te Toka-a-Taiau District".
Toku Whenua Reports
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Toitū te Whenua
Land Information New Zealand
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