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Chief Judge Fox (Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata, Te Whānau a Apanui) is the 17th
Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court, and the first wahine Māori to hold the role.
Chief Judge Fox is a descendent of Ngāti Porou and Rongowhakaata, with ties to Te Whānau a Apanui. She is the fifth judge to be appointed as Chairperson of the Waitangi Tribunal, following Chief Judge Kenneth Gillanders Scott, Tā Justice Taihakurei Durie, Tā Justice Joe Williams and Chief Judge Wilson Isaac.
Ko Kaiwhakawā Matua Fox (nō Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata, Te Whānau 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.
Since the passing of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993, our role is to:
promote the retention of Māori land in the hands of its owners, whānau and hapū
facilitate the occupation, development and use of Māori land
ensure that decisions made about Māori land are fair and balanced taking into account the needs of all the owners and their beneficiaries.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP1 10:00 AM AP-20240000006911 240/93 Daphne Nepata Lot 28B No 18A No 2 Section 2
Parish of Rangitaiki, Rangitaiki
Parish 28B 2D 2B 2D and Sub B2
Lot 1 Sec 3 Parish of Rangitaiki -
Ngairo Trust - Removal of Michael
Haihua Simon as responsible trustee
SP2 10:00 AM AP-20240000011092 231/93 Akuhata
Mathew
Maunsell
He arotakenga i te Ngairo Trust
Review of the Ngairo Trust
SP3 10:00 AM AP-20250000009820 239/93 Daphne Nepata He...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP19 10:00 AM AP-20230000024740 67/93 Paki Nikora Te Uru Taumata Trust - Seek
Directions of the Courts as to a Trust
– Judicial conference
SP20 10:00 AM AP-20230000024346 67/93 Te Kohinga me
Te Kaunihera
Kaumatua o
Tuhoe
Tūhoe - Te Uru Taumata - Seek
Directions of the Court as to a Trust
Enforcement of obligations of trust –
Judicial conference
SP21 10:00 AM AP-20230000023866 67/93 Paki Nikora Te Uru Taumata Trust
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP3 12:40 PM AP-20240000009524
239/93 Jeremy
Kenneth
Williams,
(represented
by Counsel:
Rox Soriano,
Style Toleafoa
& Dr Bryan
Gilling)
He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Estate and Trust for
Kenneth Sydney Williams -
Aorangi Maunga No. 1
Replace Elizabeth Josephine
Williams and John William Stuart
Williams with Jeremy Kenneth
Williams, Deborah Mary Williams and
Natalie Margot W...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP6 4:00 PM AP-20230000027267
A20210010112
231/93
238/93
240/93
241/93
Shelly Ann
Thwaites
Harataunga East 2B2B1(Ngawiki
Trust) - Application to enforce the
obligations of the trust, trust review,
removing trustees and terminating
the trust