Inquiry about delayed judgments If you are concerned about a delay in delivering a reserved judgment in the Māori Land Court in a case in which you have an interest (or are the legal representative for someone with an interest), an inquiry should be made to Chief Registrar.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Maori-Land-Court-Judgment-Delivery.pdf (128 kb)
First, what it is that might possibly lead to a reasonable apprehension by a fully informed observer that the judge might decide the case other than on its merits; and 2.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Maori-Land-Court-Recusal-Guidelines.pdf (226 kb)
Adoptions were originally managed under section 162 of the Native Land Act 1909 which stated that: ‘the Native Land Court shall have jurisdiction to make an order under this Part of this Act for the adoption of a child by a Native’. Section 18 of the Adoption Act 1955 explicitly stated that adoption orders under the Act applied to Māori and sections 19(1) and (2) of the Act effectively provided that customary Māori adoption (whāngai) carried out since the commencement...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
PAGE 2 of 12 • Alienation: Some offices kept specific series relating to the lease and sale of Māori Land which required confirmation of the local District Māori Land Board • Judicial: In some cases, early judicial officers would maintain their own minute book series for specific investigations or because they would be away from a regional centre for long periods of time • Quasi-judicial: Where a Registrar or Deputy Registrar acted in a quasi-jud...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-Minute-Book-Abbreviations.pdf (470 kb)
1 An index of past and present judicial officers of the Māori Land Court and Native Land Court 1 May 2018 Judicial officers of the Native Land Court from 1864 to 1947 Judge Date appointed John Rogan 25 June 1864 (President) 9 January 1865 (Judge) Wiremu Tipene 25 June 1864 Matikikuha 25 June 1864 Te Keene of Orakei 25 June 1864 Tamati Reweti 25 June 1864 George Clarke 25 October 1864 (President) 9 January 1865 (Judge) Hone Mohi Tawhai 25 October 1864 P...
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For example, an application for succession will require a death certificate, any grant of administration (probate 2 or letters of administration 3) or the original will, minutes of a whānau meeting if a whānau trust is required and consents of the proposed trustees.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-applications-english.pdf (327 kb)
He tauira tēnei, ko te tono mō ngā pānga whenua o te tangata mate, me whai tiwhikete rēhitatanga o te matenga o taua tangata rā, he tuku whakahaerenga (tono whakamau wira 2, ngā reta tuku whakahaere 3 rānei), te wira tuatahi rānei, ngā kōrero mai i te hui ā-whānau mēnā kei te whakatūria he rōpū Kaitiaki Whānau, arā Whānau Trust me ngā whakaaetanga o ngā tāngata ka whakaingoatia ki runga ki te trust.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-applications-tereo.pdf (326 kb)
Māori incorporations are designed to manage whole blocks of land and are the most commercial of all Māori land management structures. Whānau, pūtea 2, and kaitiaki 3 trusts can operate under the umbrella of a Māori incorporation.
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Ka taea e ngā rōpū tikanga kaitiaki pēnei me ngā rōpū kaitiaki tikanga ā whānau, ngā rōpū kaitiaki pūtea 2 me ngā rōpū kaitiaki 3 anō, te mahi ki raro i te marara o te kaporeihana Māori.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-incorporations-tereo.pdf (949 kb)
A20160006045 45/93 Tyson Charles Schmidt CJ 2016/47 - Te Keepa Tamitere or Peneti - and orders made at 117 WP 96 (2 June 1949) - Application to the Chief Judge 7 A20160006047 45/93 Tyson Charles Schmidt CJ 2016/37 - Tamati Tuhiwai - and succession orders made at 159 GIS 286-287 (26 November 2004) and 112 Rotorua MB 142 (22 March 1960) - Application to the Chief Judge A20170001457 45/93 Katherine Kataraina Tonihi CJ 2017/4 - Parekarangi A12 B2 - Kahuroro Gus To...
