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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
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Ka tonoa he kape o ēnei kōrero ki te kaituku
pānui ki te tangata hoki e whai pānga ana ki
te keehi.
Ka tuhia ngā tono ā kooti, ā, ka hainatia e te
kaiwhakawā, e te kairēhita tuarua rānei o te
Kooti, ā, ka tāngia ki te moko ā ture o te Kooti.
Where a grant of letters of administration 19
or probate 20 has been issued, the executor 21
may apply directly to the Māori incorporation
to transfer the deceased’s shares to the
successors 22.
Me kōrero atu hoki ngā kaipupuri whenua
ki te kooti, i tae te pānui ki ngā tāngata
whai pānga 20 ki te whenua, arā, kei te
whekarerekētia ngā āhuatanga o te tiaki
whenua, ā, kei a rātou te wā hei kōrerorero
i tēnei take.
TOWARDS THE END OF
THE 19TH CENTURY,
AS A RESULT OF YET
FURTHER CHANGES, THE
CONCEPT OF ‘MĀORI
FREEHOLD LAND’ BEGAN
TO EMERGE.
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The Court in Operation
in the 19th Century
The Native Land Court soon became a busy
institution, investigating titles to land all over
the country.
For
instance, they may own block A and also have an interest in
block B. With the consent of the other owners of both blocks,
and by making an application to the MLC for a combined
partition, the interests could be combined to create the new
block Z.
Persons who are not allowed to be trustee:
3.8 The following are persons not entitled to act as trustees:
3.8.1 Persons under 18 years of age;
3.8.2 Undischarged bankrupts;
3.8.3 Persons subject to a Compulsory Treatment Order under part 11 of the Mental Health Act 1992;
3.8.4 Persons convicted of an offence punishable by imprisonment for a term of 6 months and whose
sentence has not yet been served;
3.8.5 Persons disqualified as a director of a company...
(b) This does not require a Trustee to treat all Beneficiaries equally (but all
Beneficiaries must be treated in accordance with the terms of the Trust).
1.8 Each Trustee must not make a profit from the trusteeship of the Trust.
