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ChiefJudge Caren Fox and Pae Matua Steve Gunson are pleased to release the second Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court Annual Report, covering the period from Matariki 2023 – Matariki 2024.
He tohutohu a te Kaiwhakawā
Direction of the judge
After further consultation, I reschedule dates as follows:
From Waitahanui Community Centre: 10:00am, Wednesday, 19 March 2025
To Waitahanui Community Centre: 10:00am, Friday, 21 March 2025
From Waitahanui Community Centre: 10:00am, Wednesday, 20 August 2025
To Waitahanui Community Centre: 10:00am, Thursday, 21 August 2025
From Waitahanui Community Centre: 10:00am, Wednesday, 17 September 2025
To Waitahanui Community Centr...
Gerry was a very knowledgeable kaumatua from Ngāi Tuhoe, was a veteran of the Vietnam war and was a lovely, kind and gentle man and again his death is a great loss. To the ChiefJudge, the Deputy ChiefJudge, the Deputy Chair of the Waitangi Tribunal, and all of the Judges of this Honourable.
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Rotorua
At Rotorua | Māori Land Court, Hauora House, 1143 Haupapa Street, Rotorua |
Or Via Zoom – Meeting ID: 851 0825 3828 | Passcode: 024235
Monday, 7 October 2024
Deputy ChiefJudge, C T Coxhead Presiding
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Māori Land Court | Judge’s Corner
Judge Aidan Warren
Dispute Resolution
February 2022
As a newly appointed Judge of the Māori Land Court it is highly appropriate that my
contribution to the Judges’ Corner relates to one of the new tools added to our kete by the
legislative changes that came into effect in February this year.
There is the ability to appoint a mediator beyond that list if the parties consider that it is justified in the circumstances and the appointment is approved by the Chief Executive and the Judge or Registrar who referred the matter to a mediator.
Former Chief Māori Land Court Judge, who then became a
Justice of the High Court, ET Durie provided the following analyses of the nature of Māori rights to land;
Maori see themselves not as masters of the environment but as
members of it.
