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The Honourable Willie Jackson, Minister for Māori Development made a formal announcement on 22 March 2023: New appointment to Māori Land Court bench | Beehive.govt.nz My congratulations, and congratulations on behalf of the Māori Land Court, to Judge Thomas.
No formal appellate body was set up
until the establishment of the Native Appellate
Court in 1894. This Court, today the Māori
Appellate Court, was established to hear appeals
from the Native Land Court.
As the central, freely accessible portal for
judicial decisions, JDO enables users to conduct
comprehensive searches across all courts, includ-
ing te ao Māori terminology. For instance, a search
for ‘wāhi tapu’ will return relevant decisions from
the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court,
Employment Court, Environment Court, and the
Māori Land Court.
The Chief Justice notes Chief Judge Fox’s long and exemplary service to the
Court. Chief Judge Fox was appointed as Māori Land Court Judge in 2000, and
as Deputy Chief Judge in 2010.
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Upcoming court hearings
The National Pānui
Chief Judge special application hearings
Māori Appellate Court hearings
Notification of Applications over 6 months old (5.11 Reports) Upcoming court hearings
Every month, each district holds court sittings in their local office and in at least one other location.
It also holds information about the whakapapa of landowners. It includes:
Court files (the physical and electronic application file that holds all documents and correspondence about a matter in the Court)
Minute books (the physical copy of all conversations and decisions made by the Court)
Court orders (the decisions made by a Registrar or the Court)
Instruments of alienation (the legal tool used to make changes to a land block)
Block order files (the phy...
