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SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
53 AP-20250000003542 78A(7)/67 Deputy
Registrar
WilliamWilliams also known as Kupe WIlliams
or Kupe Taare or Kupe Taurerewa or Kupe
Hinewai or KupeTuwharetoa or Kupe
Tuwhatetoa - Succession
54 AP-20250000005607 160/93 The Property
Group Limited
Ohau 3 Sub 26D - Certificate of confirmation in
relation to land covenant to be recorded on the
block
55 AP-20250000005804 118(6)/93 Luana
Makinoria
Paamu
He tauatanga ki n...
Many Māori people attended the sittings at
Cambridge. In 1881 Major William Mair reported
that the task of compiling the census of the
Māori population was made even more difficult
than usual because so many people were on
the road to Cambridge to attend Court sittings.
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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
P...
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 M...
Judge Warren is also a member of the Waitangi Tribunal.
Kaiwhakawā Te Kani Williams
Tūhoe, Whakatōhea, Ngāi Tai ki Tōrere, Ngāti Manawa, Ngāti Maniapoto, Tainui, Te Aupōuri Judge Te Kani Williams was appointed to the Māori Land Court on 30 September 2021.
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
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
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A20170001457 45/93 Katherine Kataraina Tonihi CJ 2017/4 - Parekarangi A12 B2 -
Kahuroro Gus Tonihi an...
Tākitimu
PĀNUI
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 Hastings
Via Zoom
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/8564298176
Meeting ID: 856 429 8176
Thursday 28 September 2023
Judge D H Stone
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SP1 10:00AM AP-20230000032674 220/93,
222/93,
244/93
William Koro
H...
Waiariki
PĀNUI
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 Ōpōtiki
Māori Land Court, 1143 Haupapa
Street, Hauora House, Rotorua
Wednesday 6 September 2023
Judge T M Wara Presiding
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SSep3/1 11:00 AM AP-20230000021566 113/93,
118/93
Thompson
Quinton Tapsell
William B...
Judge Te Kani Williams analyses how New Zealand's laws protect indigenous cultural heritage and customary rights, and poses the question - are they adequate?
A primary function of succession for Māori is to maintain whakapapa connections
to their whenua (land), whānau(family), tupuna (ancestors) and atua (gods).
51 Joseph Williams “Lex Aotearoa: An Heroic Attempt to Map the Māori Dimension in Modern New Zealand Law” (2013)
21 Waikato L Rev 1 at 4.
52 Joseph Williams “Lex Aotearoa: An Heroic Attempt to Map the Māori Dimension in Modern New Zealand Law” (2013)
21 Waikato L Rev 1 at 4.
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MANA
As identified earli...