Fenton was active in Auckland’s theatrical and musical scene, and was on one occasion seen doing a haka in public along with a number of Rotorua Māori chiefs following the successful auction of Māori land leases at Rotorua in 1880.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
In the issues paper produced in April 2021 by the Law Commission entitled “Review of Succession: Rights to a person’s property on death” the paper identifies a number of tikanga that I consider to be relevant and reproduce here.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)
. … so, I am here for my dad and the eight generations of people that come us, Tamati Pirimona Marino and Hoani Te Uakihi, being my great great great 13 83 Te Waipounamu 202-215 (83 TWP 202-215).
Once again, given my role as a Judge of the Court I am not at liberty to comment on how well the Court performs its function in dealing with successions.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
This speech will be about my role as a Judge of the Māori Land Court. However, because I became a Judge only a matter of weeks ago, I do not yet have many stories to share with you about my new job.
The court gives the trustees control of the property that is vested in the trust so that they can deal with it for the benefit of the beneficial owners. This trust order sets out the rules for how the trustees do that.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)
The challenge is for all of us to be doing the same. To my Māori language, I thank you.
My parent / grandparent / whanaunga are on the list but have passed away, what do I do?
The owners have/have not* been advised (a) that an occupation order may pass by succession; and (b) that an occupation order may be for a definite term or until a specified event; and (c) of the term for which the order is sought. 6.
TRUSTEE MEETINGS 18.1 The number of Trustees required to attend a trustee meeting in order to conduct the business of that meeting (“Quorum”) is a majority in number of the Trustees appointed by the Court.
