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Kaiwhakawā Wilson Isaac
Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Kahungunu
Judge Wilson Isaac was appointed to the Māori Land Court on 11 March 1994, was appointed as Deputy Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court in 1999 and the Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court, and Chair of the Waitangi Tribunal on 13 August 2009.
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Over the holiday period, Māori Land Court offices will be closed from 3pm, Wednesday 24
December 2025 and will reopen 10am, Monday, 5 January 2026.
A long-term pattern of poor returns from activities, such as farms that run at a loss.
The land is not being well managed.
Management is not providing shareholders with accurate and timely reports, e.g.
The Māori Land Court is notifying all owners of the above block about the following hui: Whenua: Lot 26 Reserve 873 (199 Tuahiwi Rd) Date: Thursday, 27 February Time: 10 am Venue: Māori Land Court 20 Lichfield Street Christchurch Kaupapa:
Clean up notice from Waimakariri District Council
Agree on next steps
Vote on whether to form an ahu whenua trust, or alternative options for managing the whenua in future.
Currently Aotearoa New Zealand has 11 women judges of Māori ancestry who serve on the High Court, District Court and Māori Land Court. That figure represents about 4.8% of the judiciary.
That provides a great deal of protection because the land cannot be sold or gifted away. Nor can the land be taken by way of an agreement under the Public Works Act 1981.
Approximately 42 per cent of Māori land is not under any governance entity. In some instances this is because the land has only one or just a few owners, or because the land is unsuitable for any form of development and owners have decided to leave it in its natural state.
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