Some of the matters the judge
should consider are:
1. A judge should apply the above principles firmly and fairly and not accede too
readily to suggestions of bias.
2.
Section 18 of the Adoption Act 1955 explicitly stated that adoption orders under the Act applied
to Māori and sections 19(1) and (2) of the Act effectively provided that customary Māori
adoption (whāngai) carried out since the commencement of the Native Lands Act was not legally
binding.
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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 Oc...
At the end of the hearing the Judge may do
one of several things:
• make the order you were seeking
• adjourn the hearing to another date,
and possibly another venue, if more
information or evidence is needed
• “reserve” the decision (ie put the
matter aside to be considered further
by the Judge and for a written decision
to be issued at a later date)
• dismiss the application if the Judge is
not prepared to make the order you
were seeking.
1 A claim or liability attache...
Ā te mutunga o te keehi, koia nei ngā
āhuatanga e āhei ana te kaiwhakawā:
• ka whakaae ia ki te tuku tono mai i te
Kooti ki tāu e hiahiatia nei
• te hiki i te keehi mō tōna wā, kia rangona
anō i tētahi atu wā, ki tētahi wāhi rānei,
mēnā e hiahiatia ana ētahi kōrero
whakamārama, kōrero tautoko rānei
• te whakatārewa i te whakatau (arā te
waiho i te take ki te taha kia whakaarohia
anōtia e te kaiwhakawā, me te tuku ā tuhi
i te whakatau i muri iho)
1 He kerēme, he herenga ki te w...
I te nuinga o te
wā e tuhia ana ki te kirimana, engari e whai
mana tonu ana te oati ā waha.
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te ture, kia kaua e tuku moni nama ki ngā
mema o te kōmiti.
Ka tū ngā tāngata
kaitiaki hei kaipupuri whenua i raro i te ture
i tohua ai ia hei kaitiaki mō te whenua ka
rēhitatia ki te taitara o te whenua.
2 He herenga o ngā kaitiaki ki te whakahaere i
te whenua kua tohua nei rātou hei kaipupuri
i te whenua (arā te whenua kaitiaki) hei
painga mō ngā tāngata whai pānga ki te
whenua.
3 He kawenga ka tukua i raro i te ture kia
mahia i runga i te tika me te pono.
4 He tangata ka whai hua mai i te whai pānga
ki te whenua.
5 He tikanga tukui...
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
Māori Appellate Court Sitting
At Hamilton
Māori Land Court, Level 2, BNZ Centre, 354-358 Victoria Street, Hamilton
Thursday, 14 November 2024
Māori Appellate Court Coram
Judge M P Armstrong (Presiding)
Judge A H C Warren
Judge A M Thomas
PĀNUI
NO.