He is one of the resident Judges for the Tairāwhiti District of the Māori Land Court. He is also a Judge of the High Court of Niue and the High Court of the Cook Islands.
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This application form has been modified specifically for use in determining the successors for South Island Landless Natives
(SILNA) Lands in accordance with Part 15 of the Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP1 10:45 AM AP-20250000014097 29/93
113/93
455/1998
Marguertta
Speck
Henrietta Stewart - Succession to
Toitoi Block (Crown Land Block VIII
Lords River Survey District) – South
Island Landless Natives (SILNA)
Block
SP2 10:45 AM AP-20250000013182 29/93
113/93
455/1998
Lynda James Ellen Isabella Hamilton - Succession
to Toitoi Block (Crown Land Block
VIII Lords River Survey District) –
South Island Landless Nat...
I am currently the judge for Te Waipounamu in the Māori Land Court. I am also presiding over a number of urgent inquiries in the Waitangi Tribunal, which has never been busier.
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Wednesday, 6 August 2025
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Chief Judge Fox was appointed as a Māori Land Court judge on 1 October 2000, and shortly thereafter was appointed as the Presiding Officer of the Waitangi Tribunal’s Central North Island district inquiry in 2001.
