The main priorities for the Court now are first, to remedy errors in the lists, using s 86 of TTWMA, and second, to update the list of successors based on previous and new evidence, the latter of which requires hearings to be held so evidence can be heard. An application form based on the existing form for successions has been modified for the purposes of SILNA determinations, and individual applications are linked to a central file to ensure consistency.
I have an abiding vision of him standing on a bench outside the Court and poking his head through a window so he could hear what was going on. In those days Māori lawyers, let alone Māori women lawyers, were thin on the ground.
Kia whakakīia e koe ngā taipitopito e hiahiatia ana mō tō momo tono, panuku whakararo ka
pāwhiri i te “Continue” kia neke koe ki te wāhanga whai ake.
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Mēnā he wāhanga Hearing details tō tō tono, ka āhei te tīpako i te Takiwā me te Wāhi kōtitanga
e hiahiatia ana mā te whakamahi i ng`apouaka takaiho i whakaritea.
It is the exchange of ideas, the recital of whakapapa to make connections, and where challenges can be laid down. At the court hearing or mediation, a Judge or mediator will guide the kōrero about your application.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP8 10:00 AM AP-20260000006059 67/93
19/93
Madam Patricia
Parker
Opuatia 17B2C2A block – Injunction
against any person in respect of any
actual threatened trespass or other
injury to any Māori land or Māori
Reservation Respondents: Naki
Parker – Judicial Conference
NB: The court may convene a hearing at the end of the judicial conference
Any member of the preferred class of alienees who wishes to be considered by the owners as a prospective purchaser of the land must give written notice of his or her intention to pursue the right of refusal at the hearing of the application. That written notice must be filed in the Māori Land Court not later than 4.00pm, 9 January 2026.
If you already had an application with the Māori Land Court and dispute resolution was recommended by a judge or registrar after a court hearing, the judge / registrar can refer the unresolved issues back to mediation or court to discuss further.
a judge or judicial officer - to make a complaint about the conduct of a judge or judicial officer, go to: Judicial Conduct Commissioner
a member of a tribunal - see: Complaining about a member of a tribunal
a lawyer - contact the New Zealand Law Society: Lawyers Complaints Service
a legal aid lawyer – use the following form: Make a complaint about a legal aid provider
a Deputy Registrar when exercising their powers – see: Review of registrar’s decision
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