He Kaiwhakawā Matua, he Kaiwhakawā Matua Tuarua ā mātou, me ngā kaiwhakawā 12 puta noa i Aotearoa.
Ka tohua ā mātou kaiwhakawā e tētahi whakamana ka tukuna e te Kāwana-Tianara o Aotearoa. 14 te katoa o ngā kaiwhakawā ka taea te tohu.
Kia uru ai he kaiwhakawā Kooti Whenua Māori, me mātua ū te tangata ki ēnei whakaritenga:
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e mōhio ana rātou me te matatau ki te reo Māori, ngā tikanga Māori me Te Tiriti o Waitangi
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he tiwhikete mahi tō rātou mō te mahi hei poutoko ture, rōia o te Kooti Teitei o Niu Tireni mō te 7 tau i te iti rawa, ā,
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kāore rātou i te pakeke atu i te 70 tau.
Ā mātou kaiwhakawā onāianei
Kaiwhakawā Matua Caren Fox
Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata
Chief Judge Caren Fox was appointed to the Māori Land Court on 1 October 2000 and was later appointed as Deputy Chief Judge on 20 February 2010. She was in Gisborne as one of the resident Judges for the Tairāwhiti District of the Māori Land Court, prior to her appointment as Chief Judge.
Before becoming a Judge, Chief Judge Fox was a lecturer in law at Victoria University, and a Senior Lecturer in law and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Waikato. In addition, she acted as legal counsel for Treaty claimants and Māori land clients.
A specialist in international human rights, Chief Judge Fox was a Harkness Fellow to the USA from 1991 to 1992 and a Pacific Fellow in Human Rights Education employed by the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation 1997-1999. For her work in human rights she won the NZ Human Rights Commission 2000 Millennium Medal.
Chief Judge Fox has been the presiding officer for the Waitangi Tribunal on the Aquaculture claims, the Te Arawa Mandate and Settlement claims, Central North Island Stage 1 claims, the Te Kohanga Reo claims and the Te Rohe Potae claims. She is currently the presiding officer for the Porirua ki Manawatu claims and the Constitutional Kaupapa Inquiry. She was appointed Chairperson of the Waitangi Tribunal in August 2023.
Chief Judge Fox was also appointed as an Alternate Environment Court Judge in 2009.
In 2023, she graduated with a Doctorate in Philosophy.
She was sworn in as the Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court in August 2023. Her appointment to this role marks the first time since 1865 that a woman has led the Māori Land Court bench.
Index of past and present judges
Tikiake mai te rārangi o ngā āpiha o mua me naianei o te Kooti Whenua Māori me te Kooti Tangata Whenua.