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1. McCallum v The Māori Trustee of Whanganui - Estate of Ngapiki Waaka Hakaraia [2014] Chief Judge's MB 541 (2014 CJ 541) [pdf, 215 KB]

   2014 Chief Judge’s MB 541 IN THE MĀORI LAND COURT OF NEW ZEALAND AOTEA DISTRICT A20060027586 CJ 2008/30 UNDER Section 45 Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 IN THE MATTER OF Will of Ngapiki Waaka Hakaraia, otherwise known as Hipera Ngapiki, Hipera Waaka or Ngapiki Hakaraia BETWEEN CLARKE JAMES McCALLUM Applicant AND THE MĀORI TRUSTEE OF WHANGANUI Respondent Hearing: 21 October 2013 at 2013 Chief Judge's MB 970 21 Ma...

2. Potaka-Dewes v Kereama - Whakarewarewa 2B (2016) 142 Waiariki MB 281 (142 WAR 281) [pdf, 230 KB]

   ...KAREN WALMSLEY AND MEREHEENI HOOKER Applicants AND KATARAINA KEREAMA AND DONNA HALL Respondents Hearings: 8 April 2016 8 June 2016 (Heard at Rotorua) Judgment: 15 June 2016 RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE C T COXHEAD 142 Waiariki MB 282 Introduction [1] I heard this matter finally on Wednesday 8 June 2016 and indicated that I hoped to complete a decision within a week and then...

3. Standards Committees v Deliu [2016] NZLCDT 41 [pdf, 441 KB]

   ...112(1)(a) of the Law Practitioner’s Act 1982 (the 1982 Act), and five under s 7(1)(a)(i) of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 (the 2006 Act) relating to a series of allegations about the Honourable Justice Harrison and the Chief High Court Judge the Honourable Justice Randerson (LCDT 008/12, [2016] NZLCDT 26); (b) Two charges, one of unprofessional conduct under the 1982 Act, and one of unsatisfactory conduct under the 2006 Act in relation to a series of actions which were f...

4. NZLS 19 Mar 2013 Giving Evidence [pdf, 281 KB]

   ...Employment Court, Family Court, Environment Court, a Disputes Tribunal and so on. You may also be asked to give evidence at an inquest (an inquiry into how someone died) at a Coroners Court. Criminal cases in a District Court may be heard before a judge alone or a judge and jury. Those in the High Court are usually heard before a jury, though sometimes a judge alone will hear them. The jury’s role is to decide issues of fact on the basis of the evidence presented. The judge decides lega...

5. Wanoa v Wanoa - Succession to Rawiri Wanoa [2023] Chief Judge's MB 186 (2023 CJ 186) [pdf, 528 KB]

   2023 Chief Judge’s MB 186 I TE KOOTI WHENUA MĀORI O AOTEAROA I TE ROHE O TAIRAWHITI In the Māori Land Court of New Zealand Tairawhiti district A20200013414 CJ 2020/54 WĀHANGA Under Section 45, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 MŌ TE TAKE In the matter of Rawiri Wanoa also known as Rawiri Te Kore Wanoa - and a succession order made at 48 Tairawhiti MB 219-222 on 8 May 2015 I WAENGA I A Between CHRISTOPHER CAIN WANOA AND STACII LEE

6. Melrose v Porter - Torere Section 58 [2022] Maori Appellate Court MB 209 (2022 APPEAL 209) [pdf, 360 KB]

   ...kaitono pīra Appellants ME And JODIE LORRAINE PORTER Kaiurupare pīra Respondent Nohoanga: Hearing 12 May 2022, 2022 Māori Appellate Court MB 154-175 (Heard at Rotorua via Zoom) Kooti: Court Deputy Chief Judge C L Fox (Presiding) Judge S Te A Milroy Judge A H C Warren Kanohi kitea: Appearances C Bidois for Appellants J McDougall for Respondent Whakataunga: Judgment date 7 July 2022 TE WHAKATAUNGA Ā TE KOOTI...

7. Hona - Estate of Hiriweteri Toby [2017] Chief Judge's MB 428 (2017 CJ 428) [pdf, 354 KB]

   2017 Chief Judge’s MB 428 IN THE MĀORI LAND COURT OF NEW ZEALAND WAIĀRIKI DISTRICT A20100012055 CJ 2010/60 UNDER Section 45, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 IN THE MATTER OF Hiriweteri Toby also known as Hiriweteri (Toby) Hona or Witariana Hona or Toby Wi Tariana or Toby Witariana (Deceased) CLEO SOENARTI HONA Applicant Judgment: 15 November 2017 DECISION OF DEPUTY CHIEF JUDGE C L FOX

8. Te Runanga o Ngati Hine v Te Runanga a iwi o Ngapuhi [2013] Māori Appellate Court MB 89 (2013 APPEAL 89) [pdf, 148 KB]

   ...THE CROWN Second Respondent Hearing: 2012 Māori Appellate Court MB 462, dated 17 July 2012 (Heard at Whangarei) Court: Deputy Chief Judge Fox (presiding), Judge L R Harvey, Judge S F Reeves Appearances: M J Doogan and S M Downs, counsel for the Appellant J D Every-Palmer and A S Olney, counsel for the First Respondent C Li...

9. MLC - 2014 June - Review of Te Ture Whenua Act 1993 [pdf, 191 KB]

   Māori Land Court | Judge’s Corner Judge D J Ambler Review of Te Ture Whenua Act 1993 Introduction At the beginning of April this year the Associate Minister of Māori Affairs released the Review Panel’s report into Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993. The report makes broad recommendations for reform of the Act. Given the potential for the report to influence the development of Government policy in relation to the Act it deserves timely and robust scrutiny. Yet to date the rep...

10. Justice Matters - issue 16 - October 2019 [pdf, 4.6 MB]

    ...Paneke tackles some pressing criminal justice issues; the Women’s Network participates in the Uplift Project; and the Coroners Society Conference opens with a specially written waiata. The Ministry of Justice welcomes the appointment of His Honour Judge Heemi Taumaunu as Chief District Court Judge. Photo: His Honour Judge Heemi Taumaunu, the new Chief District Court Judge. Credit: Maria Gobbie Photography. Justice Matters https://www.justice.govt.nz/ https://www.justice.govt.nz/...