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Story: Māori Land Court – Te Kōti Whenua

Native Land Court judges, 1909

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Native Land Court judges, 1909

Participants sport a parade of headgear at this Native Land Court judges' conference in 1909. In the centre of the back row is Judge Walter Rawson, who became the first Native Trustee in 1920. Centre front is Native Minister James Carroll, seated between his deputy Apirana Ngata (left) and T. W. Fisher, under-secretary in the Native Department.

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Mere Whaanga, Māori Land Court – Te Kōti Whenua – The ‘taihoa’ policy, 1900–1920, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/36144/native-land-court-judges-1909 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Mere Whaanga, published 12 June 2012.