Māori Land Court Chief Judge Caren Fox (Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata) has been appointed the new chair of the Waitangi Tribunal. Associate Māori development minister Nanaia Mahuta announced the appointment yesterday morning. Judge Fox is the first wahine Māori to be appointed into the role. 'I want to congratulate Chief Judge Fox on her appointment as chair of the Waitangi Tribunal after two decades of presiding on numerous historical, urgency and kaupapa treaty claims,' Ms  Mahuta said. 'This is yet another remarkable milestone for Chief Judge Fox.

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