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Kaiwhakawā Matua Tuarua Craig Coxhead
Ngāti Makino, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Maru
Deputy Chief Judge Craig Coxhead was appointed to the Māori Land Court on 25 January 2008 and appointed Deputy Chief Judge in May 2024.
There some 29
separate claimants and claimant groups, some
laying claim to the whole of the island and
others only to sections of it, mostly representing
sections or hapū of Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti
Uenukukōpako, Ngāti Rangiwewehi, and Ngāti
Rangiteaorere.
Steven Dodd - Kairēhita Matua
Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Rangiwewehi Steve first began work in the Maori Affairs Department in July 1984 working Māori Trustee and then the Land Development division before becoming an Alienation Officer in 1989.
Within te ao Māori, rangatiratanga can embody the authority of a rangatira (a Chief) but importantly also
that of the people, being the whānau (family), hapū (sub-tribe) and iwi (tribe).
PÄNUI
NO:
APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
37 A20220013889 235A/93,
214/93
Joseph Smith,
Adrianne Tiria
Friesen
Horowhenua 4B & other blocks - Constitute the
Joseph Teaokapurangi Smith Whänau Trust in
respect of the interests of Joseph Te Ao Kaparangi
Smith & appoint trustees
38 A20220014166 113A/93,
118/93
Heidi Rapira Bryan Paraone Rapira - Succession
39 A20220011736 235A/93,
214/93
Vicki Christine
Hellier
Wakatu Incorp & Other blocks - Constitute Vicki
H...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
30 10:40 AM AP-20250000016411 214/93
219/93
220/93
222/93
Arana Herangi
Waara
He whakatū i te Wara whaanau
trust me te kopou i ngā tarahitī me
te tuku i ngā pānga whenua ki a
rātou
Constitute the Wara whaanau trust
over the interests of Te Pupuri
Whenua O Puke Te Ao Trust and to
appoint Arohanui Rangihererunga
Wara, Tamorangi Raenette Keilah
Wara and Teresa Manawa Carol
Katipa as responsible trustees and
vest the interests in the...
Awaiting Administrative Action
A20200008431 10/09/2020 CJ 2020/34 - Pearl Whanau or Piri Wiremu or Penene Papa Wiremu or Pirikawana Wiremu or Mrs Whanau or Pirikawana Whanau or Mrs Whanau Whenuakura - and a succession order made at 78 South
Island MB 227-228 on 7 May 1996 - Application to the Chief Judge
45/93 Deputy Registrar 1.
For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the
appropriate application number at:
Physical address: Postal address:
L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203
WELLINGTON WELLINGTON
Phone: 04 914 3102
Fax: 04 914 3100
Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz
STEVEN DODD
Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
2
APPLICATION NO:
SECTION:
APPLICA...
Awaiting Administrative Action
A20190007011 8/08/2019 Tamati and Margaret Makara Whanau Trust - and orders constituting a whanau trust made at 99 Whangarei MB 34-36 (23/02/2004) - Application to the Chief Judge 45/93 Tainui Noble 1.
