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:...
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:...
block and a vesting order made at
102 Rotorua MB 332-333 on
5/4/1956 - Application to the Chief
Judge
AP-20230000027565
A20220010829
45/93 Nathan John Bevin CJ 2022/30 - David Te Au and a
succession order made at 41 South
Island MB 9-10 on 24/2/1965 -
Application to the Chief Judge
AP-20230000027567
A20220011703
45/93 Donna Marie Barnes CJ 2022/31 - Norma Margret
Matenga or Norma Margret Barnes
or Tepara Barnes and a succession
order made at 54 Taupo MB 375-376
on 11/4/1979...
AP-20240000003200 45/93 Karamea Insley CJ 2024/25 - Awanui Haparapara No.
1 Māori Reservation block and an
order appointing trustees made at 2
Conference MB 23-25 on 18/4/1996
- Application to the Chief Judge
26
AP-20240000003255 45/93 Wairere Ormsby CJ 2024/27 - Iraia Rikihana Mita
Whakatau also known as Iraia James
Dixon or James Rikihana Mita
Whakatau and succession orders
made at 108 Waikato MB 186-188
on 5/5/2004 - Application to the
Chief Judge
APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
AP-20240000001123 86/93 Mäori Trustee Rangataua - Amendment of Court record of
correct the order made at 113 Tairäwhiti MB
1-4 dated 07/07/2022 (A20220007459)
AP-20240000002353 86/93 Deputy Registrar Kopututea 1 & 2 and Other Blocks -
Amendment of Court record of multiple errors
at 120 Tairawhiti MB 137-141 at 10/03/2023
(AP-20230000027035)
AP-20240000002381 86/93 Deputy Registrar Te Miini Smiler - Amendment of Court record of
incorrec...
Those
people are called successors 2 and the
process is called succession.
Successors are then entitled to make
decisions about the use of that land for
their benefit and for the benefit of future
generations.
For
information about granting confirmation
of an instrument of alienation 1 or about
transfers of whole blocks of Māori land,
please contact a Māori Land Court office
(see page 6 for your nearest office).
2
Use of vesting orders
Except when Māori land 2 is vested 3 in a
Māori incorporation 4, Māori land shares can
only be transferred by a vesting order 5 made
by the Māori Land Court.
Footnotes
3
2
Important changes to the rules governing
Māori incorporations were brought about
by Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 and
the Māori Incorporations Constitution
Regulations 1994.
Seek a cost estimate for a valuation of
and report on the proposed partition and
the balance of the block.
7 Determine the feasibility of the proposal.
