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For a
full explanation, please refer to either the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 | Māori Land Act 1993 or the
Māori Land Court Rules 2011
SECTION DESCRIPTION
4/55 Governor-General in council may declare land to be a Māori reserve
6/1983 Determine succession to Titi Islands lands (order)
12/75 Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found
18(1)(a)/93 Exercise general jurisdiction of court
18(1)(b)/93 Determine the relative interests of the owners
19/93 Application for inju...
The Māori Land Court is notifying all owners of the above block about the following hui:
Whenua: Puna-O-Maru Section 96
Date: Saturday 27 September 2025
Time: 12:30 PM
Venue: Waihoa Marae 26 Māori Road Morven Waimate
Kaupapa:
Vote on setting aside the whenua as a Māori reservation
Vote on who the class of beneficiaries will be
Election of trustees
Discuss access to the urupā
Any questions please contact mlctewaipounamu@justice.govt.nz
View the notice her...
TAKE NOTICE that Stephen Thomas Ball and Christine Anne Ball have made an application to the Māori Land Court at Whangārei for confirmation of a sale of Te Maika A7 block (RT 31346) (being 2425 square meters more or less) located at 102 Tutukākā Block Road, Tutukākā, Whangārei within the Taitokerau Māori Land Court district.
On Friday 29 November, the old Māori Land Court on Lowe Street Gisborne was closed, and the new court opened on Gladstone Road. A crowd of approximately 100 people gathered to witness this transition through the blessing and official opening by Sir Derek Lardelli and his team of kaikarakia of Te Rā Tū, the new Tairāwhiti Māori Land Court.
APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
A20220013104 244/93 Anne Iranui McGuire Atarea Mokai Noanoa Whänau Trust - Variation of
trust
A20220013284 214/93 Rebecca Hollis/Walker Constitute the Matilda Rakahana Haami-Jones
Whänau Trust
A20220012543 43/93 Huia Renata Ema Te Kani - Rehearing of Application
A20210014132
A20220013495 239/93 Rawiri Tangaroa
Haapu
Haapu Whänau Trust - Replace Meri Ellen Miller
Haapu with Te Eke ki te rangi maki Jack Haapu as a
Trustee
A20220012346 244/93...
Other acts and legislation
We hear applications relating to Māori freehold land under select Acts, or parts of them, including:
Property Law Act 2007
Family Protection Act 1955
Government Roading Powers Act 1989
Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act 1949
Local Government Act 1974.
The major ownership of the land (which has an area of 1.4011 ha situated in Whittaker Road, Rotorua) has been held since 1968 in a long-term testamentary trust for eight of the testator’s children and their descendants.
APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
AP-20230000021146
A20230006965
113/93
118/93
Kim Marie Tanu
Leatherby
Marie Celeste Tuahine Leatherby also known
as Buddy Weatherby or Marie Celeste Tuahine
Tukino Leatherby - Succession
AP-20230000021376
A20230008307
338(1)/93 William Mackintosh,
Te Aroha Olive
Mackintosh
Lot1 DP 404187 and Lot 2 DP404187 - To
set apart land as a Mäori reservation for the
purpose of papakainga housing
AP-20230000021501
A20230009104
239/93 Maria Mo...
From
6 February 2021
The Māori Land Court can make rulings about Māori land under
the Family Protection Act 1955, Law Reform (Testamentary
Promises) Act 1949, Government Roading Powers Act 1989,
Local Government Act 1974 and the Property Law Act 2007.
APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
A20220010862 113/93,
118/93,
214/93
Joshua David
Haereroa
Alfred Peke Banks Haereroa - Succession and
Whänau Trust
A20220011305 150A/93 Barbara Iritekura
Taylor
Barbara Iritekura Taylor - Licence to Occupy
Waitakaro C
A20220011309 150A/93 Dorothy Roelofje
Taylor
Dorothy Roelofje Taylor - Licence to Occupay
Waitakaro C
A20220010923 98(9)/93 Preston Epplett Francis Guthrie Smith - Application for Payment from
the Mäori Land Court Specia...
