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You can visit one of our offices to view: current and historic ownership lists for whenua Māori minutes of hearings of Court and Registrar decisions current and historic memorial schedule information recording leases, occupations and other land uses orders made by the court or a Registrar – including: title orders (creating Māori land) trust orders (names of trustees and terms of trust) succession orders (names of successors to an estate)...

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SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP16 1:20 PM AP-20230000031296 231/93 Maori Trustee Whaiti Kuranui 2D 2A – Review of trust order SP17 1:20 PM AP-20230000031297 239/93 Maori Trustee Whaiti Kuranui 2D 2A – Replace Kevin King, deceased with Noellene Atareti Paul Karetai and Glenis Joy King as responsible trustees SP18 1:20 PM AP-20230000031303 244/93 Maori Trustee Whaiti Kuranui 2D 2A – Variation of Trust SP19 2:00 PM AP-20230000034967 328/93 Dean Terekaunuku...

Documents/Panui/45.-Waiariki-Special-4-July-2024.pdf (127 kb)

SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP34 11:55 AM AP-2023000022763 40/93 Nooti Keith Waho He tauatanga ki a Dallas Leslie Waho Dallas Leslie Waho – Succession – Judicial Conference (Court may convene to make orders) SP35 11:55 AM AP-20250000014532 40/93 Nooti Keith Waho Lanee Waho Patty-Ann Waho He whakatū i te Dallas Leslie Waho Whaanau Trust me te kopou i ngā tarahitī me te tuku i ngā pānga whenua ki a rātou Constitute the Dallas Leslie Waho Whaanau T...

Documents/Panui/42.-Aotea-3-December-2025.pdf (128 kb)

SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP7 3:00 PM AP-20250000011058 133/93 Pamela Seymour He panonitanga ki te tūnga taitara o Otonga 1E2 mai i te whenua atu ki te whenua Māori Change the status of Otonga 1E2 from General land to Māori freehold land.

Documents/Panui/14-v2.-Te-Waipounamu-15-October-2025.pdf (145 kb)

Nāku noa nā Dr C L Fox CHIEF JUDGE TE KOOTI WHENUA MĀORI TUHINGA ĀRAHI – KŌPOUTANGA RŌIA NĀ TE TAHUA ĀWHINA MOTUHAKE SPECIAL AID PRACTICE NOTE 17 October 2023 Hei tīmatanga kōrero Introduction 1.

Documents/Practice-notes/2023.10.17-MLC-Special-Aid-Practice-Note-FINAL.pdf (367 kb)

In the recent High Court decision of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust v Attorney-General [2022] NZHC 843, there was considerable discussion of tikanga Māori in the context of who exercised mana whenua where the following were found; - Tikanga Māori is a source of broadly shared core values (tāhuhu) that may inform the development of the law and in some contexts is law

Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)

When requesting minutes (or orders generated from those minutes) it is important to use the syntax adopted by the Court.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-Minute-Book-Abbreviations.pdf (470 kb)

Pātaka Whenua has different types of searches available to help you find what you need – Near Match Search and Exact Match Search.

Located in:  The court record Guidance to search the court record in Pātaka Whenua

WHĀNAU TRUST Select the statement that applies. Those entitled to succeed do not wish to form a whānau trust.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-22-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (216 kb)

The whenua was out of Māori hands for generations. Now those descendants have come together to reconnect, with each other, with their whakapapa, and with the whenua.

Documents/Judges-corner-articles/Aorere-Accretion-determination-of-status-and-ownership-of-land.pdf (890 kb)