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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.
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.
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
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SP5 10:15 AM A20230005223 /
AP-20230000023335
240/93 Chona
Harimate
Telford
Donna Martin-
Kemp
Mariea Martin
Mere Coombs
Peter Dean
Martin
Wahapakapaka 4A2C2B -
Removal of Grant Knuckey
and Stanley Dromgool as
trustees
Judicial Conference (Court may
convene to make orders)
SP6 10:15 AM AP-20230000033219 240/93 Grant Knuckey Wahapakapaka 4A2C2B Trust
- Removal of Peter Martin as
trustee
Judicial Conference (Court...
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.
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SP 10 10:00 AM AP-20230000019999
A20220009348
328/93 Noella Taylor Motukiore J2B – Occupation Order
SP 11 10:30 AM AP-20230000028236
A20130010405
67/93 Hamuera
Winoka Topia
Panguru A18 – Judicial Conference
PARAMANAWA – 11:15 AM ki 11:30 AM
SP 12 11:30 AM AP-20230000028930
A20230001502
328/93 Queenie Mary
Galbraith
Waiaua B Block – Application for
Occupation Order in favour of Stuart
and Queenie Galbraith
SP 13 12:00 PM AP...
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SP2 1:00 PM AP-20260000000071 293/93
240/93
Teresa Titi-
Tehei Smith
He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Tuahu 3X Māori
Reservation
Replace Here-Turi-Koka Nissen,
Rustina Tipoki/Manual and Matthew
Bartlett with Hinenui o te ao Angeline
Tipoki-Lawton, Shane Tiaki Erana
Nissen and Martin Peter Hamilton as
responsible trustees of the Tuahu 3X
Māori Reservation
SP3 1:30 PM AP-20260000006800
AP-20260000003593
19/93
Kumeroa
Gor...
Acknowledgements to Te Puni Kōkiri for
the use of their whare
TE KOOTI WHENUA MĀORI - INFORMATION SEMINARS
Venue: Te Puni Kōkiri, 9 Ronwood Avenue, Manukau
Wednesday 29 July and 30 September 2026
9.30 AM – 11.30 AM CANCELLED
❖ Ownership, Succession and Whānau Trusts
Pātaka Whenua: Searching the Record
❖ Ownership, Succession and Whānau Trusts
Pātaka Whenua: Searching the Record
Wednesday 26 August and 28 October 2026
9.30 AM – 11.30 AM CANCELL...