Just before I wind up, I want to make a few brief comments about the Court and the Tribunal. For Te Kooti Whenua Māori this is a time of uncertainty. We await confirmation of the details and programme for the Government’s review of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act, and so now is not the time for comment from the judiciary.
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SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 2 10:00 AM AP-20250000014217 59/93 Catherine Sixtus Appeal 2025/26 - Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu and a decision made at 97 Te Waipounamu MB 243-248 on 12 September 2025 - Notice of Appeal (Respondents: Trustees of the Hokotehi Moriori Trust, Trustees of the Moriori IMI Settlement Trust, Ministry for Culture and Heritage, Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri Iwi Trust and Dix Whānau)
Documents/Panui/SP-2-Appeal-2025-22-Sixtus-v-Hokotehi-Moriori-Trust.pdf (124 kb)
Currently, the land is effectively held in trust until the owners can receive the land. There are 308 original owners.
Te Kooti Whenua Māori is notifying all interested parties about the following hui.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP2 10:00 AM AP-20240000003604 19/93 Tokoahu Rau Karaitiana Wharetoto 9 Balance Trust - Injunction against any person in respect to any actual threatened tresspass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation (Respondents: Whenua Kete Ltd) AOTEA PĀNUI
Income collected by a Māori land trust or incorporation is subject to income tax laws.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP12 11:00AM AP-20240000003604 19/93 Tokoahu Rau Karaitiana Wharetoto 9 Balance Trust - Injunction against any person in respect to any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation (Respondents: Whenua Kete Ltd) AOTEA PĀNUI https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85725814638
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP17 10:00 AM AP-20250000012237 67/93 Jury James Greenland Ramaroa H2 & other blocks (Ngatiwai Ki Whangaruru Whenua Topu Trust) – Enforcement of obligations of trust - Judicial Conference
Phillip Mahara Appeal 2026/2 – Pakau Trust and Removal of Phillip Tehau Mahara and Brian Te Ranui Mahara as trustees made at 288 Waikato Maniapoto MB 112-143 on 27 November 2025 – Notice of Appeal (Respondents: Rangitiaho Rau and Deidre Tupaea) SP5 2:00 PM AP-20260000004039 58/93 Gary Stock Appeal 2026/11 - Pakau Trust and Review of Trust, Jurisdiction of the Court, Enforcement of Obligations of Trust and Removal of trustees made at 288 Waikato...
Documents/Panui/3.-SP-4-5-APPEAL2026-2-11-Pakau-Trust.pdf (117 kb)
