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Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2025 | Hune 2025
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
to provide key statistics on Māori land, including the number and total area of Māori Customary Land
(MCL) and Māori Freehold Land (MFL) blocks, and how many of these are managed by trusts or
incorporations versus those that are not.
The changes affect all trusts,
including Māori land trusts created through the Māori Land Court
(such as ahu whenua, kaitiaki, and whānau trusts) and existing
trusts established before the law came into force.
All applications should be lodged with the Registrar in the District in
which some of all of the land is located
Fee: $24.00
If there is insufficient room on the form to provide the required infomation you should continue your application on a separate
sheet of paper
MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS
This application mat be lodged with the Registrar at your local Māori Land Court office
Office use:
Application: ACCEPTED / REFUSED
Dated: ..........................
Here-Turi-Kökä / AUGUST 2023 - NATIONAL PÄNUI 65
Notification of applications that
remain outstanding in the office of the
Chief Registrar, Wellington
August 2023
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of
the Chief Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 7th of June 2023,
are hereby notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Mäori Land Court Rules
2011, as being outstanding and have yet t...
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SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP8 11:30 AM AP-20240000010805 239/93 Rakeipoho
Taiaroa
Replace John Joesph Hipirini Kahu
with Julie Elaine Aroha Chadwick,
Desiree Bowsher and Walter William
Kingi as responsible trustees of the
Waihi Pukawa Ahu Whenua Trust
SP9 11:30 AM AP-20240000014160 239/93 James Bell Replace Hayley Mae Marama Mariu
with Lisa Chase as Responsible
trustee of the Waihi Pukawa Ahu
Whenua Trust
SP10 11:30 AM AP-20240000009708 240/93 Waihi Pukawa
Trust...
