Judges and Registrars past, have tended to default to surveyors over the names of newly created titles following partitions, consolidations, amalgamations or aggregations of Māori land.
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current and historic ownership lists for whenua Māori
minutes of hearings of Court and Registrar decisions
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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)
vesting orders (transfers of...
For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the
appropriate application number at:
Physical address: Postal address:
L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203
WELLINGTON WELLINGTON
Phone: 04 914 3102
Fax: 04 914 3100
Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz
STEVEN DODD
Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
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For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the
appropriate application number at:
Physical address: Postal address:
L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203
WELLINGTON WELLINGTON
Phone: 04 914 3102
Fax: 04 914 3100
Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz
STEVEN DODD
Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
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Awaiting Hearing or Outcome
A20170006150 16/10/2017 CJ 2017/27 - Te Rahui and Kirianu Whanau Trust and an order creating a Whanau Trust made at 40 Tarawhiti MB 51-55 dated 6 June 2014 - Application to the Chief Judge 45/93 Phil Ngawaka Tata 5.
Awaiting Hearing or Outcome
A20170006150 16/10/2017 CJ 2017/27 - Te Rahui and Kirianu Whanau Trust and an order creating a Whanau Trust made at 40 Tarawhiti MB 51-55 dated 6 June 2014 - Application to the Chief Judge 45/93 Phil Ngawaka Tata 5.
Bush,
Deborah Bush
Appeal 2026/4 - Maungatautari
5A1C3B Ahu Whenua Trust and
orders to replace trustees heard
at 286 Waikato Maniapoto MB 6-
27 on 16/10/2025 and made at a
further hearing on 3/12/2025 -
Notice of Appeal (Respondent:
Maungatautari 5A1C3B Ahu
Whenua Trust)
33
AP-20260000001801 45/93 Pauline Philomena
Hokianga
CJ 2026/11 - He tono ki te
Kaiwhakawā Matua ki te
whakahou, whakakore rānei i
tētahi ōta o te kooti
CJ 2026/11 - Appl...
For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the
appropriate application number at:
Physical address: Postal address:
L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203
WELLINGTON WELLINGTON
Phone: 04 914 3102
Fax: 04 914 3100
Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz
STEVEN DODD
Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
2
APPLICATION NO:
SECTION:
APPLICA...
Awaiting Administrative Action
A20160001527 12/02/2016 CJ 2016/3 - Te Kumi A 29 & Ors - and an order vesting interests in Ahu Whenua Trustees made at 79 Waikato MB 31 dated 17 January 1996 and an order creating a trust at 130 Otorohanga MB 66 dated 26
March 2007 - Application to the Chief Judge
45/93 Ritihia Tairawhiti Totorewa 1.