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STEVEN DODD
Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
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APPLICATION NO:
SECTION:
APPLICA...
The most significant of these was the Mackay Commission of 1886-1887, which found that Ngāi Tahu as an iwi and its members had been left without a sufficient land base. 2 In 1892, the Crown agreed to make certain lands available to South Island landless Māori. 3 Judge Mackay and Percy Smith, the Surveyor-General, compiled a list of landless Māori in the South Island and assigned sections of land to them, assisted by Tame Parata. 4 By 1905, 142,463 acres had been allocated to 4,064 peop...
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)
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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 - Application to the...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP3 12:00 PM AP-20240000012671 21/94
67/93
Nakutaumata
Tarawhiti,
Tukotahi Tapara
Te Kumi A 31 (Te Korapatu Marae) –
Inquiry into administration of Māori
Reservation and Judical conference
SP4 12:00 PM AP-20240000002544 239/93
240/93
Liane Green Te Kumi A 31 (Te Korapatu Marae) –
Replace Ngapiki Edwards
(deceased) and Christine Irvine
(removed) and appoint Liane
Begman-Green, Yvonne Tapara,
Kalolaine Payne-Smith and
Alexander Moeru...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP1 10:00 AM AP-20250000007962 30(1)(b)/93 Hareruia
Aperahama,
Ngapera Bella
Smith, Mita Ririnui,
Lance Rapana, and
Tiowana Harrington
c/o Leo Watson
Barrister and
Solicitor
Te Komiti Matua o te Hāhi Rātana -
Application to Determine the
Appropriate Representatives
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP11 11:15 AM AP-20260000004327 67/93 Eva Marella
Davies
Maraehako C 3D Māori Reservation
- Injunction against any person in
respect of any actual threatened
trespass or other injury to any Māori
land or Māori Reservation -
Respondents: Fiona Marella Smith,
Te Kani A Takirau Hei and Katarina
Bird (Davis)
SP12 11:15 AM AP-20250000004852
67/93 Eva Davies Maraehako C 3D Māori Reservation
- Enforcement of obligations of trust
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP12 10:30 AM AP-20230000028737
A20220010647
113/93
117/93
214/93
219/93
220/93
222/93
Jinney
Ruawhare
Hopa also known as Joe or Joseph
Ruawhare - Succession, Constitute
the Hopa and Hana Ruawhare
Whanau Trust in respect of the
deceased and appoint Herbert
Smith, Hopa Woodhead, Te Aroha
Woodhead, Bella Blackburn,
Roimata Blackburn and Hana Kerr
as trustees
SP13 10:30 AM AP-2025000003619 113/93
117/93
Whetumarama
Ratana-Tak...
CJ 2024/91 - Hori Haitana and a
succession order made at 8 Tokaanu
MB 198 on 19/05/1977 – Application to
the Chief Judge
SP 18 11:00 AM AP-20240000003385 45/93 Gillis Pine and
Jo-ann Smith.
CJ 2024/28 - Annie Elizabeth Wybrow
also known as Annie Elizabeth
Kennedy or Annie Elizabeth Morgan or
Annie Morgan and a succession order
made at 1 Auckland Succession
[AT(S)] MB 108 on 25/6/1986 -
Application to the Chief Judge
SP 19 11:15 AM AP-20230000030252 45/93 Graeme N...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP22 11:45 AM AP-20250000005129 239/93
338(7)/9
3
Jasmine Kimi He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Parish of
Whangamarino Lot 471A 2C
(Taniwha Marae) Māori
reservation
Replace Mary Ann Wilson, Tui
Tawera and Michael Tahu with
Norman Pahiri, Valance Smith,
Kuratomairangi Toka and John
Barbarich as responsible trustee
of the Parish of Whangamarino
Lot 471A 2C (Taniwha Marae)
Māori reservation
SP23 12:00 PM AP-20250000006987 23...
