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Aotea
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mohiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawa, ki te uiui hoki, i nga
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Whanganui
Ministry of Justice
Levin District Court
9 Bristol Street
Levin
Monday 11 September 2023
Judge D H Sone
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SSept11/2 10:00 AM AP-20230000022028 40A/93
Herbert Marc
Gardiner
Paora Poha Ti Raha Ahu
Whe...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP24 12:30 PM AP-20250000015380 239/93 Māori Trustee He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Ruatangata 1E1A Trust
Add Theresa Robinson, Leanne
Hiroti and Katarina Hiroti as advisory
trustees of the Ruatangata 1E1A
Trust
SP25 12:35 PM AP-20260000002261 86/93 Deputy
Registrar
He whakahounga ki tētahi moka i
te pūranga o te kooti
Amend a record of the court to
correct an error at 504 Aotea MB
154-157 dated 18 February 2025...
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...
Aotea
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mohiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawa, ki te uiui hoki, i nga
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At New Plymouth
District Court
Cnr Robe & Powderham Streets
New Plymouth
Friday 15 December 2023
Judge A H C Warren
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SDec1/1 10:10AM AP-20230000021346
A20230008209
118/93 Sharron
Anne Clarke
Anne Mary C...
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Te Kooti Whenua Māori Pūrongo ā tau Matariki 2024 - Matariki 2025
Māori...
S315 - masters
APPLICATION FOR AN EASEMENT
Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993, Section 315
In the Maori Land Court
of New Zealand
Aotea District
APPLICATION is hereby made for an easement laying out access as shown on the plan
filed herewith over the land known as
being:
(a) Maori freehold land; or
(b) European land that ceased to be Maori Land on or after 15 December 1913; or
(c) European land th...
This increase is part of a wider change across all courts and tribunals in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
What does this mean for you?
If you file an application to the Māori Land Court or the Māori Appellate Court on or after 1 July 2025 , you will notice an increase in the fee you need to pay.
Any member of the preferred class of alienee who wishes to submit a tender for the purchase of the said lands or enquire as to the terms of sale can do so by contacting the vendors solicitor, being:
Connect Legal Taranaki 136 Powderham Street, New Plymouth Central New Plymouth 4310
If no notice is filed by the date set out above, the Court may confirm the alienation of the land by way of sale.
block and a vesting order made at
102 Rotorua MB 332-333 on
5/4/1956 - Application to the Chief
Judge
AP-20230000027565
A20220010829
45/93 Nathan John Bevin CJ 2022/30 - David Te Au and a
succession order made at 41 South
Island MB 9-10 on 24/2/1965 -
Application to the Chief Judge
AP-20230000027567
A20220011703
45/93 Donna Marie Barnes CJ 2022/31 - Norma Margret
Matenga or Norma Margret Barnes
or Tepara Barnes and a succession
order made at 54 Taupo MB 375-376
on 11/4/1979 -...
Details for the hui are:
Whenua: Otonga 3
Date: Saturday 16 August 2025
Time: 2PM Chatham Islands time (1.15PM New Zealand time)
Venue: The Den Norman Memorial Reserve Chatham Islands
Proposed resolution:
T he Seymour whānau resolve to seek the full partition of the Otonga 3 block into 2 separate titles, as represented on the sketch plan provided.