You can submit your application several ways:
Online – Pātaka Whenua
• Visit Pātaka Whenua through the Māori Land Court website, www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz
• You can apply as:
• a registered user – where you can create, save, submit applications, pay fees, and track
progress
• a guest user – where you submit your applications without creating an account
• In person
• bring your documents to your nearest Māori Land Court office
• Email or post
• email or...
It includes:
Court files (the physical and electronic application file that holds all documents and correspondence about a matter in the Court)
Minute books (the physical copy of all conversations and decisions made by the Court)
Court orders (the decisions made by a Registrar or the Court)
Instruments of alienation (the legal tool used to make changes to a land block)
Block order files (the physical record of all dealings and decisions about a land block filed and held by the Court)
Stat...
The modern Māori Land Court exists in an environment that is significantly different to that in which was created on 30 October 1865 by the General Assembly of the New Zealand Colony under the Native Lands Act 1865.
• In the unlikely event that no one is
entitled to succeed, the Court can
determine who should succeed and,
if necessary, create a trust for the
deceased’s interests.
These provisions also apply to an occupation
order as if it were a beneficial interest in
Māori land, provided that the person owns
a beneficial interest in the land to which the
occupation order applies and the Court is
satisfied that the person should succeed to
the occupation order.
• In the unlikely event that no one is
entitled to succeed, the Court can
determine who should succeed and,
if necessary, create a trust for the
deceased’s interests.
These provisions also apply to an occupation
order as if it were a beneficial interest in
Māori land, provided that the person owns
a beneficial interest in the land to which the
occupation order applies and the Court is
satisfied that the person should succeed to
the occupation order.
The Heretaunga block created a national
scandal, as it was seen as an example of how
a ‘land ring’ could acquire large areas of land
to the detriment of small settlers.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
60 12:00 PM AP-20250000008260 241/93 Sandra Mary
Hinemanu
Gardiner, Te
Maari
Rangikoaea
Gardiner
He whakamutunga atu i te
Tokaanu B2D2 Trust
Termination of the Tokaanu B2D2
Trust
61 12:10 PM AP-20230000032382 238/93
Te Manuao
Campbell, Tony
Turanga
Okahukura 8M 2C 2A 2B block –
Enforcement of obligations of a
Māori Reservation
62 12:15 PM AP-20230000032384 240/93
Te Manuao
Campbell, Tony
Turanga
Okahukura 8M 2C...
APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
A20230003684 113/93,
118/93
Rahora Elianna Grant Ada Fotu also known as Ada Kereopa or Ada Grant
or Ada Wilson and Ada Ann Wilson - Succession
A20230003965 164/93 Ben Waaka Ahipara A3A2 - Transfer of shares by way of gift
from Ben Waaka to Samuel Evan Ruke and Tracy
Charlotte Maree Ruke
A20230004004 113/93,
118/93,
214/93
Joseph Xsaviour
Kopani Witika-Pongi
Ane Taniora Witika – Succession, constitute the
Ane Taniora Witika’s Whanau Trus...
Figure [3] – Throughput for the Māori Appeallate Court as at 31 May 2023
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Waikato - Maniapoto
Waiariki
Te Waipounamu
Tākitimu
Taitokerau
Tairāwhiti
Te Whakamaene
Pre-Application Pre-Court At Court Post Court Orders Entry Registration
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MAC Appeals
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Figure [2] – Phase of applica...
