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Taitokerau
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tenei kia mohiotia ai ka tu Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawa, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Auckland
Ministry of Justice District Court
9-11 Ratanui Street, Henderson
Monday 13 November 2023
Judge A M Thomas, Presiding
PĀNUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SP 14 11:30 AM AP-20230000020836
A20230004524
113/93
118/93
Mon...
There is no cost to apply for a fee waiver, reduction, or refund. Apply for a fee waiver in Pātaka Whenua Download the fee waiver application form Application fees
Ngā tono me te kore utu
Applications without fees
Application for Dispute Resolution
Application to form aWhānauTrust (when filed together with succession)
An application under the Family Protection Act 1955
An application under the Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act 194...
Persons who are not allowed to be trustee:
3.8 The following are persons not entitled to act as trustees:
3.8.1 Persons under 18 years of age;
3.8.2 Undischarged bankrupts;
3.8.3 Persons subject to a Compulsory Treatment Order under part 11 of the Mental Health Act 1992;
3.8.4 Persons convicted of an offence punishable by imprisonment for a term of 6 months and whose
sentence has not yet been served;
3.8.5 Persons disqualified as a director of a company...
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...
Bringing people together meant some of the gaps
in the succession research could be filled by whānau knowledge, and errors corrected.
A large hui was held in December 2023 in Motueka and in May 2024, Judge Reeves
conducted a site visit followed by a judicial conference at the Collingwood Area School.
Where the title to the land is vested in a Māori land trust (e.g. an Ahu Whenua Trust or aWhānauTrust) the trustees can approve a mortgage against the land subject to any
restrictions in the trust order (ss 147 and 150A of the Act)
Rapu mā te hanganga whakahaere
Search by management structure
You can search for atrust or administration body that manages whenua you have an interest in.
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
Via Zoom
Meeting ID: 826 5481 8900
Monday, 9 June 2025
Chief Judge C L Fox Presiding
PĀNUI
NO.
Fisheries Act 1996
The Fisheries Act 1996 enables a Judge of the Māori Land Court to hear applications and make recommendations for the establishment of a Taiapure - local fishery.
