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Setting aside new urupā A number of well established principles in relation to Māori reservations have been developed by the Court – these principles apply to urupā reservations as much as to marae or papakāinga. When the owners or trustees of a block of land make an application to set aside an urupā reservation over land that has not previously been used for burials, the applicants will need to show that they have called a well-notified meeting of the owners to discuss the proposal wit...
Māori Reservations
that are set aside as a Marae are required to have a
Charter agreed between the trustees and the people
for whom the Marae is reserved.
The Māori Land Court is notifying all interested parties of the above block about the following
hui:
Whenua: Puna-O-Maru Section 96
DATE: Saturday 27 September 2025
TIME: 12:30 pm.
VENUE: Waihao Marae
26 Māori Road
Morven
Waimate
Kaupapa:
• Vote on setting aside the whenua as a Māori reservation
AOTEA
PĀNUI
Contact Details
Office Aotea Māori Land Court, Ingestre Chambers
Address 74 Ingestre Street
Mailing address DX Box PX10207, Whanganui
Phone 06-3490770
Email mlcaotea@justice.govt.nz
Office hours Monday to Friday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
(Closed on Public Holidays)
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
Special Court Sitting
The followin...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP11 10:40 AM
AP-20250000009414 21/94 Gloria Brandt Aorangi No 1 Sec 3A 3C and
Kauwhata Marae – Inquiry into the
administration of a Māori
Reservation
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP12 2.00 PM AP-20240000001605 240/93 Carol Ogle Awaroa A 3B 2A 1A and Awaroa
A3B2C1 Trust (Rakaunui Marae) –
Remove Paula McQueen as a
trustee
mailto:mlcwaikato@justice.govt.nz
AOTEA
PĀNUI
Contact Details
Office Aotea Māori Land Court, Ingestre Chambers
Address 74 Ingestre Street
Mailing address DX Box PX10207, Whanganui
Phone 06-3490770
Email mlcaotea@justice.govt.nz
Office hours Monday to Friday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
(Closed on Public Holidays)
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
Special Court Sitting
The followi...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 6 11.00AM AP-20240000000376 133/93 Johnina
Westbrook
Nuhaka 9 – Change from General
land to Māori Freehold land
SP 7 11.15AM AP-20240000006684 239/93 Angelina Wairau He whakarereketanga ki nga
tarahiti mo Nuhaka 2D2F2E
(Ngaitamakahu Marae)
Replace Cheryl Pomana, Lydia
Edmonds and Vaughan Eruera with
Hana Patuwai, Sita McNeil and
Angelina Wairau as responsible
trustees
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 3 11.00AM AP-20240000007781 164/93
158/93
Rauponga
Henarata Burns
He whakawhitinga hea o
Rauponga Henarata Walker mai i
te poraka whenua o Whetumatarau
B12 ki a Vicky Ellan Adrian
Tawhara
Transferring shares by way of gift
from Rauponga Henarata Walker to
Vicky Ellan Adrian Tawhara
SP 4 11.30AM AP-20250000001885
239/93
338/93
Sam Kaiwai
Winanga
Mclean,
Matekino
Mclean,
Renee Ngapera
Mclean
He whakarerekētanga ki ng...
Very
65, 30%
Neither poor
nor good
33, 15%
Don’t Know
33, 15%
Good
66, 31%
No
46, 21%
Don’t know
56, 26%
Yes
112, 52%
Neither poor
nor good
41, 19%
Poor
34, 16%
Good
51, 23%
Very Good
39, 18%Very Poor
49, 23%
Very Good
70, 32%
Moderately
52, 24%
Somewhat
35, 16%
Don’t know
41, 19%
Not at all
22, 10%
Not safe at all,
6, 3%
A little unsafe,
11, 5%
Refuse to Answer, 2, 1%
Don’t know
36, 16%
Moderately Safe
60, 28%
Very Safe
102, 47%
5% asked for a brief whakawhanaungatan...
