Whakapapa is crucial to succession for Māori because it underpins connections to whānau, tribal
groups and whenua. A primary function of succession for Māori is to maintain whakapapa connections
to their whenua (land), whānau(family), tupuna (ancestors) and atua (gods).
51 Joseph Williams “Lex Aotearoa: An Heroic Attempt to Map the Māori Dimension in Modern New Zealand Law” (2013)
21 Waikato L Rev 1 at 4.
52 Joseph Williams “Lex Aotearoa: An Heroic A...
Te Waipounamu
PĀNUI
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 ā muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Christchurch
Courtroom 1, Justice and Emergency
Services Precinct, 20 Lichfield Street,
Christchurch
Reference SP1
Wednesday 12 April 2023
Judge S Te A Milroy
Applications for Hearing
PĀNUI
NO:
TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
1 10:00AM A20220014529...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 1 10:00 AM AP-20240000007895 326B/93 Brendon Clarke
Lewis
Otamatea B2B3 Block
(NA18B/1015) – reasonable
access to landlocked land
SP 2 11:00 AM AP-20230000028560
A20210015368
240/93 Dion Epiha Kaikou H – Remove Victor
Peihopa and Glen Peihopa
as trustees
SP 3 11:00 AM AP-20230000032499
A20220002882
19/93 Dion Epiha Kaikou H Ahu Whenua
Trust – Injunction
SP 4 12.30 PM AP-20240000008036 67/93
238/93
Kenneth
Ngarangi
Kawiti
Te Tawai a...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP12 12:30 PM AP-20260000003029 238/93 Trustees of
Mohi-WilliamsWhānauTrust
C/- McCaw
Lewis Lawyers
He whakaū i ngā takohanga o te
tarati
Enforcing the obligations of trust for
Ngahutoitoi E2C (Maori Reservation)
Trust
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 2 10:00 AM AP-20250000014217 59/93 Catherine Sixtus Appeal 2025/26 - Determination of
ownership of taonga tūturu and a
decision made at 97 Te Waipounamu
MB 243-248 on 12 September 2025 -
Notice of Appeal (Respondents:
Trustees of the Hokotehi Moriori Trust,
Trustees of the Moriori IMI Settlement
Trust, Ministry for Culture and Heritage,
Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri Iwi Trust
and Dix Whānau)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP1 11:55AM AP-20240000003482 113/93
118/93
Mary Ngarangione Isaac Ihaka Ngarangione –
Succession
SP2 11:40AM AP-20240000007528 239/93 Hinewairangi
Rameka
Rangi and Piwa Pitau
WhānauTrust – Replace
June Annette Foley
(deceased) and appoint
Anita Piwa Lolohea,
Mahara Louise Foley and
Marie Alison Edmonds as
responsible trustees
SP3 12:00PM AP-20230000020587 113/93
117/93
Kiri Gypsy Collier Sidney McIlroy Collier also
known...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 2 11:00 AM AP-20240000008036 238/93 Kenneth
Ngarangi Kawiti
Te Tawai and Maata Kawiti WhānauTrust – Enforcement of obligations of
trust
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP21 11:45 AM AP-20240000000871 45/93,
86/93
Arnold Thomas
Gurau, and
William Thomas
Castle
CJ 2024/6 - Waitakaruru 1A 1B 2C
and D1 block and the vesting order
made at 104 Hauraki MB 228 on
6/3/2003 - Application to the Chief
Judge
WĀ TINA – 12:00 PM ki 12:30 PM
SP22 12:30 PM AP-20230000028354 45/93 Anna Anderson CJ 2020/16 Wahapo Tipene and a
succession order made at 5 Kaikohe
Seuccession MB 197-201 on 31
October 2021 - Applicatio...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP21 10.30AM AP-20230000032630 45/93 Bryan Linden
Calman
CJ 2023/50 -Ena Caroline Calman
also known as Ena Caroline Calmon
and a succession order made at 60
Aotea MB 159 on 1/7/1996 –
Application to the Chief Judge
SP22 11.00AM AP-20230000035635 45/93 Tutehounuku
Timoti James
Karetai
CJ 2023/67 - Barry John
Tutehounuku Karetai and succession
orders made at 129 South Island MB
60-61 on 3/2/2009 - Application to
the Chief Judge
SP23 11.30AM...
