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Te Puna Manawa Whenua outlines what they may need to know, understand, and do when hearing applications in the Māori Land Court. The name Te Puna Manawa Whenua can be translated to mean ‘the spring from deep underground.’
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Recommendations
The Māori Land Court will conduct a hearing
about the application. The Court cannot
make Court orders 5 to set the land aside as
a Māori reservation.
After 18 months of hearings in Rotorua, 15 applications concerning the administration and utilisation of Utuhina No.3H No’s 2 & 3 Subdivision F will shortly be completed.
Sixth The issue of locating owners was also highlighted by the project and basics such as requirements as to notice cannot be complied with because Court staff cannot access proper addresses for owners. Judges are forever hearing the criticism Deputy Chief Judge C L Fox from owners that they were not notified of a hearing or meeting affecting their land or their interests.
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February 2010
Cover photograph by Adrian Heke
The Māori Land Court (Te Kooti Whenua
Māori) is the New Zealand court that hears
matters relating to Māori land. The special
bond between Māori people and the land is
recognised by the Māori Land Court, and the
records held by this Court form an invaluable
part of the whakapapa of all Māori.
February 2010
Cover photograph by Adrian Heke
The Māori Land Court (Te Kooti Whenua
Māori) is the New Zealand court that hears
matters relating to Māori land. The special
bond between Māori people and the land is
recognised by the Māori Land Court, and the
records held by this Court form an invaluable
part of the whakapapa of all Māori.
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The Court may, on considering your notification, arrange for the application to be set down for a formal hearing if the
application has yet to be determined or for a rehearing if the application has already been determined.
