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SP 21 2:00 PM AP-20250000005169 19/93 Clarence Lee
Brown
Tuhuna 12A1 - Injunction against
any person in respect of any actual
threatened trespass or other injury
to any Māori land or Māori
Reservation. Respondent: Pompey
Brown.
Sitting period
Closing date for lodgements
10 - 14 November 2025
Wednesday, 6 August 2025
9 - 13 February 2026
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
11 - 15 May 2026
Wednesday, 5 February 2026
10 - 14 August 2026
Wednesday, 6 May 2026
9 - 13 November 2026
Wednesday, 5 August 2026
Ngā tono ki te Kooti Pīra Māori
Māori Appellate Court applications to be heard
Pānui
Māori Appellate Court sitting 14 May 2026
Māori Appellate Court sitting 13 May 2026
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Ko te whakakape
i pau te manawa me te kaha ki te whai i te tika me te pono
o tēnei puka pānui, i tuhia, i whakatikaina, ā, i pānuitia
i runga tonu i te mōhiotanga ko ōna kaituhi me ōna
kaiwhakatika, kaipānui hoki kei te wātea mai i ngā herenga
i mahia, kāhore rānei i oti i tētahi tangata te katoa, ētahi
wāhanga rānei, ngā kupu me ngā kaupapa kōrero o tēnei
puka pānui te mahi.
Other status types
As this update is specifically for Māori Customary Land and Māori Freehold Land it excludes the
following land status types that fall within the jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court:
Crown Land
Crown Land Reserved for Māori
General Land (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust)
General Land Owned by Māori (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust);
Ownership Only (ownership interes...