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The Court has now directed that a hui of the descendants be called as follows:
• To discuss and consider setting the land aside as a Māori Reservation, including:
o a reservation name and purpose
o for whom reservation may be set aside
o trustees (meeting may elect trustees if a reservation is decided);
• The Court has appointed an independent facilitator for the hui.
SECTION
APPLICANT
SUBJECT
SP11 10:00AM AP-20230000021563 4/55 Joanne Te Hirata
Ioasa (c/o - John
Pera Kahukiwa)
Estate of Moehuarahi Te
Ruuri - Rules of the Court
regarding land interests of
the said estate as set out
at 239 Rotorua MB 76-76
(the MFL Estate)
SP12 10:00AM AP-20230000021564 4/55 Cyril Ruri (c/o - John
Pera Kahukiwa)
Estate of Moehuarahi Te
Ruuri - Rules of the Court
regarding land interests of
the said estate as set out
at 239 Rotorua M...
To assist the Court to process and deal with these proceedings, attach to your notice of intention to appear
a statement setting out your response to each of the claims made by the applicant.
4.
Judge Isaac also approved Mr Monk being permitted to apply for assistance from the
Special Aid Fund for legal representation in relation to the Judicial Conference.
321 Taitokerau MB 127
Accordingly, the Judicial Conference previously set down for 4 December 2026 at 10.00 am
be adjourned and re-set to 3 December 2026 at 2.00 pm, to be conducted at the Māori Land
Court, Whangārei, with Mr Monk permitted to attend by online means.
The most significant of these was the Mackay Commission of 1886-1887, which found that Ngāi Tahu as an iwi and its members had been left without a sufficient land base. 2 In 1892, the Crown agreed to make certain lands available to South Island landless Māori. 3 Judge Mackay and Percy Smith, the Surveyor-General, compiled a list of landless Māori in the South Island and assigned sections of land to them, assisted by Tame Parata. 4 By 1905, 142,463 acres had been allocated to 4,064 people. 5...
The identified successors will take part in the upcoming voting process, about how the land will be received and held.
View the updated successor list here .
Current practice notes include: Ngā whakahuatanga o ngā whakatau a te Kooti Whenua Māori me te Kooti Pīra Māori
Citation of decisions of the Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
A guide to how decisions of the Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court should be cited.
Te Kooti
Whenua Māori must continue to operate in accordance with Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993
and the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, which provide the framework for how applications are
processed and progressed through the Court.
8.