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TAIRĀWHITI
PĀNUI
Contact Details
Office Tairāwhiti
Address 37 Gladstone Road
Mailing address DX Box: PX10106, Gisborne
Phone 06 869 0370
Email mcltairawhiti@justice.govt.nz
Office hours Monday to Friday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
(Closed on Public Holidays)
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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 following special sitt...
Contents:
Applications for hearing in AUGUST | HERE-TURI-KÖKÄ 2023:
(Please note that these in person hearings may be substituted for remote hearing by
Zoom depending on operating Covid-19 protocols)
2 - 7 Te Rohe o Aotea
8 - 12 Te Rohe o Tairäwhiti
13 - 21 Te Rohe o Taitokerau
22 - 25 Te Rohe o Täkitimu
26 - 30 Te Rohe o Te Waipounamu
31 - 52 Te Rohe o Waiariki
53 - 63 Te Rohe o Waikato Maniapoto
64 Te Kooti Whenua Mäori | Appendix
65...
Bush,
Deborah Bush
Appeal 2026/4 - Maungatautari
5A1C3B Ahu Whenua Trust and
orders to replace trustees heard
at 286 Waikato Maniapoto MB 6-
27 on 16/10/2025 and made at a
further hearing on 3/12/2025 -
Notice of Appeal (Respondent:
Maungatautari 5A1C3B Ahu
Whenua Trust)
33
AP-20260000001801 45/93 Pauline Philomena
Hokianga
CJ 2026/11 - He tono ki te
Kaiwhakawā Matua ki te
whakahou, whakakore rānei i
tētahi ōta o te kooti
CJ 2026/11 - Application...
ROHE O TĀKITIMU
NATIONAL PĀNUI | TE PĀNUI Ā-MOTU
May | Mei
2026
Contents
Applications for hearing in May | Mei 2026
2 - 6 Descriptions of Application types by Section
7 – 50 Te Rohe o Aotea
51 – 64 Te Rohe o Tairāwhiti
65 – 98 Te Rohe o Taitokerau
99 – 114 Te Rohe o Tākitimu
115 – 129 Te Rohe o Te Waipounamu
130 – 169 Te Rohe o Waiariki
170 –194 Te Rohe o Waikato-Maniapoto
195 – 197 Māori Appel...
APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
A20230001345 100(2)
(e)/93,
78A(7)/67
Dianne Sheryll Clark-
Noda
Agnes Patu Fenton also known as Agnes Noda -
Succession
A20230001854 18(1)(a)/93 Bonita Rose Kiro Awarua A25 - Determination of ownership of a house
A20230001853 150A/93 Bonita Rose Kiro Awarua A25 - Noting of Licence to Occupy by the
Registrar
A20230001969 164/93 Emily Herewini Neho Awarua A25 and 5 other blocks - Transfer of shares
by way of gift from Emily Herewini Neho to...
ROHE O TĀKITIMU
NATIONAL PĀNUI | TE PĀNUI Ā-MOTU
January | Hānuere
2026
Contents
Applications for hearing in January | Hānuere 2026
2 - 6 Descriptions of Application types by Section
7 – 39 Te Rohe o Aotea
40 – 54 Te Rohe o Tairāwhiti
55 – 86 Te Rohe o Taitokerau
87 – 96 Te Rohe o Tākitimu
97 – 107 Te Rohe o Te Waipounamu
108 – 138 Te Rohe o Waiariki
139 –163 Te Rohe o Waikato-Maniapoto
164 – 1...
PĀNUI
NO:
APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
39 A20200004715 18(1)(a)/93 Michael
Patrick Orbell
Josephine Mary Orbell - Determination of a life
interest
40 A20220013138 164/93 Sue Hilliard Alton Blk VIII Section 1 - Transfer of shares
from Sue Hilliard to Michelle Nielsen
41 A20220011977 113A/93,117/
93
Janet
Emmerson
Neville Vernon Emmerson - Succession
42 A20210014704 113A/93,118/
93
Walter Edward Lucas - Succession
43 A20220002625 118(6)/93 Malcolm...
A20230003411 45/93 Cherrise Leanne Karaitiana CJ 2023/9 - Waipahihi 4H, Tauhara
Middle 14, Pahautea F and Te Matai
2 - and vesting orders made at 73
Taupo MB 23-24 on 2 November
1999 - Application to Chief Judge
29
A20230003683 45/93 Irene Tutakangahau CJ 2023/ 7 - Allotment 335 Parish of
Waiotahi - and vesting orders made
at 193 Rotorua MB 185-186 on
22/03/1979 - Application to the
Chief Judge
A20230003702 45/93 Irene Tutakangahau CJ 2023/ 8 - Allotment 335 Parish of
Waiotah...
For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the
appropriate application number at:
Physical address: Postal address:
L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203
WELLINGTON WELLINGTON
Phone: 04 914 3102
Fax: 04 914 3100
Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz
STEVEN DODD
Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
2
APPLICATION NO:
SECTION:
APPLICA...
AP-20230000027603
A20230004826
45/93 Matthew William Te Puia Guy Gerald Kau Kau and succession
orders made at 242 Taitokerau MB
297-298 on 07/ 12/202021 -
Application to Chief Judge
AP-20230000027604
A20230005467
45/93 Harata Peihopa CJ 2023/15 Patu Peihopa and vesting
orders made at 58 Whangarei MB
275 on 23/11/1981 - Application to
Chief Judge
AP-20230000027605
A20230005469
45/93 James Walter Couper, Sharon
Lee Couper, Chad Heberley
George William Lowell Couper and
succe...