20 July 2023
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SP 40 10:45AM AP-20230000019699
A20190006427
45/93 John Hoani Cribb CJ 2019/32 - Tiemi
Karepe, Te One Karepe,
Hara Karepe Crib and
Hoani Karepe and
succession orders made at
32 Tauranga MB 117-119
(30 May 1972) and 155
Rotorua MB 234 and 177
(30 November 1970)-
Application to the Chief
Judge
SP 41 11:00AM AP-20230000027476
A20200013412
45/93 Ashton Eugene
Tairua
CJ 2020/55 - Hemi Nai
Tairua or Hemi Tairua -
and a succession order
ma...
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SP 4 11:00 AM AP-20230000030996 45/93 Suzanne Roberts CJ2023/46 - Julie Ann Matire Edwards
or Matire Edwards or Matire Huia
Edwards and succession orders made
at 13 AT(S) 249-250 on 20/02/2006
and 221 Taitokerau MB 264-267 on
29/10/2020 – Application to the Chief
Judge
SP 5 11:20 AM AP-20230000027427 45/93
47(4)/93
44(1)/93
Hirini Pakia
Manihera (Jnr)
CJ 2010/85 - Motatau 3P, Motatau 5X
and Ngati Hine H2B blocks - against
the Ngatihin...
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The concept was not lost, however, on the Ministry of Māori Development who, following a workshop hui at Rawhiti on 02 March 1992, included whānau trusts in the Māori Affairs Bill which passed into law on 09 March 1993 as Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993, with effect from 01 July 1993. There have, of course, been numerous ahu whenua trust orders with composite whānau trust-administered areas created since Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 gave statutory recognition to shareholdings within block...