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3:00 PM FULLY BOOKED
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Applying for succession
Succession application types
Succession and whāngai
Succession with no living descendants
Succession with a living husband, wife, or partner Māori freehold land can be owned by one owner or several owners and in some cases, there might be hundreds of owners in one block or title of land. The accurate documentation of succession to land is critical and enables landowners to work together to make decisions about its use for the benefit of all landowner...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP6 10:00 AM AP-20250000011950 239/93 Lewis Winiata He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Te Koau A Trust
Reduce the trustees of Te Koau A
Trust by removing Peter Wairehu
Steedman and Sheryl Annette Allen
SP7 10:05 AM AP-20250000009404 239/93 Otukaia Māori
Trust
He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō te Otukaia Māori
Reservation
Reduce the trustees of Otukaia
Māori Reservation by removing
Frances Kahui
SP8 10:10...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP6 10:00 AM AP-20250000011950 239/93 Lewis Winiata He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Te Koau A Trust
Reduce the trustees of Te Koau A
Trust by removing Peter Wairehu
Steedman and Sheryl Annette Allen
SP7 10:05 AM AP-20250000009404 239/93 Otukaia Māori
Trust
He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō te Otukaia Māori
Reservation
Reduce the trustees of Otukaia
Māori Reservation by removing
Frances Kahui
SP8 10:10...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP6 10:00 AM AP-20250000011950 239/93 Lewis Winiata He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Te Koau A Trust
Reduce the trustees of Te Koau A
Trust by removing Peter Wairehu
Steedman and Sheryl Annette Allen
SP7 10:05 AM AP-20250000009404 239/93 Otukaia Māori
Trust
He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō te Otukaia Māori
Reservation
Reduce the trustees of Otukaia
Māori Reservation by removing
Frances Kahui
SP8 10:10...
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9 June 2026
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7 September 2026
17 September 2026
8 December 2026
10 December 2026
Unless otherwise notified, sittings will be held by Zoom Ngā tono ki te Kaiwhakawā Matua
Chief Judge applications to be heard
Pānui
Sitting of the Chief Judge 18 March 2026
S...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP51 10:20 AM AP-20250000015882 239/93 The Māori
Trustee
He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Ngatituhekerangi
16B2B Trust
Add Carl Owen as advisory trustee
of the Ngatituhekerangi 16B2B Trust
SP52 10:25 AM AP-20250000015852 239/93 The Māori
Trustee
He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Omuturangi 7A Ahu
Whenua Trust
Add Stephen John Hughes as an
advisory trustee of the Omuturangi
7A Ahu Whenua Trust
SP53 10
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
16 10:15 AM AP-20240000007330 133/93 Tawhirimatea Te
Auripo Rewita
Williams
155 Omarumutu Road, ToaToa, Opotiki
(GS5C/1477 section 1 SD Plan 7971) -
Change from General land to Māori
freehold land
17 10:15 AM AP-20240000007331 214/93,
219/93,
222/93,
220/93
Tawhirimatea Te
Auripo Rewita
Williams
155 Omarumutu Road, ToaToa, Opotiki
(GS5C/1477 Section 1 SD Plan 7971) -
Constitute the Tawhiri and Kaa Williams
Whānau trust in resp...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP19 10:00 AM AP-20230000024740 67/93 Paki Nikora Te Uru Taumata Trust - Seek
Directions of the Courts as to a Trust
– Judicial conference
SP20 10:00 AM AP-20230000024346 67/93 Te Kohinga me
Te Kaunihera
Kaumatua o
Tuhoe
Tūhoe - Te Uru Taumata - Seek
Directions of the Court as to a Trust
Enforcement of obligations of trust –
Judicial conference
SP21 10:00 AM AP-20230000023866 67/93 Paki Nikora Te Uru Taumata Trust – Injunction –
Jud...