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APPLICATIONS
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court
For more information, go to maorilandcourt.govt.nz
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court (MLC) is the
New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māori
land.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP9 10:00 AM AP-20250000014087 220/93 David James
Davies
Parts Section 4 Blk XII Tauhara
Survey District & Part Section 5
Block XII Tauhara Survey District
and other blocks - Vesting the
interests of David James Davies in
the Rangitopeora Whānau Trust
Waikato-Maniapoto
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono ā muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Hamilton
Māori Land Court, BNZ Centre, Level 2
354 Victoria Street, Hamilton
Thursday 7 December 2023
Judge R P Mullins, Presiding
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SDec5/1 10.00AM
(allow one
(1) hour
for both
matters)
AP-20230...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 1 10:00 AM AP-20250000014118 58/93 Marise Lant Appeal 2025/25 – The Proprietors of
Mangatū Blocks Incorporated and a refusal
to grant an order for the appointment of
examining officers made at 134 Tairāwhiti
MB 282-293 on 5/9/2025 – Notice of Appeal
(Respondent: Committee of Management of
the Proprietors of Mangatū Blocks
Incorporated)
The website also
contains a link to Māori Land Online, a tool
that provides web based information on
the current ownership and title information 1
for all Māori Land Court blocks.
I am currently the judge for Te Waipounamu in the Māori Land Court. I am also presiding over a number of urgent inquiries in the Waitangi Tribunal, which has never been busier.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP11 2:00 PM AP-20250000009419 239/93
338(7)/93
240/93
Arleen McLaren He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī
mō Te Aroha Block IX Sec 31C 4A and
Te Aroha Block IX Section 31D3A
reservation (Tui Pā Marae)
Replace Ta'ako Piaso with Tania
McCaskill, Allen Wickliffe and Michael
Wickliffe as trustees of Te Aroha Block IX
Sec 31C 4A and Te Aroha Block IX
Section 31D3A reservation (Tui Pā
Marae), Removal of Shelley Turner...
Aotea
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mohiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawa, ki te uiui hoki, i nga
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Whanganui
Māori Land Court
Ingestre Chambers
74 Ingestre Street
Whanganui
Tuesday, 14 November 2023
Judge A H C Warren
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SNov2/1 10:50 AM AP-20230000033586 133/93 Ngaire Anne
Te Hirata
Kauika-
Stevens
Sect...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 1 10.30 AM
AP-20250000013877 19(1)(b)/93 David Albert
Mercer
Ongarahu B - Injunction against any
person in respect of any actual
threatened trespass or other injury to
any Māori land or Māori Reservation.
Respondents: Joshua Wikiriwhi,
Zalia Nathan, Kiri Powell, Bill
Simons, Luann Tapu and Mihi
Moeka'a
SP 2 11.30AM
AP-20250000015298 19/93 Phillip Wee Te
Waimarama
Kaka
Oakura A2C Residue Block –
Injunction against any pe...
For some applications, landowners will need to notify other owners of their application to the Court ahead of time so they can attend hui, support the application, make a payment offer, or object to the application.