Te Puna Manawa Whenua, the Māori Land Court Bench Book, serves as a reference for Māori land law and Māori Land Court decisions.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)
In your application you’ll need to provide: written consents of the trustees written consents of the beneficiaries evidence of a properly notified meeting(s) held to terminate the trust, and a schedule of land to be removed from the trust and to who those shares will be transferred If you apply to terminate a trust which was set up under section 132(6) of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act (Māori customary land being managed by another Māori land trust), the land mu...
Many landowner journeys begin when a whānau member passes away and their land interests or shares in an incorporation are transferred to their whānau members.
A long-term pattern of poor returns from activities, such as farms that run at a loss. The land is not being well managed. Management is not providing shareholders with accurate and timely reports, e.g.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 12:15 PM AP-20240000011125 158/93 164/93 Brian Shedrick Watson He whakawhitinga hea o Brian Shedrick Watson mai i te poraka whenua o Endeavour Inlet Blk XI Sec 35D2 hei koha ki a Justin Brian Watson Winiata Transferring shares of Brian Shedrick Watson from Endeavour Inlet Blk XI Sec 35D2 by way of gift to Justin Brian Watson Winiata SP2 12:15 PM AP-20250000005746 113/93 118/93 David Te Hoko Whitu Richards He tauatanga...
Documents/Panui/57.-Tte-Waipounamu-9-April-2026.pdf (121 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP12 11:40 AM AP-20240000013610 241/93 Queenie Takiata Carre He tauwehenga i ētahi pānga whenua atu i te Apiata-Atareta Whānau Trust Removal of land interests from the Apiata-Atareta Whānau Trust SP13 11:40 AM AP-20240000013611 18(1)(a)/93 Queenie Takiata Carre He whakataunga a te kooti mō tētahi kerēme e whakatauhia ana nō wai te whare ki runga i a Lot 59B No.3A Section 1A Parish of Matata Decision of the court to deter...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP12 10:30 AM AP-20230000028737 A20220010647 113/93 117/93 214/93 219/93 220/93 222/93 Jinney Ruawhare Hopa also known as Joe or Joseph Ruawhare - Succession, Constitute the Hopa and Hana Ruawhare Whanau Trust in respect of the deceased and appoint Herbert Smith, Hopa Woodhead, Te Aroha Woodhead, Bella Blackburn, Roimata Blackburn and Hana Kerr as trustees SP13 10:30 AM AP-2025000003619 113/93 117/93 Whetumarama Ratana-Taku He...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 12:30 PM AP-20240000006962 164/93 Kopa Wiremu Aupouri Mahanga 1 & other blocks - Transfer of shares by way of gif t f rom Kopa Aupouri to Kingi Aupouri and Wiremu Aupouri SP2 12:40 PM AP-20240000009564 100(2)(a)/93 81/93 Jeremy Kenneth Williams (represented by Counsel: Rox Soriano, Style Toleafoa & Dr Bryan Gilling) He tauatanga ki a Kenneth Sydney Williams, deceased ki a Elizabeth Joseph...
1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington May 2026 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, received up to the pānui closing date of 11th of March 2026, are hereby notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down for inquiry or...
1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington August 2022 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 15th of June 2022, are hereby notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down for inquiry...
