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
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
November 2025
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 10th of September 2025, 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...
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
August 2025
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 11th of July 2025, 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 do...
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
July 2025
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 14th of May 2025, 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 f...
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP13 1:30 PM AP-20250000000287 239/93 Phyllis Savage He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Savage Papakainga
Land Trust
Replace Martin Lesily Niao and
William Henry Doney with Ngatira
Peita and Lincoln Tiare Savage as
responsible trustees of Savage
Papakainga Land Trust
SP14 1:30 PM AP-20250000000294 231/93 Phyllis Savage He arotakenga i te Savage
Papakainga Land Trust
Review of the Savage Pap...
To enable the Court to make a determination about your suitability as a trustee, please supply the following information (if
relevant):
a) I am a current or past trustee on other trusts or am or was a member of other organisations, namely:
Name of Trust/Committee Position held
b) I have the following relevant work or other experience; e.g kaumātua associated with the land or reservation:
Place of work Position or responsibilities
Page 3 For more information visit www.māorilandcour...
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP9 2:00 PM AP-20240000005941 239/93 Jodi Porter Replace Papakura Martha
Toa and Hone Edwards
Thompson with Albert Berend
Te Oke Waiapu, Tayna Glen
Kelly KareKare, Arron James
Patterson Porter and Frank
Te Wheki Porter as trustees
of the Ruarakai -
Tokomanawa Lands Trust
SP10 2:00 PM AP-20240000006002 215/93
219/93
220/93
222/93
Jodi Porter Constitute the Ruarakai -
Tokomanawa Lands Trust
over Omarumutu...
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP7 1:30 PM AP-20250000011700 43/93 Te Miru
Grandea
Veronica
Rapata
Takirau Ricky Rapata - Rehearing of
application He tauatanga ki a Takirau
Ricky Rapata - Succeed to the Māori
land interests of Takirau Ricky
Rapata also known as Ricky Takirau
Rapata or Takirau Rick Rapata (AP-
20250000006502)
