Hirini Moko Mead in his book Tikanga Māori 59 outlines a distinction between
tikanga and kawa and notes that while tikanga can include mātauranga Māori (the knowledge base and
ideas associated with tikanga), and the protocols associated with the correct practice of a tikanga, that
57 McCully Matiu and Margaret Mutu Te Whānau Moana, Ngā Kaupapa me ngā Tikanga: Customs and Protocols (Reed,
Auckland, 2003), p167
58 McCully Matiu and Margaret Mutu Te Whānau Moana, Ngā Kaupapa me...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP16 9:00 AM AP-20250000013494 338(5)(b)/93 Kiritahi Firmin Lot 3 Deposited Plan 60683 block
(Kimiora Māori Reservation) - cancel
Māori reservation ordered at 441
Aotea MB 219-220 dated 15
December 2021 for the purpose of a
Marae and Papakāinga
SP17 9:00 AM AP-20250000013495 215/93
219/93
220/93
222/93
Kiritahi and
Brian Firmin
He whakatū i te Kimiora trust -
Ahu Whenua trust me te kopou i
ngā tarahitī me te tuku i ngā
whenu...
SECTION
APPLICANT
SUBJECT
SP1 10:20 AM AP-20240000007694 135/93 Round Corner
Limited
Lot 3 deposited Plan
20707 and Lot5 Deposited
Plan 20707 – Change from
Māori free hold land to
General land
AOTEA PĀNUI
SECTION
APPLICANT
SUBJECT
SP1 10:20 AM AP-20240000007694 135/93 Round Corner
Limited
Lot 3 deposited Plan
20707 and Lot5 Deposited
Plan 20707 – Change from
Māori free hold land to
General land
AOTEA PĀNUI
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 3 10:00 AM AP-20250000013125 58/93 Round Corner
Limited
Appeal 2025/23 - Moutere 8B2 Sec 1
Lot 3 Deposited Plan 20707 and
Moutere 8B2 Sec 1 Lot5 Deposited
Plan 20707 blocks and determination of
status orders made at 510 Aotea MB
97-127 on 14/8/2025 - Notice of Appeal
For example:
51 Opotiki MB 67 translates to 51 OPO 67
Opotiki 51/67 translates to 51 OPO 67
5 Northern Waiapu Consolidation Scheme
94-99 translates to 5 CNNWP 94-99
5 Rotorua Appellate Court MB 100 translates
to 5 APRO 100
CHIEF JUDGE REFERENCE SYNTAX
The syntax for the Chief Judge series differs
depending on the date of the decision.
So it was not uncommon on this project to have a block with an appellation such as this: Waerenga East No 2 B, Waerenga East No 1, Section 7 block 5 Rotoiti Survey District, Maungaroa Kaharoa No 12 block (Amalgamated) Lot C.
