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Most of the land set aside under the Act was transferred to the intended beneficiaries, but in 1909 the SILNA Act was repealed by the Native Lands Act before all the grants had been completed. 6 Also, the lands set aside under SILNA were of inferior quality, isolated, inaccessible, and often far distant from the traditional lands that had been taken under the earlier Crown purchasing. 7 Four of the SILNA blocks were not allocated and remain in Crown ownership today: Hāwea-Wānaka at Wān...
Documents that are not included in the public record include:
will files (original wills with probate orders made by the Māori Land Court)
personal files (original grants of administration made by the Māori Land Court or files which deal with personal property in addition to Māori land)
adoption files (where an adoption was granted by the Māori Land Court)
any document or record that, due to its age and condition, can no longer be safely handled
any document or record that h...
The second was to focus on the role of the law in our evolving society, and the third was to take nothing for granted and always test for yourself what someone else says you should do.
ADDRESSING GRIEVANCES
6.1 If any Trustee or Beneficiary is aggrieved by a decision, action or omission of the
Trustees ("Applicant"), that person may first give written notice of the grievance to the
Trustees.
6.2 If the Applicant's grievance is not satisfactorily addressed within a reasonable period of
time, the Applicant may in writing, notify the Trustees of his or her intention to have his
or her grievance referred to a general meeting of the Beneficiaries.
6.3 If the Trustee...
An elected trustee formally
becomes a responsible trustee when the Court has granted
an order of appointment.
General functions of a trustee
Te Ture Whenua Māori Act requires that every person who is
appointed as a responsible trustee must carry out the:
• terms of the trust
• proper administration and management of the business of
the trust
• preservation of the assets of the trust
• collection and distribution of the income of the trust.
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
2
APPLICATION NO:
SECTION:
APPLICA...
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 New Plymouth
District Court
Cnr Robe and Powderham Streets
New Plymouth
Thursday 14 December 2023
Judge A H C Warren
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SDec3/1 2:30PM A20230005223 /
AP-20230000023335
240/93 Donna Martin-
Kemp, Peter
Martin,...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 7 10:00 AM AP-20250000014275 58/93 Stewart Robert
Coulson
Appeal 2025/27 - Lot 3 Deposited Plan
37325 (SA989/287) and a refusal to
grant applications for injunction and
determine status of land made at 283
Waikato Maniapoto MB 256-259 dated
15/9/2025 – Notice of Appeal
(Respondent: Māori Land Court)
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)
