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Transferring MāoriLand Shares is one of a
series of MāoriLand Court booklets designed
to help Māori – and anyone else with an
interest – to gain a fuller understanding
of current Māoriland matters.
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
MāoriLand Court
Ingestre Chambers
74 Ingestre Street
Whanganui
Wednesday 16 August 2023
Judge A H C Warren
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SAug16/2 4:00PM AP-20230000027410
A20200003623
231/93 Verna Je...
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
MāoriLand Court
Ingestre Chambers
74 Ingestre Street
Whanganui
Wednesday 16 August 2023
Judge A H C Warren
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SAug16/1 2:00PM AP-20230000030878
A20200010482
231/93...
I am currently the judge for Te Waipounamu in the MāoriLand Court. I am also presiding over a number of urgent inquiries in the Waitangi Tribunal, which has never been busier.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP5 10:00AM AP-20240000012177 231/93 Mereana Hona He arotakenga i te Tangitu
Whānau Trust
Review of the Tangitu Whānau Trust
SP6 10:00AM AP-20250000000675 238/93 Rachal Maree
Stewart of the
Isabel (Ihipera)
Susan Petley
Whānau
Committee
Tangitu Whanau Trust - Enforcement
of obligations of trust
Waiariki
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 a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Ōpōtiki
MāoriLand Court, 1143 Haupapa
Street, Hauora House, Rotorua
Wednesday 6 September 2023
Judge T M Wara Presiding
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SSep3/1 11:00 AM AP-20230000021566 113/93,
118/93
Thompson
Quinton Tapse...
Former Chief MāoriLand Court Judge, who then became a
Justice of the High Court, ET Durie provided the following analyses of the nature of Māori rights to land;
Maori see themselves not as masters of the environment but as
members of it.
Ngā tono $68
$68 applications
Succession to Māoriland
Transfer of shares in Māoriland
Establishment of a trust over Māoriland
Adding, reducing, or removing trustees of a trust which manages Māoriland
Determining the ownership of structures on Māoriland
Occupation of Māoriland
Ngā tono $228
$228 applications
Partition, subdivision, amalgamation and aggregation of Māoriland
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP10 11:40 AM AP-20250000006965 231/93 Sarah Rawcliffe He arotakenga i te Titiraupenga
Ahu Whenua trust
Review of the Titiraupenga Ahu
Whenua Trust
SP11 11:40 AM AP-20260000000141 131/93 Titiraupenga
Trust
Section 1-2 Survey office plan
61501 – Determination of status of
land