SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP21 10.30AM AP-20230000032630 45/93 Bryan Linden Calman CJ 2023/50 -Ena Caroline Calman also known as Ena Caroline Calmon and a succession order made at 60 Aotea MB 159 on 1/7/1996 – Application to the Chief Judge SP22 11.00AM AP-20230000035635 45/93 Tutehounuku Timoti James Karetai CJ 2023/67 - Barry John Tutehounuku Karetai and succession orders made at 129 South Island MB 60-61 on 3/2/2009 - Application to the Chief Judge SP23...
The problem we face is not quite as dramatic as I see in the Cook Islands and Niue where I also serve. As an example of the way things have shifted, the Māori Land Court staff at Rotorua have 31 members whose ages range from early 20s through to being close to retirement.
My tipuna were part of the diaspora of Taranaki Māori in the 19th century, finally settling on Aropaoa Island in Queen Charlotte Sound. My grandmother Pirihira was bought up in Waikawa, part of the extended Watson or Tahuaroa whānau.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 5 11:00AM AP-20230000020406 A20220017565 45/93 Edward Joseph Scandlyn CJ 2022/47 - Mereana Tauke or Mary Anne Scandlyn or Mary Ann Douglas or Mereana or Mary Ann Haenga - and vesting orders made at 12 Registrar MB 240 on 8 August 1986 - Application to the Chief Judge SP 6 11:15AM AP-20240000001573 45/93 Britt-Amber Barris CJ 2024/17 - Rora Fowler also known as Wiki Toa or Rora Wikitoa and succession orders made at 56 Taranaki MB 444...
Taitokerau Kaitaia, Kaikohe, Whangārei, Auckland Venue Date Auckland 9/04/2026 Kaikohe 16/04/2026 Whangārei 22/04/2026 Whangārei 23/04/2026 Auckland 7/05/2026 Kaitaia 21/05/2026 Kaikohe 22/05/2026 Whangārei 28/05/2026 Whangārei 29/05/2026 Auckland 11/06/2026 Kaikohe 19/06/2026 Whangārei 25/06/2026 Whangārei 26/06/2025 Auckland 9/07/2026 Kaitaia 16/07/2026 Kaikohe 17/07/2026 Whangārei 30/07/2026 Whangārei 31/07/2026 Auckland 6/08/2026 Kaikohe 21/...
Fee increase summary Current rate New rate $22 $23 $66 $68 $220 $228 $385 $399 Detailed fee list Māori Land Court Current rate (inc GST) New rate (inc GST) Filing an application in respect of the following: (a) hearing and determining any claim to recover damages from trespass or any other injury to Māori freehold land (b) hearing and determining any proceeding founded on contract or tort where debt, demand, or damage relates to Māori freehold land (c) any other de...
Documents/Articles/Detailed-list-of-fee-changes.pdf (287 kb)
For a full explanation, please refer to either the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 | Māori Land Act 1993 or the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 SECTION DESCRIPTION 4/55 Governor-General in council may declare land to be a Māori reserve 6/1983 Determine succession to Titi Islands lands (order) 12/75 Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found 18(1)(a)/93 Exercise general jurisdiction of court 18(1)(b)/93 Determine the relative interests of the owners 19/93 Application f...
Documents/Landowner-notices/June-2026-National-Panui-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (2.7 mb)
Chief Judge Fox was appointed as a Māori Land Court judge on 1 October 2000, and shortly thereafter was appointed as the Presiding Officer of the Waitangi Tribunal’s Central North Island district inquiry in 2001. She has gone on to lead a number of Tribunal inquiries, including the Porirua ki Manawatū and Te Rohe Pōtae district inquiries, the Constitutional kaupapa inquiry, and urgent inquiries into claims concerning aquaculture and marine farming, Te Arawa Treaty settlement and mandating...
There are various other Acts which we operate under, including: Māori Purposes Act 1983 The Māori Purposes Act 1983 enables the Court to determine entitlements to Tītī Islands interests. Māori Purposes Act 1991 The Māori Purposes Act 1991 has limited powers extended to the Court in relation to the Wi Pere Trust.
This working List is comprised of successors to the 181 original beneficiaries who were allocated land on Rakiura under the ‘SILNA’ scheme. The South Island Landless Native Act 1906 was repleaded in 1909 without these 181 original beneficiaries having received their land.
