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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
January 2026
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 12th of November 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 for inquiry or...
This produced some pleasing results
in both spaces with an increase in new applications to Court in the earlier part of the reporting
year and the closure of some of our older applications.
Section 18 of the Adoption Act 1955 explicitly stated that adoption orders under the Act applied
to Māori and sections19(1) and (2) of the Act effectively provided that customary Māori
adoption (whāngai) carried out since the commencement of the Native Lands Act was not legally
binding.
This may affect a shareholder who wants to
transfer only part of their shares to the incorporation.
Gifts or transfers made under section 264 of the Act below
this minimum can be refused by the incorporation.
Notably Chief Justice Elias, as she then was, stated in her dissenting judgement in Takamore v Clarke2
that “Maori custom according to tikanga is therefore part of the values of the New Zealand common
law”.
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Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2022 | Pipiri 2022
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government
agencies about the characteristics of Māori Customary and Māori Freehold Land.
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Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2021 | Pipiri 2021
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government
agencies about the characteristics of Māori Customary and Māori Freehold Land.
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Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2021 | Pipiri 2021
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government
agencies about the characteristics of Māori Customary and Māori Freehold Land.
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Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2022 | Pipiri 2022
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government
agencies about the characteristics of Māori Customary and Māori Freehold Land.
