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TAIRĀWHITI
PĀNUI
Contact Details
Office Tairāwhiti
Address 37 Gladstone Road
Mailing address DX Box: PX10106, Gisborne
Phone 06 869 0370
Email mcltairawhiti@justice.govt.nz
Office hours Monday to Friday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
(Closed on Public Holidays)
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
Special Court Sitting
At Gisborne| Māori Land Co...
The Māori Land Court is notifying all owners of the above block about the following hui:
Whenua: Rangiwaea No. 4F No. 4B
Date: Sunday, 15 March 2026
Time: 10:00 AM
Venue: Te Pae Tata - Ruapehu Community Hub,
43a Ruapehu Road,
Ohakune 4625
Kaupapa:
To consider a 15-year lease with a 5 yearly rent review of the above block
For further information please contact Aotea Māori Land Court on 06 3490770 or mlcaotea@justice.govt.nz
View the notice here.
The block contains 123.4089 hectares and is situated on Whangaehu Valley Road, Karioi
A meeting of the owners of the land will be held as follows:
PLACE: Te Pae Tata - Ruapehu Community Hub, 43a Ruapehu Road, Ohakune
4625
DATE: Sunday 15 March 2026
TIME: 10.00 AM
ZOOM DETAILS BELOW:
Meeting ID: 87397264748
Please join 15 minutes before the hui starts in order to meet quorum and to confirm you are a
beneficiary of Rangiwaea No. 4F No. 4B
If for any reason t...
The Māori Land Court is notifying all beneficiaries of the above Māori Reservation about the following hui:
Whenua: Horowhenua 11B36 2L4A (Part) also known as Horowhenua 11B36 Sec 2L4A - Kawiu Marae
Date: Sunday, 12 April 2026
Time: 10:00 AM
Venue: Kawiu Marae,
294 Kawiu Road
Levin 5510
Kaupapa:
Wānanga facilitated by Māori Land Court for the purpose of a revised marae charter.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
16 10:15 AM AP-20240000007330 133/93 Tawhirimatea Te
Auripo Rewita
Williams
155 Omarumutu Road, ToaToa, Opotiki
(GS5C/1477 section 1 SD Plan 7971) -
Change from General land to Māori
freehold land
17 10:15 AM AP-20240000007331 214/93,
219/93,
222/93,
220/93
Tawhirimatea Te
Auripo Rewita
Williams
155 Omarumutu Road, ToaToa, Opotiki
(GS5C/1477 Section 1 SD Plan 7971) -
Constitute the Tawhiri and Kaa Williams
Whānau trust in resp...
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...
TAKE NOTICE that the Nigel Pedersen Family Trust has made application to the Māori Land Court at Hastings for confirmation of a sale of Lot 29 Deposited Plan 15949 block (being 0.0636 hectares more or less) located at 17 Te Paerahi Road, Pōrangahau within the Tākitimu Māori Land Court district.
TAKE NOTICE that Stephen Thomas Ball and Christine Anne Ball have made an application to the Māori Land Court at Whangārei for confirmation of a sale of Te Maika A7 block (RT 31346) (being 2425 square meters more or less) located at 102 Tutukākā Block Road, Tutukākā, Whangārei within the Taitokerau Māori Land Court district.
On Friday 29 November, the old Māori Land Court on Lowe Street Gisborne was closed, and the new court opened on Gladstone Road. A crowd of approximately 100 people gathered to witness this transition through the blessing and official opening by Sir Derek Lardelli and his team of kaikarakia of Te Rā Tū, the new Tairāwhiti Māori Land Court.
Other acts and legislation
We hear applications relating to Māori freehold land under select Acts, or parts of them, including:
Property Law Act 2007
Family Protection Act 1955
Government Roading Powers Act 1989
Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act 1949
Local Government Act 1974.