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Pātaka Whenua Guidance
Guest User Guide
Date produced: 14 August 2023
Last modified: 14 December 2023
māorilandcourt.govt.nz
Guest User Guide
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court
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Changes in place from 6 February 2021
In August 2020, the Government passed targeted changes to the Act with Te Ture Whenua
Māori (Succession, Dispute Resolution, and Related Matters) Amendment Act 2020.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP17 10:55 AM AP-20260000000573 239/93 William Pohatu He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Matu Pohatu Waaka
Nui and Mere Rose Wharehinga
Pohatu Whānau Trust
Reduce the responsible trustees of
Matu Pohatu Waaka Nui and Mere
Rose Wharehinga Pohatu Whānau
Trust by removing William Pohatu
SP18 10:55 AM AP-20260000000770 239/93 William Pohatu He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Matu Pohatu Waaka
Nui and Mere Rose Wharehinga
Pohatu Whānau Trust...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP17 10:55 AM AP-20260000000573 239/93 William Pohatu He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Matu Pohatu Waaka
Nui and Mere Rose Wharehinga
Pohatu Whānau Trust
Reduce the responsible trustees of
Matu Pohatu Waaka Nui and Mere
Rose Wharehinga Pohatu Whānau
Trust by removing William Pohatu
SP18 10:55 AM AP-20260000000770 239/93 William Pohatu He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Matu Pohatu Waaka
Nui and Mere Rose Wharehinga
Pohatu Whānau Tru...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP17 10:55 AM AP-20260000000573 239/93 William Pohatu He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Matu Pohatu Waaka
Nui and Mere Rose Wharehinga
Pohatu Whānau Trust
Reduce the responsible trustees of
Matu Pohatu Waaka Nui and Mere
Rose Wharehinga Pohatu Whānau
Trust by removing William Pohatu
SP18 10:55 AM AP-20260000000770 239/93 William Pohatu He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Matu Pohatu Waaka
Nui and Mere Rose Wharehinga
Pohatu Whānau Tru...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 4 2:00 PM AP-20250000012008 58/93 Robyn Matekino
Martin-Kemp
Appeal 2025/20 – Murimotu 5B1 block
and orders made at 509 Aotea MB 197-
213 on 12 August 2025 – Notice of
Appeal (Respondents: Trustees of the
Murimotu 5B1 Ahu Whenua Trust)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP15 10:15 AM AP-20240000001384 45/93,
44(1)/93,
47(4)/93
Louis (Mike)
Harris
CJ 2024/14 – Kararaina Tame
Wiremu also known as Kararaina
Beazley and succession orders
made at 3 Kaikohe Succession MB
72-73 and 29 Kaikohe MB 40-41 on
8/12/1999 - Application to the Chief
Judge
SP16 10:30 AM AP-20230000027512 45/93 Clinton Hakopa
Kati
CJ 2021/36 - Te Toi Tuhakaraina
also known as Moki Gillett or Moki
Taikereti - and a succession order
ma...
Chief Judge Fox was appointed as the Deputy Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court in 2010, and as the Chief Judge of the Court in 2023. On 24 August 2023, her swearing-in ceremony was held at The Pā, University of Waikato.
The Māori Appellate Court sits quarterly in February, May, August, and November of every year.
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Me tono mō tētahi arotake ā-ture mai i Te Kooti Teitei
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If you disagree with a Māori Land Court or the Māori Appellate Court decision, you’re entitled to seek judicial review from the High Court of New Zealand.