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SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 2 10:00 AM AP-20250000014217 59/93 Catherine Sixtus Appeal 2025/26 - Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu and a decision made at 97 Te Waipounamu MB 243-248 on 12 September 2025 - Notice of Appeal (Respondents: Trustees of the Hokotehi Moriori Trust, Trustees of the Moriori IMI Settlement Trust, Ministry for Culture and Heritage, Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri Iwi Trust and Dix Whānau)

Documents/Panui/SP-2-Appeal-2025-22-Sixtus-v-Hokotehi-Moriori-Trust.pdf (124 kb)

That invitation is not made by an order of the Court but by the hope for parties to move forward and strengthen the relationships and kinship ties of the whānau involved. This judgment is a significant milestone in the Māori Land Court and for Māori landowners.

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Taitokerau PĀNUI He pānuitanga tenei kia mohiotia ai ka tu Te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te whakawa, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai A Special Sitting At Kerikeri Turners Centre Kerikeri 43 Cobham Crescent, Kerikeri Tuesday 22 November 2023 Judge M P Armstrong PĀNUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: SP 11 2:00 PM AP-20230000027988 A20210007498 67/93 Ashton Eugene Tairua Awarua A25 - Judicial...

Documents/Panui/SP-11-13-Kaikohe-Specials-22-11-2023.pdf (118 kb)

Taitokerau PĀNUI He pānuitanga tenei kia mohiotia ai ka tu Te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te whakawa, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai A Special Sitting At Auckland Ministry of Justice District Court 9-11 Ratanui Street, Henderson Monday 13 November 2023 Judge A M Thomas, Presiding PĀNUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: SP 14 11:30 AM AP-20230000020836 A20230004524 113/93 118/93 Monique Rua Eliza...

Documents/Panui/SP-14-17-Auckland-Specials-13-11-2023.pdf (120 kb)

Support was given for the formation of a whānau trust. An application to constitute a whānau trust was filed in 2004 and eventually heard in February of 2005.

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The respective whānau trusts are coordinated through an ahu whenua trust for the management of the whole block and in dealings with third parties such as the Rotorua District Council.

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The land interests would then go directly back to those beneficiaries of the estate who contributed shares to the whānau trust. ‘Māori Land Trusts’ includes a section on whānau trusts.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)

The land interests would then go directly back to those beneficiaries of the estate who contributed shares to the whānau trust. ‘Māori Land Trusts’ includes a section on whānau trusts.

Uploads/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)

Māori Land Trusts includes a section on whānau and pūtea trusts.

Uploads/MLC-incorporations-english.pdf (856 kb)