The opening ceremony began with karakia led by mana whenua kaumātua representative Cordry Huata (Ngāti Kahungunu) and whānau, who blessed each area of the building as guests were welcomed through the newly designed spaces. A mihi followed, delivered by Dr Jeremy Tātere MacLeod (Ngāti Kahungunu), before the Court held a formal sitting presided over by Judge Damian Stone (Ngāti Kahungunu), Māori Land Court Judge for Tākitimu.
The principal difficulty with the proposal for an external manager or administrator is
that it creates an additional and unnecessary category of governor of Māori land for
a very isolated problem, when that role can and should be performed by a trustee
(as, for example, the Māori Trustee previously did under the Māori Affairs Act 1953).
Furthermore, if trustees were instead appointed there would be no need to make
special provision for PSGEs or Māori trusts and incorporations to take...
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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 inq...
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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 inq...
1
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 inq...
Tēnei mātou ngā waihotanga e mihi poroporoaki ana e tangi apakura nei. E aku rau rangatira mā, koutou tātou te kaupapa tangata te kaupapa kōrero, tēnā tātou e Te Kooti Whenua Māori e Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti.
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SP13 10:10 AM AP-20260000003721 239/93 Leanne
Hamilton
He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Te Kotahitanga Ruawai
Hamilton Whānau Trust
Replace Joan Sienna Ruawai-
Hamilton, William Joseph (Te Huia)
Hamilton, Shirley Maryanne
Hamilton, Keith Thomas Ruawai-
Hamilton, Brian Wayne Hamilton and
Leanne Hamilton with Jody Moana
Hamilton, Maiea Ruawai-Hamilton,
Faith Unity Timu, Joseph James
Bristol, Rachael Marama Ruawai-
Hamilton, Ruawai Bill...
