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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
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APPLICATION NO:
SECTION:
APPLICA...
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...
Tākitimu
PĀNUI
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
A Special Sitting
At Hastings
Via Zoom
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/8564298176
Meeting ID: 856 429 8176
Thursday 28 September 2023
Judge D H Stone
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SP1 10:00AM AP-20230000032674 220/93,
222/93,
244/93
William Koro
H...
Whakapapa is crucial to succession for Māori because it underpins connections to whānau, tribal
groups and whenua. A primary function of succession for Māori is to maintain whakapapa connections
to their whenua (land), whānau(family), tupuna (ancestors) and atua (gods).
51 Joseph Williams “Lex Aotearoa: An Heroic Attempt to Map the Māori Dimension in Modern New Zealand Law” (2013)
21 Waikato L Rev 1 at 4.
52 Joseph Williams “Lex Aotearoa: An Heroic A...
Te Waipounamu
PĀNUI
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 ā muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Christchurch
Courtroom 1, Justice and Emergency
Services Precinct, 20 Lichfield Street,
Christchurch
Reference SP1
Wednesday 12 April 2023
Judge S Te A Milroy
Applications for Hearing
PĀNUI
NO:
TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
1 10:00AM A20220014529...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP21 11:45 AM AP-20240000000871 45/93,
86/93
Arnold Thomas
Gurau, and
William Thomas
Castle
CJ 2024/6 - Waitakaruru 1A 1B 2C
and D1 block and the vesting order
made at 104 Hauraki MB 228 on
6/3/2003 - Application to the Chief
Judge
WĀ TINA – 12:00 PM ki 12:30 PM
SP22 12:30 PM AP-20230000028354 45/93 Anna Anderson CJ 2020/16 Wahapo Tipene and a
succession order made at 5 Kaikohe
Seuccession MB 197-201 on 31
October 2021 - Applicatio...
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)
