Yes, Te Kura Kaiwhakawā is working to publish the Sexual Violence Trials Bench Book and Kia Mana te Tangata | Judging in Context: A Handbook later in 2025.
Can I access the cases cited in the bench book?
The Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025
introduces new provisions that allow owners of Māori
land and water service providers to appeal to the
Māori Land Court over decisions about access to Māori
land for water infrastructure.
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Pātaka Whenua Step-By-Step Guides
Search for a block
Date produced: 25 July 2024
Last modified: 19 November 2025
This guide covers two ways to search for a block in the Pātaka Whenua online portal:
• using the Search menu to find a block
• Near Match Search (page 1),
• Exact Match Search (page 4),
• locating it visually with the Block Map (page 7).
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Pātaka Whenua Step-By-Step Guides
Search for a
management structure
Date produced: 25 July 2024
Last modified: 19 November 2025
You do not need to be a registered Pātaka Whenua user in order to search and access
management structure information.
Prepare for court hearing
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14/11/2013 CJ 2013/30 - Ani Peka Rawakata - Order for succession made on 7 September 1943 at 93 Rotorua MB 281 - Application to the Chief Judge 45/93 Florence Simpson 5.
Prepare for court hearing
AP-20230000026800
A20130010235
14/11/2013 CJ 2013/30 - Ani Peka Rawakata - Order for succession made on 7 September 1943 at 93 Rotorua MB 281 - Application to the Chief Judge 45/93 Florence Simpson 5.
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
February 2025
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 11th of December 2024, 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...
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Notification of applications that
remain outstanding in the office of
the Chief Registrar, Wellington
January 2025
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 13th of November
2024, 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...
Prepare for court hearing
AP-20230000026800
A20130010235
14/11/2013 CJ 2013/30 - Ani Peka Rawakata - Order for succession made on 7 September 1943 at 93 Rotorua MB 281 - Application to the Chief Judge 45/93 Florence Simpson 5.
Māori Land Court application guides
How to apply for partition of
Māori freehold land
Date produced: December 2025
Last modified: June 2026
Understanding partition
Types of partition
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Option three – Full partition
A full partition means some or all the new blocks may be transferred to people outside the existing
ownership, hapū or group associated with the land.
