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The whenua has historic connections to Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Rārua and Ngāti Tama who settled in the area following the hekenga of the early nineteenth century.

Documents/Judges-corner-articles/Aorere-Accretion-determination-of-status-and-ownership-of-land.pdf (890 kb)

SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP10 1.00PM AP-2024000013666 19/93 67/93 236/93 237/93 238/93 240/93 Glen Skipper,Rangi Kipa, Tarina MacDonald Ngāti Tawhirikura Hapū Charitable Trust – Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation (Respondents: Ngāti Tawhirikura Hapū Charitable trustees Beverly Gibson, Sam Williams, and Sharron Wipiti) Aotea PĀNUI

Documents/Panui/16.-Special-Aotea-4-December-2024.pdf (140 kb)

SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP11 10.00 AM AP-2024000013666 19/93 67/93 236/93 237/93 238/93 240/93 Glen Skipper, Rangi Kipa, Tarina MacDonald Ngāti Tawhirikura Hapū Charitable Trust – Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation (Respondents: Ngāti Tawhirikura Hapū Charitable trustees Beverly Gibson, Sam Williams, and Sharron Wipiti) Aotea PĀNUI

Documents/Panui/20.-Special-Aotea-17-December-2024.pdf (140 kb)

SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP10 1.00PM AP-2024000013666 19/93 67/93 236/93 237/93 238/93 240/93 Glen Skipper,Rangi Kipa, Tarina MacDonald Ngāti Tawhirikura Hapū Charitable Trust – Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation (Respondents: Ngāti Tawhirikura Hapū Charitable trustees Beverly Gibson, Sam Williams, and Sharron Wipiti) Aotea PĀNUI

Documents/Panui/16-v2.-Special-Aotea-4-December-2024.pdf (140 kb)

SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP6 10:00 AM AP-20240000013666 67/93 236/93 237/93 238/93 240/93 Tarina MacDonald, Glen Skipper, and Rangi Kipa Ngāti Tawhirikura Hapū Charitable Trust – Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation (Respondents: Ngāti Tawhirikura Hapū Charitable trustees Beverly Gibson, Sam Williams, and Sharron Wipiti) The Court may convene...

Documents/Panui/13.-Aotea-26-March-2026.pdf (128 kb)

SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 1 10:00 AM AP-20250000003156 45/93 Akuhata Turei and Curtis Ezekial CJ 2025/14 - Nellie Houkamau Johnson also known as Nellie Johnson or Nere Johnson and a succession order made at 59 Ruatōria MB 297- 300 on 8/02/2001 - Application to the Chief Judge SP 2 10:20 AM AP-20230000027607 45/93 Ngati Muriwai Authority Trust CJ 2023/19 Omarumutu Papakainga and an order setting land apart as a Maori Reservation at 51 Opotiki MB 154 on...

Documents/Panui/1.-9-December-2025-Panui-DCJ.pdf (148 kb)

Steven Dodd - Kairēhita Matua Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Rangiwewehi Steve first began work in the Maori Affairs Department in July 1984 working Māori Trustee and then the Land Development division before becoming an Alienation Officer in 1989.

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block and a vesting order made at 102 Rotorua MB 332-333 on 5/4/1956 - Application to the Chief Judge AP-20230000027565 A20220010829 45/93 Nathan John Bevin CJ 2022/30 - David Te Au and a succession order made at 41 South Island MB 9-10 on 24/2/1965 - Application to the Chief Judge AP-20230000027567 A20220011703 45/93 Donna Marie Barnes CJ 2022/31 - Norma Margret Matenga or Norma Margret Barnes or Tepara Barnes and a succession order made at 54 Taupo MB 375-376 on 11/4/1979...

Documents/Panui/February-2024-Notification-of-Applications-in-Office-of-Chief-Registrar.pdf (465 kb)

Whakanuia 8 Māori Land Court / Māori Appellate Court Annual Report Matariki 2022 – Matariki 2023 Kaiwhakawā Matua Caren Fox Ngāti Porou ӹ I whakamanahia i te rā 1 December 2000 (104th Kaiwhakawā o te Kooti Whenua Māori) ӹ I kopoua hei Kaiwhakawā Matua Tuarua i te rā 20 February 2010 ӹ I kopoua hei Kaiwhakawā Matua i te rā 5 July 2023 ӹ Kaiwhakawā o te rohe o Tairāwhiti ӹ Heamana o te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi (I kopoua i te rā 22 o Akuhata 2023), waihoki, k...

Documents/Articles/Te-Kooti-Whenua-Maori-Purongo-a-tau-Matariki-2022-Matariki-2023.pdf (11 mb)

Meanwhile, fifty proud Te Arawa/Mataatua whānau and friends travelled to Ōtautahi to welcome Sean Vercoe (Te Arawa, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Manawa, Te Rarawa me Ngāti Ranginui) as the new Pae Ārahi o Te Rāwhiti – a celebration of continuity and new leadership.

Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)