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Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2020 | Pipiri 2020
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government
agencies about the characteristics of Māori Customary and Māori Freehold Land.
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Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2024 | Hune 2024
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government
agencies about the characteristics of Māori Customary and Māori Freehold Land.
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 Christchurch
Māori Land Court, Justice and Emergency Services Precinct, 20 Lichfield
Street, Christchurch
Or Via Zoom – Meeting ID: 811 8590 5175 | Passcode: 416322
Thursday, 4 July 2024
Judge S Te A Milroy Presiding
PĀNUI
NO.
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Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2025 | Hune 2025
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
to provide key statistics on Māori land, including the number and total area of Māori Customary Land
(MCL) and Māori Freehold Land (MFL) blocks, and how many of these are managed by trusts or
incorporations versus those that are not.
Governance entities In the context in which I work, we have a range of governance entities, from trusts to incorporations, but no matter what the governance structure is - whether it is an ahu whenua trust, a whānautrust, a whenua tōpū trust, a pūtea trust, a kaitiaki trust, or an incorporation - key governance skills and capabilities are required.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP69 10:00 AM AP-20250000006669 19/93 Edward Joseph
Hayes WhānauTrust, Christine
Brake, Isabel
Tui Edwards
Opape 1A 15A and Opape 1A15B
No 2 blocks - Edward Joseph Hayes
Family Trust - Injunction against any
person in respect of any actual
threatened trespass or other injury to
any Māori land or Māori Reservation
(Respondents: Angelina Rika and
Vanessa Hayes)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP5 3:00 PM AP-20230000022837 67/93
238/93
Korea
Tepuawaitanga
Matthews
Te Puawaitanga Mokopuna WhānauTrust - Enforcement of obligations of
a trust
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP32 11:00AM A20140006127 / AP-
20230000025535
238/93 George Tama
Nicholls
Koromatua 3A block and other
Blocks - Enforcement of
Obligations of W.T Nicholls
Trust
*To be heard alongside AP-20240000006379 - Pokokuo & other blocks (W.T Nicholls Ahu Whenua Trust)
– Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori
land or Māori Reservation (Respondents: George Tama Nicholls,...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 6 10:00 AM AP-20240000006379 19/93 Anita Norman Pokokuo & other blocks (W.T
Nicholls Ahu Whenua Trust) –
Injunction against any person
in respect of any actual
threatened trespass or other
injury to any Māori land or
Māori Reservation
(Respondents: George Tama
Nicholls, William Ohomauri
Daniel (Taniora) Pomana
Nicholls, Zena Lenda Nicholls,
Cherie Povey, Arohaina
Povey, Waimarie Povey-
Nicholls & Gorge Tama
Nicholls, Cherie Dawn Povey &...