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 to mak...
20 July 2023 MEDIA STATEMENT Chief Justice welcomes the appointment of new Chief Māori Land Court Judge The Chief Justice welcomes the announcement by Associate Minister of Māori Development, the Hon Nanaia Mahuta, of Judge Caren Fox’s appointment as Chief Judge of Te Kooti Whenua Māori | Māori Land Court. Chief Judge Fox (Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata, Te Whānau a Apanui) is the 17th Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court, and the first wahine Māori to hold the role....
Documents/Articles/23-07-20-Media-Statement-Chief-Maori-Land-Court-Judge-appointment.pdf (400 kb)
Chief Judge Fox is a descendent of Ngāti Porou and Rongowhakaata, with ties to Te Whānau a Apanui.
Ko Kaiwhakawā Matua Fox (nō Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata, Te Whānau ā Apanui), te Kaiwhakawā Matua tekau mā whitu o Te Kooti Whenua Māori, ā, ko ia hoki te wahine tuatahi ki te whiwhi i tēnei tūranga.
1 Otene – Tauhara Māori Reservation (1977) 58 Taupo MB 168 (58 TPO 168); Trustees of Waipahihi Reserve - Waipahihi Māori Reservation (1978) 59 Taupo MB 184 (59 TPO 184); and Pihema v Ngāti Whatua of Orakei Māori Trust Board – Section 722,790,792,793 and 794 Town of Orakei Blocks IX Rangitoto Survey District (1990) 3 Taitokerau Appellate Court MB 44 (3 APWH 44).
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP4 10:00 AM AP-20240000029701 113/93, 117/93, 214/93, 219/93, 220/93, 222/93 Aleisha Ewa Makaretta Mitchell Te Kiriwhero Makarita Mitchell also known as Te Kiriwhero Mitchell or Te Kiriwhero Ewa Makarita Mitchell - Succession and Constitute the Ngati Te Kiriwhero Whanau Trust over the interests of the deceased and appoint Shikyra Ngaroma Te Kahu Kopeka Mitchell, Aleisha Ewa Makaretta
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)
Documents/Panui/SP-2-Appeal-2025-22-Sixtus-v-Hokotehi-Moriori-Trust.pdf (124 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT 1 10:00 AM AP-20230000023300 A20230003669 113/93 117/93 Carolyn Patricia McBride He tauatanga ki a Patricia Edith Owen Succeed to the Māori land interests of Patricia Edith Owen 2 10:05 AM AP-20250000008512 113/93 118/93 Kelesia Sosefina Laupama, Maria Narita Laupama, Samiu Michael Laupama He tauatanga ki a Thelma Maria Whakatope Succeed to the Māori land interests of Thelma Maria Whakatope also known as Thelma Mar...
Sitting period Closing date for lodgements 10 - 14 November 2025 Wednesday, 6 August 2025 9 - 13 February 2026 Wednesday, 5 November 2025 11 - 15 May 2026 Wednesday, 5 February 2026 10 - 14 August 2026 Wednesday, 6 May 2026 9 - 13 November 2026 Wednesday, 5 August 2026 Ngā tono ki te Kooti Pīra Māori Māori Appellate Court applications to be heard Pānui Māori Appellate Court sitting 12 February 2026 Māori Appellate Court sitting 12 February 2026...
1 Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu “SILNA” (5 October 2017) Ngāi Tahu 2 Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement, section 15, preamble. 3 Individuals from Te Tau Ihu iwi were also included in the lists. 4 Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement, section 15, preamble. 5 Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement, section 15, preamble. 6 Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu “SILNA” (5 October 2017) Ngāi Tahu 7 Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu “SILNA” (5 October 2017) Ngāi Tahu 8 Te R...
