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There some 29
separate claimants and claimant groups, some
laying claim to the whole of the island and
others only to sections of it, mostly representing
sections or hapū of Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti
Uenukukōpako, Ngāti Rangiwewehi, and Ngāti
Rangiteaorere.
Awaiting Client Action or Information
A20100011859 22/10/2010 CJ 2010/85 - Motatau 3P, Motatau 5X and Ngati Hine H2B blocks - against the Ngatihine Amalgamation Orders made at 50 Whangarei MB 268-294 on 23 December 1974 and the Motatau 3P2 Partition
Orders made at 57 Whangarei MB 80-81 on 13 October 1980 - Application to the Chief Judge
45/93 Hirini Pakia Manihera (Jnr) 1.
In the recent High Court decision of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust v Attorney-General [2022] NZHC 843,
there was considerable discussion of tikanga Māori in the context of who exercised mana whenua
where the following were found;
- Tikanga Māori is a source of broadly shared core values (tāhuhu) that may inform the
development of the law and in some contexts is law
Awaiting Client Action or Information
A20100011859 22/10/2010 CJ 2010/85 - Motatau 3P, Motatau 5X and Ngati Hine H2B blocks - against the Ngatihine Amalgamation Orders made at 50 Whangarei MB 268-294 on 23 December 1974 and the Motatau 3P2 Partition
Orders made at 57 Whangarei MB 80-81 on 13 October 1980 - Application to the Chief Judge
45/93 Hirini Pakia Manihera (Jnr) 1.
Prepare for Court hearing
AP-20230000027427
A20100011859
22/10/2010 CJ 2010/85 - Motatau 3P, Motatau 5X and Ngati Hine H2B blocks - against the Ngatihine Amalgamation Orders made at 50 Whangarei MB 268-294 on
23 December 1974 and the Motatau 3P2 Partition Orders made at 57 Whangarei MB 80-81 on 13 October 1980 - Application to the Chief Judge
45/93 Hirini Pakia Manihera (Jnr) 2.
Prepare for court hearing
AP-20230000027607
A20230006782
12/04/2023 CJ 2023/19 Omarumutu Papakainga and an order setting land apart as a Maori Reservation at 51 Opotiki MB 154 on 09/02/1977 - Application to Chief
Judge
45/93 Ngati Muriwai Authority Trust 5. Prepare for court hearing
AP-20230000027608
A20230006783
12/04/2023 S98/93 Omarumutu Papakainga - Application for payment from Maori Land Court Special Aid Fund for reasonable legal costs 98(3)/93 Nepia Tipene (Ngati Mu...
Prepare for Court hearing
AP-20230000025620
A20180006860
12/09/2018 ss30I(1)(b) and 30(1)(b)/93 - An application for review of a determination made at 141 Waikato MB 271-291 (26 November 2009) and an order
appointing the Ngati Paoa Trust Board as the appropriate representative for Ngati Paoa in relation to the Resource Management Act 1991 and the
Local Government Act 2002.
31(1)/93,30/93 Ngati Paoa Iwi Trust (C/- Kahui Legal) 1.
Awaiting Client Action or Information
A20100011859 22/10/2010 CJ 2010/85 - Motatau 3P, Motatau 5X and Ngati Hine H2B blocks - against the Ngatihine Amalgamation Orders made at 50 Whangarei MB 268-294 on 23 December 1974 and the Motatau 3P2 Partition
Orders made at 57 Whangarei MB 80-81 on 13 October 1980 - Application to the Chief Judge
45/93 Hirini Pakia Manihera (Jnr) 1.
Hearing scheduled
AP-20230000025620
A20180006860
12/09/2018 ss30I(1)(b) and 30(1)(b)/93 - An application for review of a determination made at 141 Waikato MB 271-291 (26 November 2009) and an order
appointing the Ngati Paoa Trust Board as the appropriate representative for Ngati Paoa in relation to the Resource Management Act 1991 and the
Local Government Act 2002.
31(1)/93,30/93 Ngati Paoa Iwi Trust (C/- Kahui Legal) 2.