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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.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)

  E karanga atu ki tēnei uri o Ngāti Mākino, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Awa me Ngāti Maru, CRAIG COXHEAD , touti mai ki tō tūranga o te Kaiwhakawā Matua Tuarua.

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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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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)

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...

Documents/5-11-reports/2024-08-31-Notification-of-Applications-Over-6-months-old-in-MLC-MAC.pdf (1.7 mb)

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

Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)

SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 9:30am AP-20240000003487 S53A(1)/ 55 Tama Potaka Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua Trust Board - Investigate any irregularities in the 2023 elections of Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua under s 53A(1) of the Māori Trust Boards Act 1955 An investigation by Judge Wainwright under section 53A(a) of the Māori Trust Boards Act 1955 into whether the election that took place from June-November 2023 to elect trustees to Te Rūnanga o Ngāti