Office of the Ombudsman contact details:
Freephone: 0800 802 602 Email: info@ombudsman.parliament.nz
Postal address: PO Box 10152 Wellington 6143
The Ombudsman can consider complaints about the administrative acts and decisions of state sector agencies.
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
Ākuhata | August 2026
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief
Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 10th of June 2026, are hereby notified,
pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and
have yet to be determined or set down fo...
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
Oketopa | October 2026
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief
Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 12th of August 2026, are hereby
notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being
outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down...
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
Hepetema | September 2026
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief
Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 8th of July 2026, are hereby notified,
pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and
have yet to be determined or set down...
General power of trustees
To achieve the purposes of the trust, the trustees have, in the administration, management
and investment of the trust land and property, the power to do all or any of the things they
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would be entitled to do if they were the absolute owners of the trust land and property except
that they must comply with clause 19.3.
The three focus areas
for training were Pātaka Whenua, legislation,
and administrative processes and practices, all of
which succeeded in supporting our kaimahi.
In a pragmatic sense it means the wise administration of all assets possessed
by a group for that group’s benefit; in a word, trusteeship.11
Sir Hugh Kawharu opined that one of the features of rangatiratanga was not only the ability to control
and care for the land and resources in the area of a hapū or iwi, but equally important was the exercise
of rangatiratanga, which usually took the form of allowing others Māori and non-Māori, to enter, and
enjoy the lands and resources un...
Over the past twelve
months, the Court has continued to play a pivotal
role in the administration and protection of Māori
land interests across Aotearoa New Zealand,
focusing on three key priorities:
1.
