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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
January 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 November 2025, 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...
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
29 12:00 PM AP-20250000006295 18(1)(a)/93 Shona Dianne
Sievers
He whakataunga a te kooti mō
tētahi kerēme e whakatauhia ana
nō wai ngā whare ki runga i a
Ohau No 3 Subdivision No 6 B
Decision of the court to determine a
claim to a homestead and associated
buildings on Ohau No 3
SubdivisionNo 6 B
30 12:00 PM AP-20250000006293 289/93 Shona Dianne
Sievers
He wāwāhanga ki te poraka o
Ohau No 3
PÄNUI
NO:
APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
39 AP-20230000021153
A20230006723
235A/93
239/93
Whakapaupakihi
Trust
Whakapaupakihi 5 block – Replace John
Hata with Ringihuia Tina Rosalyn Hata as
a trustee
Applications to be decided without notice
Under rule 6.6 of the Mäori Land Court Rules 2011, the following applications may be decided without
notice and without formal hearing.
Respondents: Kai Iwi 1G2 Mäori
Reservation Trustees)
TE ROHE O AOTEA continued
Whiringa-ä-Nuku / OCTOBER 2024 - NATIONAL PÄNUI 11
At Levin | Via Zoom
Tuesday 3 September 2024 | Judge A M Thomas Presiding
Application for Special Hearing
PÄNUI
NO:
TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SP1 10:20 AM AP-20240000007694 135/93 Round Corner
Limited
Lot 3 deposited Plan 20707 and Lot
5 Deposited Plan 20707 – Change
from Mäori free hold land to General
l...
PĀNUI
NO.
APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
59 AP-20230000027410
A20200003623
231/93
238/93
Verna Jean
Snowden
Rangioma Dick Barrett Whānau Trust - Review
of trust
60 AP-20240000004495 70(3)(a)/93
98(3)/93
Bob Brownlie Pākaraka 1I 1 Māori Reservation - Application
for payment from the Māori Land Court Special
Aid Fund for reasonable legal costs (Kāhui
Legal) (AP-20230000035750)
61 AP-20240000006601 70(3)/93
98(3)/93...
This produced some pleasing results
in both spaces with an increase in new applications to Court in the earlier part of the reporting
year and the closure of some of our older applications.
Figure [3] – Throughput for the Māori Appeallate Court as at 31 May 2023
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
National
Waikato - Maniapoto
Waiariki
Te Waipounamu
Tākitimu
Taitokerau
Tairāwhiti
Te Whakamaene
Pre-Application Pre-Court At Court Post Court Orders...
PÄNUI
NO:
APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: COURT DISTRICT:
11 AP-20240000002562 113/93
118/93
Catheren Ngaweri
Daniels
Genevieve Robin -
Succession
Waikato
Maniapoto
Applications for Determination by a Registrar
Which are Considered Simple and Uncontested
The following applications have been lodged, under sections 113A or 235A of Te Ture Whenua Mäori Act 1993,
for determination by a Registrar which are considered simple and uncontested and can be dealt wi...
Unfortunately, the process of colonisation by the British Crown and settlers in New Zealand followed a similar pattern to that in other colonised countries, and in the 19th and 20th centuries Māori became increasingly disadvantaged, with corresponding low socio-economic status.
Prior to its integration into the Department for Courts
and Ministry of Justice, the Māori Land Court was
part of a section within the Department of Māori
Affairs (often referred to as the court section).
