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Māori Land Court | Judge’s Corner
Judge Aidan Warren
Dispute Resolution
February 2022
As a newly appointed Judge of the Māori Land Court it is highly appropriate that my
contribution to the Judges’ Corner relates to one of the new tools added to our kete by the
legislative changes…
Contents:
Applications for hearing in FEBRUARY | HUI-TANGURU 2023:
(Please note that these in person hearings may be substituted for remote hearing by
Zoom depending on operating Covid-19 protocols)
2 - 8 Aotea District
9 - 19 Tairäwhiti District
20 - 29 Taitokerau District
30 - 33 Takitimu District
34 - 49 Waiariki District
50 - 59 Waikato Maniapoto District
60 Appendix
61 - 74 Applications that remain outstanding in the Office of the Chief Registrar
75 - 81 Notices
82 - 8...
Office of the Chief
Registrar
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti Pīra
Māori ki te whakawā , ki te uiui hoki, i ngā tikanga o ngā
tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
Māori Appellate Court Sitting
at Aotea
Māori Land Court
Ingestre Chambers
74 Ingestre Street
Whanganui
Tuesday 7 November 2023
Māori Appellate Court Coram
Chief Judge C L Fox (presiding)
Judge M P Armstrong
Judge D H Stone
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: A...
Aotea
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mohiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawa, ki te uiui hoki, i nga
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Whanganui
Māori Land Court
Ingestre Chambers
74 Ingestre Street
Whanganui
Tuesday, 14 November 2023
Judge A H C Warren
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SNov4/1 10:20AM AP-20230000027338
113/93
118/93
Kahukura
Venning
Edwa...
Aotea
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mohiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawa, ki te uiui hoki, i nga
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Whanganui
Māori Land Court
Ingestre Chambers
74 Ingestre Street
Whanganui
Wednesday 15 November 2023
Judge D H Stone
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SNov5/1 2:00PM AP-20230000032309 43/93
Deputy
Re...
Signature and contact details
Signature Date
Phone email
For office use only
Deputy Registrar (full name)
The request for the fee to be remitted, reduced, or refunded is approved declined
For the following reason(s) pursuant to Regulation 7(1)(a) of the Māori Land Court fees regulations 2013:
Signature Date
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http://www.justice.govt.nz/courts/maori-land-court
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Tākitimu
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Masterton
Via Zoom
Thursday 7 September 2023…
Tākitimu
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Hastings
Via Zoom
https://us06web. zoom.
Aotea
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mohiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawa, ki te uiui hoki, i nga
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Whanganui
Ministry of Justice
Levin District…
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)