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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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Page 1 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 07/25 - 36 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz APPLICATION TO CONSTITUTE A WHĀNAU TRUST Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 Section 214 Form 36 Rule 12.3 WHAT IS THIS FORM FOR?

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-36-Application-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust-202104.pdf (285 kb)

Updated interim list of owners of the Toitoi SILNA Block Crown Land Block VIII Lords River Survey District (South Island Landless Natives Act 1906) The Māori Land Court has released an updated working list of potential owners entitled to the Toitoi Land (Crown Land Block VIII Lords River Survey District) under Section 15 of Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement 1997.

Documents/SILNA/Updated-interim-list-of-owners-of-the-Toitoi-Crown-Land-Block-VIII-Lords-River-Survey-District2.pdf (1.2 mb)

HĀWEA/WĀNAKA SILNA WORKING LIST OF POTENTIAL OWNERS AS AT 9 SEPTEMBER 2021 The Māori Land Court has released an updated working list of potential owners entitled to the Hāwea/Wānaka Substitute Land (Section 2 of 5 Block XIV Lower Wanaka Survey District) under Section 15 of the Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement 1997.

Documents/SILNA/SILNA-List-09-09-2021.pdf (896 kb)

If any other person subsequently becomes a party to the proceedings the lawyer appointed and engaged must, as soon as reasonably practicable, give an equivalent notice to the new party. 9 Taueki v Horowhenua 11 (Lake) Māori Reservation Trust – Horowhenua 11 (Lake) Block [2019] Māori Appellate Court MB 652 (2019 APPEAL 652) at [27].

Documents/Practice-notes/2023.10.17-MLC-Special-Aid-Practice-Note-FINAL.pdf (367 kb)

Special Pānui are also included in this section. Special Pānui are court hearings that have been set down after  the cut off date for the National Pānui.

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At 2025 Chief Judge’s MB 373-390 (4 February 2025) the Court made orders amending a succession order to Teone Karepe I or Hoani Karepe at 32 T 117-119 (30 May 1972) and cancelling a succession order to Porokuru Te Kiwi at 155 ROT MB 234 (30 November 1970). If you are affected by these orders, please email mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz for further information.

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(See Saxmere Company Ltd v Wool Board Disestablishment Company Ltd [2009] NZSC 72, [2010] 1 NZLR 35; Saxmere Company Ltd v Wool Board Disestablishment Company Ltd (No 2) [2009] NZSC 122) The question of recusal is for the judge hearing the case.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Maori-Land-Court-Recusal-Guidelines.pdf (226 kb)

Some guidance on these issues was provided by the Court of Appeal’s recent decision in Clarke v Karaitiana . Clarke v Karaitiana [2011] NZCA 154 The Māori Land Court had ordered the Registrar to convene a meeting of owners of Tauhara Middle 15 to be held in September 2008 to elect trustees, having previously found that the then-trustees had committed breaches of trust sufficient to warrant removal.

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This booklet summarises changes to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 effective from 6 February 2021. v The Act: • promotes the retention and use of Māori land • facilitates the occupation, development and use of that land • ensures decisions made about Māori land are fair and balanced, taking into account the needs of all the owners and their beneficiaries.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Amendments-to-Te-Ture-Whenua-Maori-Act-1993-December-2020.pdf (891 kb)