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An index of past and present judicial officers of
the Māori Land Court and Native Land Court
1 May 2018
Judicial officers of the Native Land Court from 1864 to 1947
Judge Date appointed
John Rogan 25 June 1864 (President)
9 January 1865 (Judge)
Wiremu Tipene 25 June 1864
Matikikuha 25 June 1864
Te Keene of Orakei 25 June 1864
Tamati Reweti 25 June 1864
George Clarke 25 October 1864 (President)
9 January 1865 (Judge)
Hone Moh...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 13 2:00 PM AP-20240000006379 19/93 Anita Mari
Norman
Pokokuo & other blocks (W.T
Nicholls Ahu Whenua Trust) –
Injunction against any person
in respect of any actual
threatened trespass or other
injury to any Māori land or
Māori Reservation
(Respondents: George Tama
Nicholls, William Ohomauri
Daniel (Taniora) Pomana
Nicholls, Zena Lenda Nicholls,
Cherie Povey, Arohaina
Povey, Waimarie Povey-
Nicholls & Gorge Tama
Nicholls, Cherie Dawn P...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 15 10:00 AM AP-20240000006379 19/93 Anita Mari
Norman
Pokokuo & other blocks (W.T
Nicholls Ahu Whenua Trust) –
Injunction against any person
in respect of any actual
threatened trespass or other
injury to any Māori land or
Māori Reservation
(Respondents: George Tama
Nicholls, William Ohomauri
Daniel (Taniora) Pomana
Nicholls, Zena Lenda Nicholls,
Cherie Povey, Arohaina
Povey, Waimarie Povey-
Nicholls & Gorge Tama
Nicholls, Cherie Dawn...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP32 11:00AM A20140006127 / AP-
20230000025535
238/93 George Tama
Nicholls
Koromatua 3A block and other
Blocks - Enforcement of
Obligations of W.T Nicholls
Trust
*To be heard alongside AP-20240000006379 - Pokokuo & other blocks (W.T Nicholls Ahu Whenua Trust)
– Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori
land or Māori Reservation (Respondents: George Tama Nicholls,...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 6 10:00 AM AP-20240000006379 19/93 Anita Norman Pokokuo & other blocks (W.T
Nicholls Ahu Whenua Trust) –
Injunction against any person
in respect of any actual
threatened trespass or other
injury to any Māori land or
Māori Reservation
(Respondents: George Tama
Nicholls, William Ohomauri
Daniel (Taniora) Pomana
Nicholls, Zena Lenda Nicholls,
Cherie Povey, Arohaina
Povey, Waimarie Povey-
Nicholls & Gorge Tama
Nicholls, Cherie Dawn Povey &...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP4 10:20 AM AP-20250000014556 241/93 Freddy
Tangohau Bush
He whakamutunga atu i te Timi
Hauwaho Tangohau Whānau Trust
Removal of land interests from the
Timi Hauwaho Tangohau Whānau
Trust
SP5 10:20 AM AP-20250000009185 220/93 Sharon Louise
Austin, Rosseau
George Heta,
Sharon Rose
Heta, Deidre
Lorraine Heta
Ruatoki 1353 - Vesting the interests
of Deidre Heta, Sharon Heta,
Rosseau Heta and Violet Austin into
the Georg...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP4 10:20 AM AP-20250000014556 241/93 Freddy
Tangohau Bush
He whakamutunga atu i te Timi
Hauwaho Tangohau Whānau Trust
Removal of land interests from the
Timi Hauwaho Tangohau Whānau
Trust
SP5 10:20 AM AP-20250000009185 220/93 Sharon Louise
Austin, Rosseau
George Heta,
Sharon Rose
Heta, Deidre
Lorraine Heta
Ruatoki 1353 - Vesting the interests
of Deidre Heta, Sharon Heta,
Rosseau Heta and Violet Austin into
the Georg...
Te Kooti Whenua Māori/ Te Kooti Pira Māori Pūrongo-A-Tau - Matariki 2023 - 2024
Pūrongo
ā-Tau
Te Kooti Whenua Māori
Māori Land Court
Te Kooti Pīra Māori
Māori Appellate Court
Matariki 2023
Matariki 2024
2 Māori Land Court / Māori Appellate Court Annual Report Matariki 2023 – Matariki 2024
Nau mai e te ao
Haere mai i te pō
Kuhu mai e te wairua
Tū mai e te aroha
Tū atu e te pono
Hei arahi kia tika kia wātea kia ora
Koia rā e Rongo whakairia ake ki runga hai
Turuturu o wh...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP15 10:20 AM AP-20250000016196 239/93 Hayden Potaka He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Murimotu 3B2B3 Trust
Replace Haimona Reweti with
Anahera O'Reilly, Lisa Reweti and
Margaret Mowart as responsible
trustee of the Murimotu 3B2B3 Trust
SP16 10:25 AM AP-20260000004140 239/93 Aaron
Tumararoa
Davis
He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Pākaraka 1I1 Māori
Reservation Trust
Replace Sarah Jane Kilmister and
Fiona Philips with Hinekor...
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
April 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 11th of February 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 for inqui...
