It sets out how Judge Reeves dealt with an application for accretion and for determination of ownership, where ownership records had not been maintained for over 100 years.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 5:00 AM AP-20240000012831 18(1)(a)/93 The Registrar Ko te tūwheratanga o te whare hou mō te Kooti Whenua Māori o Te Tairāwhiti Record the opening of the new Māori Land Court premises in Tairāwhiti TE TAIRĀWHITI PĀNUI
Documents/Panui/22.-Special-Tairawhiti-29-November-2024.pdf (138 kb)
After the judge, registrar, or mediator makes a decision, you will receive the court minutes and orders which will also be documented in the court record. If your application was for dispute resolution, only the order will become a part of the record.
You can search for the following document types in Pātaka Whenua: • Derivation search report • Historic record sheet • National Pānui • Special Pānui • Survey Plan • Judgment • Orders • Minute • Minute Book Index • Historic Ownership Schedule • Historic Memorial Schedule Accessing Pātaka Whenua Step 1 In your web browser, visit the Māori Land Court website www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz and click the green tab in the top right area labelled“Pātaka Whenua – our online portal”....
How-do-I-user-guides/Search-for-a-document-v1-6.pdf (2.6 mb)
To make sure that the minute is accurate, court hearings are recorded. To help us accurately record the kōrero, please move to the front of the court room when speaking and speak as clearly as possible.
The judge may also order any person to provide copies of records, reports, and reasons for decisions related to the incorporation, and to assist the examining officers with their review.
Justice Joe Williams himself was the Chief Judge of the Maori Land Court before his appointment to the higher courts, and indeed the Chief Judge before him, the Honourable Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie, is also an alumnus. And although the records on the earliest Judges of the Court are often incomplete, it appears that Judge Hugh Fraser Ayson was the first VUW graduate to be appointed as a Judge of this Court.
Below is an example only of this section for an application to Amend a name in the court record. Once you have filled in the required details for your application type, scroll down and click “Continue” to move to the next section.
How-do-I-user-guides/Submitting-an-application-v1-6.pdf (2.2 mb)
The deceased left children or their issue as next of kin and they are listed below; OR The deceased had no children but left brothers and sisters or their issue as next of kin and they are listed below; OR The deceased left no children or brothers and sisters as next of kin, but I/we* list below or attach a whakapapa record showing the next of kin to the deceased, including, where possible, the names, sex, age, and postal address of those next of kin living at the date of...
Documents/SILNA/S113-29-93-Appln-to-Determine-Successors-for-SILNA-Lands-Hawea-Wanaka.pdf (407 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.
