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The Māori Land Court of New Zealand
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DESCRIPTION OF APPLICATION TYPES
BY SECTION
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Summary of General Statutory Provisions
The following table provides a brief description of the most common sections in this document.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP2 2:00 PM AP-20240000007092 239/93 Frederick
Harwood
Williams
Tawera MR 897 (2) Ahu
Whenua Trust - Reduce the
number of responsible trustees
by removing Cherie Tirikatene-
Le Cheminant
SP3 2:00 PM AP-20230000022289 239/93 John Peter
Bond
Tawera MR 897 Sec 2 Trust -
Remove Wiki Pewhairangi
Crofts, Ruiha Caldwell, Robyn
Radcliffe, Pauline Crofts,
Ngareta Orchard, Katrina
Ryan-Schimansk, Frederick
Williams and Cheri...
See Part 12 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
2. The traditional Māori tribal hierarchy and social order made up of hapū (kin
groups) and whānau (family groups), having a founding ancestor and territorial
(tribal) boundaries.
3.
See also Ngawaka v Ngāti Rehua-Ngātiwai ki Aotea Trust Board (No 2) [2021] NZHC 291 at [43]–[47] and [58]
45 statutes referencing tikanga include the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 (see s 2 definitions of “tikanga Māori” and “mana
tamaiti (tamariki)”); Resource Management Act 1991; and Taumata Arowai–the Water Services Regulator Act 2020.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP1 10:00AM AP-20230000026602
A20230007403
19/93 Tracy Harrison Harataunga East No 4 Block
(Waikoromiko Trust) -
Injunction against construction
of dwellings (Respondent:
Martin Reedy Shultz)
SP2 11:00AM AP-20240000002918 19/93 Anne Te Marie
Leef
Te Puke A, Te Puke B, 60-61
Goldfields Road - Injunction
against any person in respect
of any actual threatened
trespass or other injury to any
Māori land or Māori
Reservation (Respondent:
Tracey Green...
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