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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
March 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 14th of January 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 inquir...
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
March 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 14th of January 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 inquir...
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
November 2023
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 1st of September 2023, 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 fo...
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
October 2023
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 9th of August 2023, 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 inquir...
The legal ownership of property and the legal evidence of a person’s ownership
rights.
31. Alienation is when landowners grant certain rights of their land to another
person.
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Contents
Forward 3
Judges of the Court/ Ngā Kaiwhakawā o te Kooti 4
New judicial appointments 6
Matariki and Pūanga karakia 7
Matariki and Pūanga Horahora 8
Planning for the future - “Hangaia te whare” 9
Pae Matua operations update 9
Māori land data updates 10
National performance 12
Te Ao Māori strategy 13
Te Reo Māori in the Court 14
District operational updates 16
Ngā Whakataunga a ngā Kooti / Notable judgments 26
Judicial speeches and presentations 31
Practice notes 32
Judges i...
Te Kooti Whenua Māori/ Te Kooti Pira Māori Pūrongo-A-Tau - Matariki 2023 - 2024
ANNUAL
REPORT
Te Kooti Pīra Māori
Māori Appellate Court
Matariki 2024
Matariki 2025
2 Māori Land Court / Māori Appellate Court Annual Report • Matariki 2024 – Matariki 2025
Nau mai e te ao
Haere mai i te pō
Kuhu mai e te wairua
Tū mai…
Definitions and Interpretation 31
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INTRODUCTION
A. The Māori Land Court ("Court") has constituted an ahu whenua trust for the purposes set
out in this Trust Order (“Order”).
Prepare for court hearing
AP-20230000028354
A20200004823
5/05/2020 CJ 2020/16 - Wahapo Tipene - and a succession order made at 5 Kaikohe Succession MB 197-201 on 31 October 2005 - Application to the Chief
Judge
45/93 Anna Anderson 5.
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Ngā Kōrero
Kupu whakataki 3
Ngā Kaiwhakawā o te Kooti/Judges of the Court 4
Ngā Kaiwhakawā Hou 6
Ngā karakia o Matariki me Puanga 8
Matariki me Puanga Horahora 8
Whakarite mō te anamata – “Hangaia te whare” 9
Ngā kōrero hou mō ngā mahi a te Pae Matua 10
Ngā kōrero raraunga whenua Māori hou 11
Ngā paearu mahi ā-motu 13
Te rautaki mō Te Ao Māori 14
Te Reo Māori ki te Kooti whenua māori 15
Ngā kōrero hou mō ngā mahi a ngā rohe 16
Ngā Whakataunga a ngā Kooti 26
Ngā kauhau me ngā whakaaturan...
