For the Māori Land Court, our focus is on being able to progress the successions as quickly as we can in order to update the lists of successors so that meetings of successors can be called.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 1 10:00 AM AP-20250000003156 45/93 Akuhata Turei and
Curtis Ezekial
CJ 2025/14 - Nellie Houkamau
Johnson also known as Nellie Johnson
or Nere Johnson and a succession
order made at 59 Ruatōria MB 297-
300 on 8/02/2001 - Application to the
Chief Judge
SP 2 10:20 AM AP-20230000027607 45/93 Ngati Muriwai
Authority Trust
CJ 2023/19 Omarumutu Papakainga
and an order setting land apart as a
Maori Reservation at 51 Opotiki MB
154 on...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP1 10:00 AM AP-20230000026649 238/93 Hinemarie
Burton
Otumoko B4 Trust - Enforce the
Obligations of Trust
SP2 10:00 AM AP-20230000019726 240/93 Hinemarie
Burton
Otumoko B4 Trust - Remove Peter
Te Ratahi Cross, Patricia Kay
Newman and Te Timatanga Neil Te
Kani also known as Neil Te Kani as
trustees
SP3 10:00 AM AP-20230000019727 231/93 Hinemarie
Burton
Otumoko B4 Trust - Review of Trust
SP4 10:00 AM AP-20230000026654 240/93 Nicole...
Succession to Māori land is through
whakapapa or descent, which means that these records are also a rich continuing resource for
Māori over time for identifying interests in land.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP8 10:00 AM AP-20230000028766
A20220011246
113/93
118/93
Janine Ratapu-
Ihaka
Hemi Ngakai Ratapu also known as
Ngakai Totoru Ratapu or Heemi
Totoru Ngakai Ratapu or Jimmy
Ratapu or Heemi Ratapu -
Succession
SP9 10:00 AM AP-20230000028475
A20210009269
113/93
118/93
214/93
219/93
220/93
222/93
Natasha Moses Hahi Maori Motuhake Kaiawe
Parangi also known as Haahi Kaiawe
Parangi or Wayne Kaiawe or Hahi
Wayne Kaiawe or Hahi Kai...
If this is not done, the Court may direct that formal notice be given to the
beneficiaries.
5 Wills
Wills do not apply to these successions to SILNA Lands under the Court’s inquiry under section 29 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993
6 Checklist of documents required
• Death certificate or other evidence as to death (see note 1 above)
• Whakapapa, where possible
MAORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS
This application should be lodged with the Registrar in th...