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Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2025 | Hune 2025
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
to provide key statistics on Māori land, including the number and total area of Māori Customary Land
(MCL) and Māori Freehold Land (MFL) blocks, and how many of these are managed by trusts or
incorporations versus those that are not.
Aotea
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mohiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawa, ki te uiui hoki, i nga
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Whanganui
Māori Land Court
Ingestre Chambers
74 Ingestre Street
Whanganui
Tuesday 30 January 2024
Judge A H C Warren
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SJan8/1 1:30PM AP-
20230000022766
118/93,
214/93,
67/93
Rita Lyn...
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, William Ohoma...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 3 10:00 AM AP-20250000000453 19/93 Sonny Poi
Pakena Tipene
Te Pene Rata and Paki Hone Kopa
Tipene Whanau Trust (Motatau 2
Section 31C) - Injunction against any
person in respect of any actual
threatened trespass or other injury to
any Māori land or Māori Reservation
(Respondent: Terina Tipene)
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 &
Rangima...
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Hamilton
Māori Land Court, Level 2, BNZ Centre, 354-358 Victoria Street, Hamilton
Tuesday 11 June 2024
Judge R P Mullins Presiding
PĀNUI
NO.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 3 10:00 AM AP-20250000000453 19/93 Sonny Poi
Pakena Tipene
Te Pene Rata and Paki Hone Kopa
Tipene Whanau Trust (Motatau 2
Section 31C) - Injunction against any
person in respect of any actual
threatened trespass or other injury to
any Māori land or Māori Reservation
(Respondent: Terina Tipene)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP14 3:30 PM AP-20250000005927 71/93
164/93
Susan Miriama
Kipa
Karen-Ann
Rarangi
McDonald
Vesting Theodore Kipa’s interest in
Aorangi 1 in Anthony Hamuera Kipa,
Erina Jane Anderson, Karen Ann
Rarangi MacDonald, Michael
Naporiana Kipa, Nelson Anaru
Charles Freeman and Susan
Miriama Kipa as Trustees of the
Jean Rarangi Kipa Whānau Trust
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP9 10:00 AM AP-20250000014087 220/93 David James
Davies
Parts Section 4 Blk XII Tauhara
Survey District & Part Section 5
Block XII Tauhara Survey District
and other blocks - Vesting the
interests of David James Davies in
the Rangitopeora Whānau Trust
The changes affect all trusts,
including Māori land trusts created through the Māori Land Court
(such as ahu whenua, kaitiaki, and whānau trusts) and existing
trusts established before the law came into force.
