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Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2015 | Pipiri 2015
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government
agencies about the characteristics of Māori Customary and Māori Freehold Land.
Trusts
(Note: The term trusts includes all types of management structure, including Ahu Whenua
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Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2015 | Pipiri 2015
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government
agencies about the characteristics of Māori Customary and Māori Freehold Land.
Trusts
(Note: The term trusts includes all types of management structure, including Ahu Whenua
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP1 10:00AM AP-20250000005948 19/93 Joey Te Ao
Tutahanga
Wetea Faulkner
Matapihi 1A3C2A2 block (Matapihi
1A3C2A Ahu Whenua Trust) –
Judicial Conference (Injunction
against any person in respect of any
actual threatened trespass or other
injury to any Māori land or Māori
Reservation (Respondent: Leighton
Faulkner))
SP2 10:00AM AP-20250000005949 240/93 Joey Te Ao
Tutahanga
Wetea Faulkner
He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī
mō...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP1 10:00AM AP-20250000005948 19/93 Joey Te Ao
Tutahanga
Wetea Faulkner
Matapihi 1A3C2A2 block (Matapihi
1A3C2A Ahu Whenua Trust) –
Judicial Conference (Injunction
against any person in respect of any
actual threatened trespass or other
injury to any Māori land or Māori
Reservation (Respondent: Leighton
Faulkner))
SP2 10:00AM AP-20250000005949 240/93 Joey Te Ao
Tutahanga
Wetea Faulkner
He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī
mō...
SP 11 9:00 AM AP-20240000012039 67/93 Nuki o te Hapu
Tahawai ki
Rataroa
Whanau Trust
Pupuke M Lot 1 DP 81424 (Nuki o
Te Hapū Tahawai ki Rataroa
Whānau Trust) - Injunction against
any person in respect of any actual
threatened trespass or other injury to
any Māori land or Māori Reservation.
SP9 10:30 AM AP-20250000001871 173/93 Shelly
Puohotaua
Rakato B - Summon a meeting of
owners to dissolve both trusts -
Rakato B Trust and Part Rakato B
Māori Reservation
Judicial Conference.
A20160006045 45/93 Tyson Charles Schmidt CJ 2016/47 - Te Keepa Tamitere or
Peneti - and orders made at 117
WP 96 (2 June 1949) - Application to
the Chief Judge
A20160006047 45/93 Tyson Charles Schmidt CJ 2016/37 - Tamati Tuhiwai - and
succession orders made at 159 GIS
286-287 (26 November 2004) and
112 Rotorua MB 142 (22 March
1960) - Application to the Chief
Judge
7
A20170001457 45/93 Katherine Kataraina Tonihi CJ 2017/4 - Parekarangi A12 B2 -
Kahuroro Gus Tonihi an...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP14 12:30 PM AP-20240000009743 239/93
338(7)/93
Kiri Tonga,
Orael Joy
Frearson, Orael
Joy Frearson
(Te Wharewahia
& Te Kahui
Farm)
He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Opuatia Marae Trust
Judicial Conference (Replace Aaron
Tonga, Orael Frearson and Hoani
Bason with Kerry Ngataki and Lucy
Tonga as responsible trustees of the
Opuatia Marae Trust)
SP15 12:30 PM AP-20240000009747 239/93 Kiri Tonga,
Orael Joy
Frearson,...
A20160006045 45/93 Tyson Charles Schmidt CJ 2016/47 - Te Keepa Tamitere or
Peneti - and orders made at 117
WP 96 (2 June 1949) - Application to
the Chief Judge
7
A20160006047 45/93 Tyson Charles Schmidt CJ 2016/37 - Tamati Tuhiwai - and
succession orders made at 159 GIS
286-287 (26 November 2004) and
112 Rotorua MB 142 (22 March
1960) - Application to the Chief
Judge
A20170001457 45/93 Katherine Kataraina Tonihi CJ 2017/4 - Parekarangi A12 B2 -
Kahuroro Gus Tonihi an...
Other status types
As this update is specifically for Māori Customary Land and Māori Freehold Land it excludes the
following land status types that fall within the jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court:
Crown Land
Crown Land Reserved for Māori
General Land (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust)
General Land Owned by Māori (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust);
Ownership Only (ownership interests in secondary property rights such as easements...
