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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
May 2026
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief
Registrar in Wellington, received up to the pānui closing date of 11th of March 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 inquiry or...
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Tiriti o Waitangi
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SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
32 10:00 AM AP-20250000002925 231/93 Māori Trustee He arotakenga i te Parihaka 14B
Ahu Whenua Trust
Review of the Parihaka 14B Ahu
Whenua Trust
33 10:05 AM AP-20250000004115 133/93 David Francis
Fleming, Lisa
Maree Ison,
Patricia Cherie
Mackenzie
He panonitanga ki te tūnga taitara
o Lot 2 Deposited Plan 607153
(formerly known as Part Ngatitara
4F) mai i te whenua atu i te
whenua Māori ki te whenua Māori
Change...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
36 2:10 PM AP-20250000003683 133/93 Robert
Christopher
Smith
He panonitanga ki te tūnga taitara
o Hongoeka 3C2A2 mai i te
whenua atu i te whenua Māori ki te
whenua Māori
Change the status of Hongoeka
3C2A2 from General land to Māori
freehold land
At Palmerston North | Te Whare Wairua O Mererikiriki, 138 Maxwells Line, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Thursday, 10 July 2025
Judge M J Doogan presiding
Applications to be heard
P...
Indeed, the owners all accept that I must resolve the issue in this instance”
Tikanga Māori is defined in Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 (the Māori Land Act) as “Māori Customary
rights and values”.
Many landowner journeys begin when a whānau member passes away and their land interests or shares in an incorporation are transferred to their whānau members.
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MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS
This application may be lodged with the Registrar at any office of the Māori Land Court.
Special fixtures are arranged and advertised in accordance
with the provisions of the Mäori Land Court Rules and they
may not necessarily be listed in this publication.
Kapohia ki te tuhirau, ki te reehuiringa
Preservation of the integrity of the record, the record will prevail As a court of record, our key purpose is to accurately document the succession and management of Māori land. That information makes up the Māori Land Court record, which is the legal and official documentation of land ownership of whenua Māori.
