If you are wanting to convert Māori customary land into freehold land, you can apply to the Court under section 132 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act. Only a small number of customary land blocks remain in Aotearoa New Zealand and they total less than 700 hectares.
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP5 11:45 AM AP-20250000005330 238/93 Lesley Graham
Pease
Te Papa O Karewa AhuWhenuaTrust - Enforcement of obligations
By application to the Māori Land Court to provide notice of the following hui:
Whenua: Omuturangi 7C2
Date: Saturday, 21 March 2026
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Hawera Library,
121 High Street,
Hāwera 4610
Zoom: Meeting ID: 946 7045 6816
Kaupapa:
To consider a 10-year lease to Richard Muller (Haybarn Farms Limited) from 21 February 2024
Establishment of an AhuWhenuaTrust
Election of trustees
Trust terms
For further information please contact Aotea...
By application to the Māori Land Court to provide notice of the following hui:
Whenua: Omuturangi 7C3
Date: Saturday, 21 March 2026
Time: 11:00 AM
Venue: Hawera Library,
121 High Street,
Hāwera 4610
Zoom: Meeting ID: 946 7045 6816
Kaupapa:
To consider a 10-year lease to Richard Muller (Haybarn Farms Limited) from 21 February 2024
Establishment of an AhuWhenuaTrust
Election of trustees
Trust terms
For further information please contact Aotea...
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP18 11:00 AM AP-20260000005720 43/93 Katherine Jane
Raue, Henare
(Henry) Heta
Hauai 2D8 Block (Hauai AhuWhenuaTrust) – Rehearing of
application (AP-20250000006617 -
Hauai 2D8 - Injunction against any
person in respect of any actual
threatened trespass or other injury to
any Māori land or Māori Reservation.
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP5 2:30 PM AP-20260000004419 239/93 Maxwell Everitt
Williams
He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Maukoro Reserve
B1B2 and B1C2 (B4)
Replace Charmaine Tumakere with
Anthony James Williams, Dean
Keepa and Donna Patricia Edwards
as responsible trustees of the
Maukoro Reserve B1B2 and B1C2
(B4) AhuWhenuaTrust
A licence to occupy gives you permission to build on or occupy whenua. However, the title of ownership remains with the trust or management body and the licence can’t be passed on by succession.
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP1 1:00 PM AP-20260000007065 43/93 Deputy
Registrar
Part Haruatai 9 (Roadway) –
Rehearing of application (AP-
20230000022024 – Determine status
of land as Māori roadway, AP-
20230000022030 – Constitute an
AhuWhenuaTrust, AP-
20230000022034 – Application for
exchange order and easement for
right of way access)
Judicial Conference.
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP3 10:00 AM AP-20260000001602 58/93 Deborah Bush,
Awhina D N Bush
Appeal 2026/4 - Maungatautari
5A1C3B AhuWhenuaTrust and orders
to replace trustees heard at 286
Waikato Maniapoto MB 6-27 on
16/10/2025 and 291 Waikato
Maniapoto MB 63-75 on 03/12/2025 -
Notice of Appeal (Respondents: April
Rangi Bush, Donna Hineora Ingley,
Thomas Tauaroha Pira, Amiria Epsi
Moana Talo, Sabrina Caralee Shawnté
Wa...
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP10 10:00 AM AP-20260000004839 58/93 Stephen James
Henare
Appeal 2026/15 - Parengarenga 3G
Block and an enforcement of
obligations decision made at 308
Taitokerau MB 74-115 on 16/2/2026 -
Notice of Appeal (Respondents: Ahjun
Busby Ahoy, Whiti Awarau, John
Malcolm Ellis, Ria Edwina Slade, Kelvin
Subritzsky and Sherie Noble-Trembath
on behalf of Parengarenga 3G AhuWhenuaTrust)
