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MAY | HARATUA
2023
The purpose of the National Pänui / Te Pänui ä Motu is
to provide notice to interested parties of hearings being
conducted in, and applications received by, the Mäori Land
Court.
PÄNUI
NO:
APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
37 A20220016513 118/93,
113A/93
Tia Tuna Christina Wilson also known as Christina White -
Succession
38 A20220016545 117/93,
113A/93
Ross Franklin
Fitzgerald
Julia Anne Fitzgerald also known as Julia Ann
Fitzgerald - Succession
39 A20210009902 113A/93,
118/93
Rohatai
Pewhairangi,
Elizabeth Dixon,
Sophia Parlato
Ihakara Pewhairangi - Succession
40 A20220009384 118(6)/93,
113A/93
Joe Tiopira Te
Kiriwai Toroa
Mare...
ROHE O TĀKITIMU
NATIONAL PĀNUI | TE PĀNUI Ā-MOTU
January | Hānuere
2026
Contents
Applications for hearing in January | Hānuere 2026
2 - 6 Descriptions of Application types by Section
7 – 39 Te Rohe o Aotea
40 – 54 Te Rohe o Tairāwhiti
55 – 86 Te Rohe o Taitokerau
87 – 96 Te Rohe o Tākitimu
97 – 107 Te Rohe o Te Waipounamu
108 – 138 Te Rohe o Waiariki
139 –163 Te Rohe o Waikato-Maniapoto...
Contents:
Applications for hearing in OCTOBER | WHIRINGA-Ä-NUKU 2023:
2 - 10 Te Rohe o Aotea
11 - 16 Te Rohe o Tairäwhiti
17 - 27 Te Rohe o Taitokerau
28 - 31 Te Rohe o Täkitimu
32 - 35 Te Rohe o Te Waipounamu
36 - 47 Te Rohe o Waiariki
48 - 52 Te Rohe o Waikato-Maniapoto
53 - 69 Applications that remain outstanding in the Office of the Chief Registrar
70 - 71 Chief Judge Applications To Be Heard
73 Te Kooti Whenua Mäori |...
For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the
appropriate application number at:
Physical address: Postal address:
L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203
WELLINGTON WELLINGTON
Phone: 04 914 3102
Fax: 04 914 3100
Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz
STEVEN DODD
Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
2
APPLICATION NO:
SECTION:
APPLICA...
AP-20230000019641
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
AP-20230000019642
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
4
AP-20230000019645
A20170003267
45/93 Olive Gilliland CJ 201...
PÄNUI
NO:
APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
25 A20230005302 113A/93,
118/93
Debbie Gemmell Tanginoa Gemmell also known as Tanginoa
Dorothy Gemmell or Tanginoa Gemmell nee
Takarangi - Succession
26 A20230005528 113A/93,
118/93
Vanessa Ranginui John Bartholomew Ranginui Jnr - Succession
27 A20230005027 235A/93,
239/93
Leanne Horo Ngatitara Part No 9 Reserve - Reduce the trustees
by removing Irene Rangi, Canaan Joshua Pauro
and Raymond William Tuuta as trustees due to
res...
Prepare for court hearing
AP-20230000022807
A20200008433
10/09/2020 Te Ohu Kai Moana Trustee Limited - application referred to the Court to hear and determine a dispute between Raukawa ki te Tonga Trust, Muaupoko
Tribal Authority and Te Ohu Tiaki o Rangitaane o Te Ika a Maui Trust under section 182(4) of the Maori Fisheries Act 2004 and section 26C of Te Ture
Whenua Maori Act 1993
26C/93 Te Ohu Kai Moana Trustee Limited (Te Ohu Kaimoana) 5...