They were and are both teachers and as result Judge Williams’ has had the privilege of being brought up in areas such as Te Whetū, Kāwhia, Pātea and Rūātoki. It was as a result of attending Primary School in Rūātoki that he learnt to speak Māori before he was then sent to Auckland to attend Boarding School at Mt Albert Grammar School where he was one of two boys who studied Māori in what was a boys only school with a population of 1,200.
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP12 10:00AM AP-20250000008537 19/93 Ona Ria
Hurkmans
Ruatoki A Section 25 - Injunction
against any person in respect of any
actual threatened trespass or other
injury to any Māori land or Māori
Reservation (Respondent: Matiu
Amoroa)
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP2 10:00 AM AP-20260000007506 58/93 Dr Kathy Te
Urikore Biddle, Ria
Biddle, Ihaia Biddle
and Taiwera Biddle
Appeal 2026/18 - Ruatoki A Section 66
block and the dismissal of applications
for Partition made at 370 Waiariki MB
239-248 on 17/4/2026 - Notice of
Appeal
Fee increase summary
Current rate New rate
$22 $23
$66 $68
$220 $228
$385 $399
Detailed fee list
Māori Land Court Current rate (inc
GST)
New rate
(inc GST)
Filing an application in respect of the following:
(a) hearing and determining any claim to recover damages from trespass or any other
injury to Māori freehold land
(b) hearing and determining any proceeding founded on contract or tort where debt,
demand, or damage relates to Māori freehold land
(c) any o...
Any final terms of trust are subject to confirmation by the Māori Land Court in accordance
with sections 214 or 244 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
5.
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP8 10:30 AM AP-20240000014080 240/93 Shelly
Puohotaua
He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Rakato B Trust
Reduce the trustees of Rakato B
Trust by removing Taara Green,
David Puohotaua, Mary Whanarere,
Matariki Cribb-Fox, and Kim
Ranginui
Judicial Conference.
