February 2010
Cover photograph by Adrian Heke
The Māori Land Court (Te Kooti Whenua
Māori) is the New Zealand court that hears
matters relating to Māori land.
At a hearing in Waitara on 12 June 2025, the descendants
present agreed to consider setting the land aside as a Māori Reservation as the first step to gain
administration of the whenua by Mary’s whānau.
APPLICATIONS
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court
For more information, go to maorilandcourt.govt.nz
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court (MLC) is the
New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māori
land.
The changes affect all trusts,
including Māori land trusts created through the Māori Land Court
(such as ahu whenua, kaitiaki, and whānau trusts) and existing
trusts established before the law came into force.
Page 2 For more information visit www.maorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 04/26 - 4A
Te Kooti Whenua Māori o Aotearoa
The Māori Land Court of New Zealand
Please select the name of the Māori Land Court district in which some or all of the lands or the subject matter of the application is located.
Use this form if you want the Court to review a determination or order made by the Registrar under sections 113A
or 235A of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993. Under Rule 8.1AAA of the Māori Land Court Rules 2026, all review
applications must be made using this form, Form 11B.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP21 12:00 PM AP-20250000011696 239/93 Māori Trustee He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Reu Reu 1 Section
33B2 Ahu Whenua Trust
Add Shirmain Reid and Te Riu
Reweti as advisory trustees of the
Reu Reu 1 Section 33B2 Ahu
Whenua Trust
SP32 12:05 PM AP-20250000010158 239/93 Māori Trustee He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Reu Reu 2G4 Ahu
Whenua Trust
Add Hanah Kapua as a responsible
trustee of the Reu Reu 2G4 Ahu...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 1 11:00AM AP-20230000021761
(A20210006361)
18(1)(h)/93 Mare Reiharangi
Kupa Snr
Part Ngaruroro
Riverbed –
Determine the status
of the land
SP 2 11:00AM AP-20240000011331 134/93 Stephen Kupa, Te
Maanga Kupa,
Gilbert Walter Kupa,
Margaret (Makere)
Kowhai Mackey,
Mare Heirangi Kupa
Snr
Change the status of
the land at Part
Ngaruroro Riverbed
Omahu Property,
being Section 1 SO
497236 from
General land to
Māori freehold ...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 1 11:00AM AP-20230000021761
(A20210006361)
18(1)(h)/93 Mare Reiharangi
Kupa Snr
Part Ngaruroro
Riverbed –
Determine the status
of the land
SP 2 11:00AM AP-20240000011331 134/93 Stephen Kupa, Te
Maanga Kupa,
Gilbert Walter Kupa,
Margaret (Makere)
Kowhai Mackey,
Mare Heirangi Kupa
Snr
Change the status of
the land at Part
Ngaruroro Riberd
Omahu Property,
being Section 1 SO
497236 from
General land to
Māori freehold la...