HĀWEA/WĀNAKA SUBSTITUTE SILNA LAND
WORKING LIST OF POTENTIAL OWNERS AS AT 23 MAY 2025
The Māori Land Court has released an updated working list of potential owners entitled to
the Hāwea/Wānaka Substitute Land (Section 2 of 5 Block XIV Lower Wānaka Survey
District) under Section 15 of the Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement 1997.
ISSN 2463-3763 (Online)
www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz
DESCRIPTION OF APPLICATION TYPES
BY SECTION
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Summary of General Statutory Provisions
The following table provides a brief description of the most common sections in this document.
PÄNUI
NO:
APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: COURT DISTRICT:
17 AP-20230000021191
A20230007306
113/93
118/93
Caron Te Arohanoa
Anthylia Matai, Zena
Rangiora Maitai
(Wood)
Cotter Bryan Maitai also
known as Sonnyboy Maitai
or Cotter Brian Maitai -
Succession
Waiariki
18 AP-20230000029116 113/93
118/93
Norma Frances
Hickland
Anati Wira Toroa -
Succession
Aotea
TE ROHE O TAIRÄWHITI continued
Poutü-te-Rangi / MARCH 2024 - NATIONAL PÄNUI 17
TE ROHE O TAI...
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
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APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUB...
PÄNUI
NO: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
47 A20220006242 235A/93,
239/93
Christine Anne Fox Palmerston North Mäori Reserve Trust - Reduce
trustees by resignation of Mark Te One as trustee
48 A20210014322 113A/93,
118/93
Memory Mahuri
Rota
Aroha Rota – Succession
49 A20220001866 113A/93,
118/93
Marc Adrian Rogan
Cooper
Robert Heathcote Cooper - Succession
50 A20220005123 235A/93,
239/93
Cathy Katene Katene Whänau Trust - Replace Mihipeka Lenora
Katen...
A primary function of succession for Māori is to maintain whakapapa connections
to their whenua (land), whānau(family), tupuna (ancestors) and atua (gods).
51 Joseph Williams “Lex Aotearoa: An Heroic Attempt to Map the Māori Dimension in Modern New Zealand Law” (2013)
21 Waikato L Rev 1 at 4.
52 Joseph Williams “Lex Aotearoa: An Heroic Attempt to Map the Māori Dimension in Modern New Zealand Law” (2013)
21 Waikato L Rev 1 at 4.
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MANA
As identified earlier, man...
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
Hepetema | September 2026
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief
Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 8th of July 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 in...