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Tairāwhiti
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mohiotia ai ka tu Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
Special Hearing
Courtroom 4
Hastings District Court
106 Eastbourne Street West
Hastings
Thursday, 7 December 2023
Judge M J Doogan presiding
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
Sp2 10:00am AP-20230000026803 18(1)(a)/93 Tim Smith Francis Guthrie Smith -
determine a claim...
SECTION
APPLICANT
SUBJECT
SP3 10:00AM AP-20230000035364 239/93
338(7)/93
Nathan Bruce
Wharekawa-Smith
Tutukau East Z and Tutukau
East Z Maori Reservation –
Replace Bill Galvin, John
Hall, Andy Henry, Te Maari
Agamotu, Polly Tahau,
Eruera Wikiriwhi, Nepia
Williams with Nathan
Wharekawa-Smith as a
responsible trustee
WAIARIKI PĀNUI
SECTION
APPLICANT
SUBJECT
SP1 10:30 AM AP-20230000019808 298/93 Rugby Rangi Smith Hereheretau B2D1A and
Hereheretau B2D1B blocks
- Partition
SP2 10:45 AM AP-20240000008288 239/93 Angela Smith Hereheretau B2D1B block
and Hereheretau B2D1B &
Hereheretau B2D2 trust –
Reduce the number of
trustees due to the deaths
of Trevor Joseph Waikawa
and Joseph Kahukura
SP3
11:15 AM AP-20230000034045 241/93 Tammy Amy
Watene
Kaiti 336F block and
Matuaokore Ahu Whenu...
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PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
To be heard at Whanganui
Māori Land Court, Ingestre Chambers,
74 Ingestre Street, Whanganui
18-20...
SECTION
APPLICANT
SUBJECT
SP1 11:40 AM AP-20240000001254 239/93
338(7)/93
Witaka Barlow Tutukau East Z Māori
Reservation - Replace Te
Maari Ngamotu, Eruera
Wikiriwhi, Bill Galvin, Andy
Henry, Polly Tahau, Nepia
Williams and John Wall as
they are deceased and
appoint Witaka Barlow as a
responsible trustee
SP2 12:10 PM AP-20230000035364 239/93
338(7)/93
Nathan Bruce
Wharekawa-Smith
Tutukau East Z and
Tutukau East Z Maori
Reservation – Replace Bill
Galvin,...
SECTION
APPLICANT
SUBJECT
SP25
10:00 AM AP-20240000009029 214/93
219/93
220/93
222/93
Ross Clifford
Wesche and Ronald
James Wesche (Jnr)
He whakatū i te R J
Wesche (Snr) Family
trust me te kopou i ngā
tarahitī me te tuku i ngā
pānga whenua ki a rātou
Constitute the R J Wesche
(Snr) Family trust over the
interests of Ronald James
Wesche (Snr) and to
appoint Ronald James
Wesche (Jnr) and Ross
Clifford Wesche as
trustees and vest the
int...
SECTION
APPLICANT
SUBJECT
SP25
10:00 AM AP-20240000009029 214/93
219/93
220/93
222/93
Ross Clifford
Wesche and Ronald
James Wesche (Jnr)
He whakatū i te R J
Wesche (Snr) Family
trust me te kopou i ngā
tarahitī me te tuku i ngā
pānga whenua ki a rātou
Constitute the R J Wesche
(Snr) Family trust over the
interests of Ronald James
Wesche (Snr) and to
appoint Ronald James
Wesche (Jnr) and Ross
Clifford Wesche as
trustees and vest the
int...
There are at least two classes of land rights – the right of the community
associated with the land, and the use rights of individuals or families.1
Where have we come from:
On the 17th of October 1877, Chief Justice Sir James Prendergast’s statements when delivering
judgment in the case of Wi Parata v The Bishop of Wellington ruled that the courts lacked the ability
to consider claims based on aboriginal or native title.
The most significant of these was the Mackay Commission of 1886-1887, which found that Ngāi Tahu as an iwi and its members had been left without a sufficient land base. 2 In 1892, the Crown agreed to make certain lands available to South Island landless Māori. 3 Judge Mackay and Percy Smith, the Surveyor-General, compiled a list of landless Māori in the South Island and assigned sections of land to them, assisted by Tame Parata. 4 By 1905, 142,463 acres had been allocated to 4,064 peop...