The Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025
introduces new provisions that allow owners of Māoriland
and water service providers to appeal to the MāoriLand
Court over decisions about access to Māoriland for water
infrastructure.
345 Waiariki MB 80
Te Kooti Whenua MāoriMāoriLand Court
Te wāhi: Rotorua
Te hunga kooti i reira:
Present
C T Coxhead, Te Kaiwhakawā Matua Tuarua
R Kingi-Albert,Te Karaka o te Kooti
N Emery, Te Kairēhita
Te rangi: 21 Ākuhata 2025
Te nama o te tono:
Application number
AP-20240000014114
Te kaupapa: He whakakorenga ki ngā rā nohoanga i te rohe o
Waiariki
Cancellation of a Waiariki court sitting date
Te ture: Te ture o Ngā Ture o Te...
The Act also allows for appeals to the Māori Appellate
Court in relation to decisions of the MāoriLand Court
around access to Māoriland for water infrastructure.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 1 10.30 AM
AP-20250000013877 19(1)(b)/93 David Albert
Mercer
Ongarahu B - Injunction against any
person in respect of any actual
threatened trespass or other injury to
any Māoriland or Māori Reservation.
In your application you’ll need to provide:
written consents of the trustees
written consents of the beneficiaries
evidence of a properly notified meeting(s) held to terminate the trust, and
a schedule of land to be removed from the trust and to who those shares will be transferred
If you apply to terminate a trust which was set up under section 132(6) of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act (Māori customary land being managed by another Māoriland trust), the...
Taitokerau
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tenei kia mohiotia ai ka tu Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawa, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Kaikohe
Kaikohe District Court,
21 Station Road, Kaikohe 0405
Monday 18 December 2023
Judge M P Armstrong
PĀNUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SP 3 3:30 PM AP-20230000020462
A20220018042
316/93 Ngapaki Tipi Nikora,
Patsy Gay Nikora
Tapo...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 1 10:30 AM AP-20250000013877 19/93 David Albert
Mercer
Ongarahu B - Injunction against any
person in respect of any actual
threatened trespass or other injury to
any Māoriland or Māori Reservation.
Now, landowners and other court users can choose to resolve
disputes related to Māoriland through a free tikanga-based
dispute resolution service provided by the MāoriLand Court.