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Ensure that your device is muted when you join the hearing, as you may join while another application is still being heard. Please wait until your application is announced to unmute yourself, confirm that you’re present, and let the court know if any other people are present with you.
As a court of record, we are responsible for the accurate documentation of the succession and management of Māori land. The legislation that enables us to perform this role is Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993, which recognises the importance of Māori land as taonga-tuku-iho – of special significance to Māori passed down through generations.
As the saying goes, many hands make light work and those hands ensure preparations for an occasion of this nature and this size are successful, and consequently there are many people that assisted with the arrangements for this occasion to ensure we arrived at this day.
Guides to help make an enquiry or application
Te tuku tono
Submitting an application
Read the Submitting an application guide to learn how to make an application in Pātaka Whenua.
Other pieces of legislation a trust and trustees may have to follow include:
Privacy Act
Resource Management Act
Health and Safety at Work Act
Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 Trustee training
We offer regular and free training in person and online to help trustees better understand their duties, legal obligations, and how to run trusts successfully. You can attend a session if you are a newly appointed trustee, if you are thinking about becoming a trustee,...
Ngā Pānui Mai i Te Whakamāene – Special Applications
The earlier part of the reporting year saw a team focus on progressing new applications to
Court in a timely fashion in conjunction with progressing our oldest on hand applications (being
those applications on the team filed in 2013 or earlier).
If the trustees do not convene a special meeting for this purpose within 2 months of receiving
the written notice, the aggrieved person may file in court an application under section 238 of
the Act asking the court to:
(a) review the trustees’ response or failure to respond to the aggrieved person’s notice;
(b) give directions to the trustees; and/or
(c) put in place an injunction to prevent the trustees from taking any further steps in relation
to the subject of the grievance...
The working list of potential owners was updated at a sitting of the Māori Land Court in Te
Waipounamu on 9 September 2021. Further successions will be ongoing.
Surname Name Shares 2021 List No
Adair Christopher Robin 0.0970 223
Adair Darlene Rosalie 0.0970 266
Adair Derek Anthony 0.0970 324
Adair Patrick Sydney 0.0970 1205
Adair Rino Carl 0.0970 1336
Adair Shane Hillary 0.0970 1443
Adams Kura Blanche 0.3090 847
Aiono Eileen Te Ataakura 0.028...
