Sitting Date
10 March 2026
18 March 2026
9 June 2026
11 June 2026
7 September 2026
17 September 2026
8 December 2026
10 December 2026
Unless otherwise notified, sittings will be held by Zoom Ngā tono ki te Kaiwhakawā Matua
Chief Judge applications to be heard
Pānui
Sitting of the Chief Judge 18 March 2026
Sitting of the Cheif Judge 10 March 2026
Sitting of the Chief Judge 16 December 2025
Sitting of the Chief Judge 10 December 2025
Sitting of the Chief Judge 10...
Awaiting Administrative Action
A20180008198 6/11/2018 Puhirere Komero or Puhirere Te Manga and orders made at 84 Taupo MB 266 - 267 (5 January 2007) and 83 Waiariki MB 205-207 (25 September 2013) - CJ 2018/35
Maheno Puhirere or Peraniko Puhirere and orders made at 155 Napier MB 179-180 (9 December 1998) - Application to the Chief Judge
45/93 Deputy Registrar 1.
Awaiting Administrative Action
A20180008198 6/11/2018 Puhirere Komero or Puhirere Te Manga and orders made at 84 Taupo MB 266 - 267 (5 January 2007) and 83 Waiariki MB 205-207 (25 September 2013) - CJ 2018/35
Maheno Puhirere or Peraniko Puhirere and orders made at 155 Napier MB 179-180 (9 December 1998) - Application to the Chief Judge
45/93 Deputy Registrar 1.
Prepare for court hearing
AP-20230000030437 19/07/2023 Pakuri 1 and two other blocks and vesting order made at 49 Taupo MB 3-4 on 9/1/1971 - Application to the Chief Judge 45/93 Agnes E Hereake-Paul 5.
Prepare for court hearing
AP-20230000027615
A20230008522
8/05/2023 CJ 2023/24 Tuaropaki E and 4 other blocks and vesting orders made at 72 Taupo MB 66 on 13/09/1999 - Application to the Chief Judge 45/93 John Stacey Hakaraia, Debra Hakaraia 5.
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
At Tūrangi
Māori Land Court, Taupō District Council, Town Centre, Tūrangi
Join Via Zoom
Meeting ID: 839 8569 8273
Friday, 9 May 2025
Judge A H C Warren Presiding
PĀNUI
NO.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP18 10:00 AM AP-20230000025604 43/93 Sunny Wikiriwhi Oruanui 9 and 10 Ahu Whenua
Trusts – Rehearing in respect of an
order for equitable compensatory
damages
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP1 10:30 AM AP-20240000011846 237/93 Lake Taupō
Forest Trust
Lake Taupō Forest Trust and
Tauranga Taupō 2B1B Block -
Seeking Directions from the
Court
SP2 10:30 AM AP-20230000029609 241/93 Jacqueline
Gates
Lake Taupo Forest Trust -
Partial termination of trust in
respect of Hautu 1B1B2B1E1
block
Aotea
PĀNUI
PĀNUI
NO.
Full biographies of the judges can be found on the Māori Land Court website, the following is a snapshot of the
bench.
9
Te Kooti Whenua Māori/ Te Kooti Pīra Māori Pūrongo-Ā-Tau Matariki 2022 – Matariki 2023
Judge Sarah Reeves
Te Ātiawa
ӹ Appointed 10 December
2010 (110th Māori Land
Court Judge)
ӹ Appointed Deputy
Chairperson, Waitangi
Tribunal 24 November 2021
ӹ Acting Chairperson, Waitangi Tribunal from 1 May
to 22 August 2023
ӹ Resident Judge, Te Waipounamu
ӹ Waita...
