COURT SITTINGS THAT HAVE BEEN RESCEDULED
TE KOOTI WHENUA MĀORI / MĀORI LAND COURT
Place: Wairoa
Present: W Isaac, Judge
D Kennedy, Court Taker
Date: 1 July 2024
Application No: AP-20240000006742
Subject: RESCHEDULING OF WAIROA COURT SITTING
Legislation: Rule 3.8(1)(b), Māori Land Court Rules 2011
The Court: On Wednesday 26 June 2024 a local State of Emergency was declared in Wairoa.
In August 2020, the Government passed targeted
changes to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 to simplify
the legal processes for owning, occupying and using
Māori land.
Her children were William
Damon, John Henry Damon or Hone Tuhata, Inia (Iria) Tuhata II, Matoha Tuhata, Rangihanu Tuhata,
Ngaropi Tuhata, Pahi Pomare, Maui Pomare, Te Hia Pomare and Piritaka Pomare. She lived at Urenui
but died on the Chatham Islands.
In August 2020, the Government passed targeted
changes to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 to simplify
the legal processes for owning, occupying and using
Māori land.
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However, “alienation” is broadly defined in Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993. For instance, an alienation includes the making or grant of any lease, licence, easement, mortgage or charge or any kind of encumbrance or trust in respect of the land in the reservation.
There have, of course, been numerous ahu whenua trust orders with composite whānau trust-administered areas created since Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 gave statutory recognition to shareholdings within blocks according to discrete whakapapa groups.
This is the narrative of a piece of land in Te Tau Ihu – Aorere. It sets out how Judge Reeves dealt with an application for accretion and for determination of ownership, where ownership records had not been maintained for over 100 years.