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ROHE O TĀKITIMU
NATIONAL PĀNUI | TE PĀNUI Ā-MOTU
March | Māehe
2026
Contents
Applications for hearing in March | Māehe 2026
2 - 6 Descriptions of Application types by Section
7 – 32 Te Rohe o Aotea
33 – 43 Te Rohe o Tairāwhiti
44 – 89 Te Rohe o Taitokerau
90 – 102 Te Rohe o Tākitimu
103 – 113 Te Rohe o Te Waipounamu
114 – 145 Te Rohe o Waiariki
146 –164 Te Rohe o Waikato-Maniapoto
165 –...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP13 11:00 AM AP-20250000010879 231/93
67/93
Russell
George Packer
He arotakenga i te Hokio A Trust
Review of the Hokio A Trust
The court may convene to make orders
TE ROHE O AOTEA
TE ROHE O AOTEA
NATIONAL PĀNUI January | Hānuere 2026 21
At Te Hāwera | Te Rūnanga O Ngāti Ruanui Marae, 74 Princes Street, Te Hāwera
Via Zoom – Meeting ID: 898 0767 8918
Thursday, 27 November 2025
Judge...
PÄNUI
NO:
APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
32 A20220016844 118(6)/93 Atawhai Fata Te Waiwhenua Waenga - Succession (further
interests)
33 A20220015584 118(6)/93 Deputy Registrar Te Aotangata Pikikotuku also known as Te Ao
or Aotangata Pikikotuku or Tio Te Aotangata or
Te Aokautere Pikikotuku - Succession (further
interests)
34 A20220016442 118(6)/93 Deputy Registrar Christine Brooks also known as Christine Te
Urumanao Brooks or Chri...
PÄNUI
NO:
APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
20 A20220009384 113A/93
118(6)/93
Joe Tiopira Te
Kiriwai Toroa
Maremare Renata - Succession (Further Interests)
21 A20210009932 113A/93,
117/93
Miriam Olive Te
Nahu
Anaru Te Nahu also known as Andrew Te Nahu -
Succession
22 A20200005127 214/93,
235A/93
Charles Fredrick
Wirepa
Rangitaiki 221 & Other Blocks - Constitute the
Charles Wirepa Whänau Trust
Applications Not Ready to Proceed
The...
PÄNUI
NO:
APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: COURT DISTRICT:
68 A20220016322 118/93 Shane Martin
Komene
Kevin Hamuera Rawhiri Komene -
Succession
Te
Waipounamu
69 A20220016327 118/93 Leesha Turetahi Te Hati Gordon Turetahi -
Succession
Auckland
Hui-Tanguru / FEBRUARY 2023 - NATIONAL PÄNUI 7
AOTEA continued
Applications which have been decided without notice
The following applications have been decided without prior notice in the pänui.
For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the
appropriate application number at:
Physical address: Postal address:
L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203
WELLINGTON WELLINGTON
Phone: 04 914 3102
Fax: 04 914 3100
Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz
STEVEN DODD
Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
2
APPLICATION NO:
SECTION:
APPLICA...
Te Waipounamu
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 ā muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Christchurch
Courtroom 1, Justice and Emergency
Services Precinct, 20 Lichfield Street,
Christchurch
Reference SP1
Wednesday 12 April 2023
Judge S Te A Milroy
Applications for Hearing
PĀNUI
NO:
TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: AP...
A20160006045 45/93 Tyson Charles Schmidt CJ 2016/47 - Te Keepa Tamitere or
Peneti - and orders made at 117
WP 96 (2 June 1949) - Application to
the Chief Judge
A20160006047 45/93 Tyson Charles Schmidt CJ 2016/37 - Tamati Tuhiwai - and
succession orders made at 159 GIS
286-287 (26 November 2004) and
112 Rotorua MB 142 (22 March
1960) - Application to the Chief
Judge
A20170001457 45/93 Katherine Kataraina Tonihi CJ 2017/4 - Parekarangi A12 B2 -
Kahuroro Gus Tonihi and...
A20160006045 45/93 Tyson Charles Schmidt CJ 2016/47 - Te Keepa Tamitere or
Peneti - and orders made at 117 WP
96 (2 June 1949) - Application to the
Chief Judge
A20160006047 45/93 Tyson Charles Schmidt CJ 2016/37 - Tamati Tuhiwai - and
succession orders made at 159 GIS
286-287 (26 November 2004) and
112 Rotorua MB 142 (22 March
1960) - Application to the Chief
Judge
A20170001457 45/93 Katherine Kataraina Tonihi CJ 2017/4 - Parekarangi A12 B2 -
Kahuroro Gus Tonihi and a...
Norma Hetaraka,
Hirini Tau, Dale Van Engelen
and Norma Rameka
Te Runanga-A -Iwi-O-Ngapuhi -
application referred to the Court
pursuant to sections 26C and 237 of
Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 to
determine a dispute concerning the
interpretation and intent of clause
4.7(b)(i) of Te Runanga-A-Iwi O-
Ngapuhi Trust Deed (the Trust Deed)
and whether the decision making
process was consistent with clauses
26-30 of the Trust Deed.