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Waiariki
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mohiotia ai ka tu Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawa, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o nga tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
Special Hearing
Māori Land Court
Hauora House, 1143 Haupapa Street,
Rotorua
Or via Zoom - Meeting ID: 851 0825 3828 |
Passcode: 024235
Tuesday, 19 December 2023
Judge T M Wara presiding
PANUI
NO:
TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SDec
3/1
10:00AM AP-20230000024599 240/93 Te Otimi James Hill,
Col...
The Māori Land Court is notifying all owners of the above block about the following hui:
Whenua: Puna-O-Maru Section 96
Date: Saturday 27 September 2025
Time: 12:30 PM
Venue: Waihoa Marae 26 Māori Road Morven Waimate
Kaupapa:
Vote on setting aside the whenua as a Māori reservation
Vote on who the class of beneficiaries will be
Election of trustees
Discuss access to the urupā
Any questions please contact mlctewaipounamu@justice.govt.nz
View the notice her...
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General enquiries
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Successions
Whānau Trust
Ahu Whenua Trusts
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Māori Incorporations
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For further information or to make a booking please contact the office on (03) 962 4900 or mlctewaipounamu@justice.govt.nz
A few things we can offer assistance with are:
General enquiries
Filing of applications
Successions
Whānau Trust
Ahu Whenua Trusts
Māori Reservations
Māori Incorporations
Partitions
Occupations
Trustee training on request
For further information or to make a booking please contact the office on (03) 962 4900 or mlctewaipounamu@justice.govt.nz
Te Kooti Whenua Māori has directed that a hui-a-owners takes place for the sole purpose of an Election of Trustees, for each of the following Māori Reservations.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 2 10:00 AM AP-20250000014217 59/93 Catherine Sixtus Appeal 2025/26 - Determination of
ownership of taonga tūturu and a
decision made at 97 Te Waipounamu
MB 243-248 on 12 September 2025 -
Notice of Appeal (Respondents:
Trustees of the Hokotehi Moriori Trust,
Trustees of the Moriori IMI Settlement
Trust, Ministry for Culture and Heritage,
Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri Iwi Trust
and Dix Whānau)
SP15 10:00 AM AP-20250000016763 18(1)(a)/93
236/93
237/93
Trustees of
Ngāti Pāoa Iwi
Trust
Allotment 20 Parish of Waiheke
(Waiheke Station) – Application to
determine a claim to the ownership
or possession of Māori freehold land
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP15 9:30 AM AP-20230000025260
(A20220002922)
112/93 Preston Edward
Bulfin
Tongaa Rangi Maxwell Karena -
Estate - Transmission of deceased’s
interests to Preston Edward Bulfin &
Claudia Kuiahine Keene as executor
SP16 9:30 AM AP-20230000035381
(A20220002923)
237/93
239/93
Preston Edward
Bulfin
Tongaa Rangi Maxwell Karena -
Estate - Seek directions of the Court
as to a trust & replace trustees
SP17 9:30 AM AP-20230000022966...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 1 10:00 AM AP-20260000001062 58/93 Brian Te Ranui
Mahara and
Phillip Tehau
Mahara
Appeal 2026/2 – Pakau Trust and
the removal of Phillip Tehau Mahara
and Brian Te Ranui Mahara as
trustees made at 288 Waikato
Maniapoto MB 112-143 on 27
November 2025 – Notice of Appeal
(Respondents: Respondents:
Rangitiaho Rau and Deidre Tupaea)
SP 5 10:00 AM AP-20260000004039 58/93 Gary Stock Appeal 2026/11 - Pakau Trust and
Review of Trust, Juris...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP17 10:00AM AP-20250000001760 113/93
117/93
Vanessa Naomi
Rawinia Christie
He tauatanga ki a Christopher
Mark Williams
Succeed to the Māori land interests
of Christopher Mark Williams
SP18 10:00AM AP-20250000006927 18(1)(a)/93 Vanessa Naomi
Rawinia Christie
He whakataunga a te kooti mō
tētahi kerēme e whakatauhia ana
nō wai te whare ki runga i a
Waewaetutuki 7B 1B1
Decision of the court to determine a
claim to a house on Waewaetutu...
