APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
AP-20240000003717 231/93 Ariana Estoras (nee
Hemara-Wahanui)
Te Koro Davis Whänau Trust - Review of trust
AP-20240000004288 231/93 Whenua Kete Limited Wharetoto 9 Part – Review of trust
AP-20240000004310 19(1)(a)/93 Shaun Seymour Hohotaka 2A 12B 2 (Part) and Manunui A16 –
Injunction against any person in respect of any
actual threatened trespass or other injury to any
Mäori land or Mäori Reservation
(Respondents: Chadwick Famil...
PÄNUI
NO:
APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: COURT DISTRICT:
57 AP-20240000002221 113/93
118/93
Shirley Renae
Phillips
Kahu Porera Phillips -
Succession
Waikato
Maniapoto
TE ROHE O AOTEA continued
8 NATIONAL PÄNUI - Haratua / MAY 2024
Applications to be heard by a Registrar
Which are Considered Simple and Uncontested
The following applications have been lodged, under sections 113A or 235A of Te Ture Whenua Mäori Act 1993,
for determination by a Regi...
1
Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
March 2026
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief
Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 14th of January 2026, are hereby
notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being
outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down for inquir...
1
Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
March 2026
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief
Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 14th of January 2026, are hereby
notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being
outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down for inquir...
vi | vii
HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE COURT 1862–1890s
viii | ix
SECTION1
Historical
Foundations
of the Court
1862-1890s
“Ōku waewae kāinga”
HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE COURT 1862–1890s
Historical
Foundations
of the Court
1862-1890s
Written by R P Boast QC
Professor, Faculty of Law,
Victoria University of Wellington.
1
10 | 11
Origins of the Court
The Native Land Court, today the Māori Land
Court, is New Zealand’s oldest and longe...
Te Kooti Whenua Māori
Māori Land Court
Te wāhi: Rotorua
Te hunga kooti i reira:
Present
T M Wara, Te Kaiwhakawā
D Witoko, Te Karaka o te Kooti
A C Wikiriwhi, Te Kairēhita
Te rangi: 21 Mei 2026
Te nama o te tono:
Application number
AP-20240000014114
Te kaupapa: He whakarerekētanga ki ngā rā nohoanga i te rohe o
Waiariki
Rescheduling of Waiariki court sitting date
Te ture: Te ture o Ngā Ture o Te Kooti Whenua Māori 2011:
3.8(1)(b)
Ngā kōre...
Section 18 of the Adoption Act 1955 explicitly stated that adoption orders under the Act applied
to Māori and sections 19(1) and (2) of the Act effectively provided that customary Māori
adoption (whāngai) carried out since the commencement of the Native Lands Act was not legally
binding.
1
Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
May 2026
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief
Registrar in Wellington, received up to the pānui closing date of 11th of March 2026, are hereby
notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being
outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down for inquiry or...
1
Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
April 2026
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief
Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 11th of February 2026, are hereby
notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being
outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down for inqui...
