WAIARIKI
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 a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
Special Court Sitting
The following special sitting will be held
At Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi | 13 Domain Road, Whakatāne
Tuesday, 11 March 2025
Judge T M Wara presiding
Applications to be heard
PĀNUI
NO.
On Friday 29 November, the old Māori Land Court on Lowe Street Gisborne was closed, and the new court opened on Gladstone Road. A crowd of approximately 100 people gathered to witness this transition through the blessing and official opening by Sir Derek Lardelli and his team of kaikarakia of Te Rā Tū, the new Tairāwhiti Māori Land Court.
The Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025
introduces new provisions that allow owners of Māori land
and water service providers to appeal to the Māori Land
Court over decisions about access to Māori land for water
infrastructure.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP11 11:30AM AP-20260000001832 67/93 Janette Hamilton-
Pearce, Allamein
Ann Tangira,
Manuelle Garrett
(Christie), Elaine
Tangira, Evelyn
Pearl Tangira
(Wright), Atareta
Wirihana
Motuaruhe 5E - Injunction against
any person in respect of any actual
threatened trespass or other injury to
any Māori land or Māori Reservation
(Respondents: Anthony Trinick, Te
Kiira Parkinson, Inys Calcott) –
Judicial Conference
SP12 11:30AM AP-20260000001834...
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Applying for succession
Succession application types
Succession and whāngai
Succession with no living descendants
Succession with a living husband, wife, or partner Māori freehold land can be owned by one owner or several owners and in some cases, there might be hundreds of owners in one block or title of land.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP58 10:30 AM AP-20250000004886 241/93 David John
Tanenui, Robin
Joesph Tamati
Tanenui
He whakamutunga atu i te Tanenui
Whānau Trust –
Termination of the Tanenui Whānau
Trust
The Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025
introduces new provisions that allow owners of Māori
land and water service providers to appeal to the
Māori Land Court over decisions about access to Māori
land for water infrastructure.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP2 11:00 AM AP-20260000001688 189/93
191/93
John Koning,
Trustees of
Murimotu 5B1
Ahu Whenua
Trust
Part Murimotu 5B1 Ahu Whenua
Trust - Call for account, termination
of agency, delivery of books of
account and records and payment
of money (Respondent: Māori
Trustee)
The Court may convene to make
orders
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP2 11:00 AM AP-20260000001688 189/93
191/93
John Koning,
Trustees of
Murimotu 5B1
Ahu Whenua
Trust
Part Murimotu 5B1 Ahu Whenua
Trust - Call for account, termination
of agency, delivery of books of
account and records and payment
of money (Respondent: Māori
Trustee)
The Court may convene to make
orders
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP10 10:00 AM AP-20260000004839 58/93 Stephen James
Henare
Appeal 2026/15 - Parengarenga 3G
Block and an enforcement of
obligations decision made at 308
Taitokerau MB 74-115 on 16/2/2026 -
Notice of Appeal (Respondents: Ahjun
Busby Ahoy, Whiti Awarau, John
Malcolm Ellis, Ria Edwina Slade, Kelvin
Subritzsky and Sherie Noble-Trembath
on behalf of Parengarenga 3G Ahu
Whenua Trust)