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I am also presiding over a number of urgent inquiries in the Waitangi Tribunal, which has never been busier.

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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: SECTIO...

Documents/Landowner-notices/June-2026-Notification-of-Applications-in-Office-of-Chief-Registrar.pdf (586 kb)

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: SECTIO...

Documents/Panui/June-2026-Notification-of-Applications-in-Office-of-Chief-Registrar-v2.pdf (586 kb)

Some administration of the whānau trust is required. An IRD number had to be obtained. We get a small amount of dividend payments each year and a tax return has to be prepared.

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SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT 101 AP-20230000027612 A20230007663 40/93 98(9)(aa)/93 Hayden Potaka (Unique Whanganui Consulting) Wharauroa Marae Māori Reservation - Application for Payment from Māori Land Court Special Aid Fund for reasonable fees and expenses (Service Provider: Unique Whanganui Consulting) (A20220009149) Special Court Sittings The following special sittings have been held At Whanganui | Māori Land Court, Ingestre Chambers, 74 In...

Documents/Panui/Maori-Land-Court-National-Panui-July-2025-Edition.pdf (2.9 mb)

For example: Tuaropaki - $667million, Lake Taupo Forest - $165million, PKW Incorporation - $162million, The Proprietors of Atihau-Whanganui - $178million, to name but a few. Skills and capability Good governance is heavily dependent on the skills and capabilities of those in the governance positions.

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All applications were migrated to Pātaka Whenua and given a new application reference number. Accordingly, some applications appear with both the Pātaka Whenua application reference and the MLIS reference number.

Documents/5-11-reports/2025-11-30-5.11-report.pdf (4.5 mb)

In the issues paper produced in April 2021 by the Law Commission entitled “Review of Succession: Rights to a person’s property on death” the paper identifies a number of tikanga that I consider to be relevant and reproduce here.

Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)

Te Kooti Whenua Māori Māori Land Court Te wāhi: Te Whanganui-a-Tara Te hunga kooti i reira: Present S F Reeves, Te Kaiwhakawā M K Hickey,Te Karaka o te Kooti Te rangi: 17 Āperira 2026 Te nama o te tono: Application number AP-20260000004949 Te kaupapa: He whakarerekētanga ki ngā rā nohoanga i te rohe o Te Waipounamu Cancellation of Te Waipounamu court sitting Te ture: Te ture o Ngā Ture o Te Kooti Whenua Māori 2011: 3.8(1)(c) Ngā kōrerorero...

Documents/Panui/3.-10-Te-Waipounamu-MB-89-dated-17-April-2026.pdf (100 kb)

Awaiting Administrative Action A20190002253 19/02/2019 CJ 2019/4 - Mataimoana (Maori Customary Land) - and vesting orders made at 135 Whanganui MB 119-127 on 24 June 1971 - Application to the Chief Judge 45/93 David Churton 1.

Documents/5-11-reports/2022-11-30-Notification-of-Applications-Over-6-months-old-in-MLC-MAC-combined.pdf (1.7 mb)