SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP27 2:30 PM AP-20250000010879 231/93 Russell George
Packer Jnr
He arotakenga i te Hokio A Trust
Review of the Hokio A Trust
At Whanganui | Māori Land Court, 74 Ingestre Street, Whanganui
Via Zoom – Meeting ID: 828 0390 8263
Wednesday, 26 August 2026
Judge A H C Warren presiding
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:
DATE F...
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.
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...
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:
DATE F...
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:
DATE F...
Before being appointed to the Māori Land Court, he was the Managing Partner of a specialist Māori law firm where he acted for a number of Māori clients around the country on a range of issues, including Treaty of Waitangi settlement negotiations, Waitangi Tribunal claims, commercial negotiations and contract drafting, corporate and commercial law and litigation.
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.
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.
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...