You will also need to provide:
a copy of their death certificate or other evidence of death
an original or certified copy of the will
written confirmation from any spouse or partner who wishes to surrender a lifetime right (if applicable)
consents agreeing to include succession by whāngai (if applicable)
a completed Whānau Trust application, draft trust order, written consent from trustees, and minutes from the hui agreeing to constitute a Whānau Trust (if you are also applying to se...
Terms used in land ownership
Taitara
Title
Title is the legal description of a piece of land and evidence of the owners of that land.
Poraka whenua
Land block
A land block is a piece of Māori freehold land.
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make submissions or provide evidence
concerning the application, you must notify the Registrar in writing by 4 pm on the 1st day of January 2026
providing your name and address, telephone number, and email address (if any), and setting out your connection
to the application and brief details of your concerns.
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make submissions or
provide evidence concerning the application, you must notify the Registrar in writing by 4 pm on the 1st
of March 2023 providing your name and address, telephone number, and email address (if any), and
setting out your connection to the application and brief details of your concerns.
A failure to accurately record these views in summary form risks undermining the weight that
can be given to any Resolution that is passed as there will be no valid and accurate evidence
as to what the actual views of the Beneficial Owners were.
block and a vesting order made at
102 Rotorua MB 332-333 on
5/4/1956 - Application to the Chief
Judge
10
AP-20230000027565
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45/93 Nathan John Bevin CJ 2022/30 - David Te Au and a
succession order made at 41 South
Island MB 9-10 on 24/2/1965 -
Application to the Chief Judge
AP-20230000027567
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45/93 Donna Marie Barnes CJ 2022/31 - Norma Margret
Matenga or Norma Margret Barnes
or Tepara Barnes and a succession
order made at 54 Taupo MB 375-376
on...
AP-20240000003186 45/93 Josie Wade, Henry Francis
(counsel acting)
CJ 2024/29 - Penetana Matiu Heta
also known as Ben Matthews and a
succession order made at 18 Kaitaia
MB 354-356 on 3/4/1995 -
Application to the Chief Judge
AP-20240000003200 45/93 Karamea Insley CJ 2024/25 - Awanui Haparapara No.
1 Māori Reservation block and an
order appointing trustees made at 2
Conference MB 23-25 on 18/4/1996
- Application to the Chief Judge
27
AP-20240000003255 45/93 Wairere Ormsby...
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make submissions or provide evidence
concerning the application, you must notify the Registrar in writing by 4 pm on the 1st day of May 2026 providing
your name and address, telephone number, and email address (if any), and setting out your connection to the
application and brief details of your concerns.
Eleven out of these thirteen judges are Māori, and all judges have extensive experience in Māori land and Treaty of Waitangi legal matters. Five out of the thirteen judges on the bench are women – Chief Judge Isaac has recently noted that such a gender balance does not exist on any other Court bench in New Zealand outside of the Supreme Court.
