The judgment concerns an application made by Donna Pokere Phillips and the late James Phillips and involves whenua at Ōuri 1A3, and specifically the Whare on that whenua.
Nō te rā nei i pānuitia e te Minita Tuarua mō te Whakawhanaketanga Māori, e Nanaia Mahuta ko Kaiwhakawā Caren Fox te Kaiwhakawā Matua hou o te Kooti Whenua Māori.
The Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025 came into force on 27 August 2025 introducing new ways for Māori landowners to take action around water service matters affecting whenua Māori. These include appealing decisions that allow water service providers to enter Māori land to do their work, and applying for charging orders if landowners have paid more than their share of water services charges on Māori freehold land held in multiple ownership.
Kua puta te tono a te Minita o Te Puni Kōkiri ki te hunga e hiahia ana ki te whai i te tūranga Kaiwhakawā Matua o Te Kooti Whenua Māori, ā, ā tōna wā ka pānuitia ko wai te Kaiwhakawā Matua hou me te Heamana hou o Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
TiTle improvemenT Te Ture Whenua MĀori acT 1993
Te WHAKAHoU TAiTArA
Te Ture Whenua MĀori acT 1993
Ko te Kooti Whenua Māori te kooti o Aotearoa
e rongohia ai ngā take katoa e pā ana ki ngā
whenua Māori.
