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SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP3 10:00 AM AP-20260000000576 58/93 Rose Dudley Appeal 2026/1 – Te Konoti B4A3B2B
AhuWhenua Trust– and removal of
trustees made at 304 Taitōkerau MB
170-186 on 20 October 2025 –
Notice of Appeal (Respondent: Te
Konoti B4A3B2B AhuWhenua Trust)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP26 12:40 PM AP-20260000000939 239/93 Ani Tapatu
Cribb
He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Bernard Ian Cribb
whānau trust
Replace Tui Ani Wiremina Cribb with
Richard Whakatea Cribb as
responsible trustee of the Bernard
Ian Cribb whānau trust
SP27 12:45 PM AP-20250000011211 239/93 Karen Ema
McGregor
He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Kaipo Marae
Reservation
Replace Marlene Hinemoa Tiweka
with Hazel Aperira Warahi and Jarna...
Land Management Structures
Note: This includes management structure types of AhuWhenua Trusts, Whenua Tōpū Trusts, Māori Incorporations, Māori Reservations,
and trusts that are a sole owner of a block.
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
A Special Sitting
At Ōpōtiki
Ministry of Justice, District Court, 117
Church Street, Ōpōtiki
Tuesday 5 September 2023
Judge T M Wara Presiding
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SSep1/1 10:20 AM AP-20230000023532 158/93,
164/93
Anthony
Selwyn
Insley
Awanui Ha...
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.
1
Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
July 2014 | Hōngongoi 2014
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government
agencies about the characteristics of Māori Customary and Māori Freehold Land.
1
Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
July 2014 | Hōngongoi 2014
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government
agencies about the characteristics of Māori Customary and Māori Freehold Land.
The changes affect all trusts,
including Māori land trusts created through the Māori Land Court
(such as ahuwhenua, kaitiaki, and whānau trusts) and existing
trusts established before the law came into force.
