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Special Court Sitting
The following special sitting will be held
At Hamilton | Māori Land Court, Level 2, BNZ Centre, 354-358 Victoria Street, Hamilton
Monday, 2 February 2025
Judge S Te A Milroy presiding
Applications to be heard
PĀNUI
NO.
TIME APPLICATION NO.
Further information about the application may be obtained from the Aotea Māori Land Court –
mlcaotea@justice.govt.nz (please quote reference AP-20250000014939)
Fraser Carter
Deputy Registrar
Aotea Māori Land Court
DX Box PX 10207
WANGANUI
Phone 06 3490770
Fax 06 3490771
mailto:mlcaotea@justice.govt.nz
At this point in te pā whenua, you will be ready to file an application with the Court. Once you have filed your application with us, we will take care of your information and support you to understand the process from here.
If you have a current application in the Māori Land Court that is being delayed by a dispute, you can ask for your application to be put on hold while you attempt to settle the dispute outside of court.
Accordingly, the report’s recommendation is simply unnecessary and of very limited
application.
Proposition 3: Māori land should have effective, fit for purpose governance
The report makes two recommendations in relation to proposition 3.
If the trustees do not convene a special meeting for this purpose within 2 months of receiving
the written notice, the aggrieved person may file in court an application under section 238 of
the Act asking the court to:
(a) review the trustees’ response or failure to respond to the aggrieved person’s notice;
(b) give directions to the trustees; and/or
(c) put in place an injunction to prevent the trustees from taking any further steps in relation
to the subject of the grievance...
It sets out how Judge Reeves dealt with an application for accretion and for determination of ownership, where ownership records had not been maintained for over 100 years.