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ISSN 1175 - 8120 (Print)
ISSN 2463-3763 (Online)
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DECEMBER | HAKIHEA
2022
The purpose of the National Pänui / Te Pänui ä Motu is
to provide notice to interested parties of hearings being
conducted in, and applications received by, the Mäori Land
Court.
Only applications and sittings that were confirmed at the
time of this publication are listed.
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
19 11:10 AM AP-20230000022938 67/93 Leo Hayes
Watson
Ohau 3A2 Sec 4A1B2, Ohau 3A2
4A1C2, Ohau 3A2 4A1A, Ohau 3
4B2B, Ohau 3 Sec 15 & 16 No 1,
Ohau 3 Sec 15 & 16 No 2B,
Pukehou 5L1A (Maori freehold land
blocks) and Lot 1 DP 57801 (General
land owned by Māori) - Judicial
conference on an application seeking
directions to assign a designated
case manager to process pending
applications pertainin...
In his classic book Māori Land Tenure
(1977) Sir Hugh Kawharu wrote that the system
of Māori land tenure created by the Native Lands
Act of 1865 was an ‘engine of destruction for
any tribe’s tenure of land, anywhere’ (p 15).
This
programme of work is on-going.
Present day application records are (once concluded) filed both electronically by application number
in the MLIS and physically on a closed application file by the last minute book reference associated
with the application, or on the related Trust file (if the application related to a management
structure) or by personality or estate file (if the application related to a succession) in the district
registry offi...
ROHE O TĀKITIMU
NATIONAL PĀNUI | TE PĀNUI Ā-MOTU
September | Hepetema
2025
Contents
Applications for hearing in September | Hepetema 2025
2 - 6 Descriptions of Application types by Section
7 – 31 Te Rohe o Aotea
32 – 46 Te Rohe o Tairāwhiti
47 – 84 Te Rohe o Taitokerau
85 – 96 Te Rohe o Tākitimu
97 – 108 Te Rohe o Te Waipounamu
109 – 138 Te Rohe o Waiariki
139 –158 Te Rohe o Waikato-Maniapoto
159 – 165 Chief Judge
166 – 183 Applic...
ROHE O TĀKITIMU
NATIONAL PĀNUI | TE PĀNUI Ā-MOTU
November | Noema
2025
Contents
Applications for hearing in November | Noema 2025
2 - 6 Descriptions of Application types by Section
7 – 36 Te Rohe o Aotea
37 – 51 Te Rohe o Tairāwhiti
52 – 96 Te Rohe o Taitokerau
87 – 96 Te Rohe o Tākitimu
97 – 115 Te Rohe o Te Waipounamu
116 – 185 Te Rohe o Waiariki
154 –185 Te Rohe o Waikato-Maniapoto
186 – 188 Māori Appellate Court
189 – 205 Appl...
APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
77 AP-20240000007291 40/93
98(9)(aa)/93
Deputy
Registrar
Ratana Paa 110 (Ratana Ahu Whenua Trust)–
Application for payment from the Māori Land
Court Special Aid Fund for reasonable fees and
expenses
(Service Provider: McCaw Lewis)
78 AP-20240000010164 40/93
98(9)(e)/93
Deputy
Registrar
Ransfield Incorporation - Application for
payment from the Māori Land Court Special Aid
Fund...