The project has proven, simply by the volume of work completed and by the number of title anomalies uncovered, that both title systems were in a parlous and unsatisfactory state.
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make
representations concerning the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4 pm on the 1st day of December
2025 providing your name, address, telephone number and email address (if any) and setting out your connection
with the application and brief details of your concerns.
The finalised list includes 348 owners. That number will change as life interests
terminate, interests are consolidated into trusts, and applications for succession are
filed with the Court.
Significant progress has been made in reducing
the backlog of applications waiting to be registered.
Between January and March 2025, the number of
backlog applications awaiting registration decreased
by 1000.
The idea was that an individual or a whānau could consolidate their shares across a large area and in a large number of blocks with many owners, down into a particular piece of land that they would call their own.
Within the Māori Land Court districts, average ownership numbers range from 51 owners per block in the Tākitimu district to 154 owners per block in the Waiariki district.
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Te Kooti Whenua Māori
Māori Land Court
Te wāhi: Wellington
Te hunga kooti i reira:
Present
A M Thomas, Te Kaiwhakawā
A Ellis, Te Karaka o te Kooti
Te rangi: 28 Mei 2026
Te nama o te tono:
Applicationnumber
AP-20250000005930
Te kaupapa: He whakarerekētanga ki ngā rā nohoanga i te rohe o
Waikato-Maniapoto
Rescheduling of Waikato-Maniapoto court sitting date
Te ture: Te ture o Ngā Ture o Te Kooti Whenua Māori 2011:
3.8(1)(b)
Ngā kōrerorero:...
Te Kooti Whenua Māori
Māori Land Court
Te wāhi: Ōpōtiki
Te hunga kooti i reira:
Present
C M Wainwright, Te Kaiwhakawā
D Witoko, Te Karaka o te Kooti
A C Wikiriwhi, Te Kairēhita
Te rangi: 20 Mei 2026
Te nama o te tono:
Applicationnumber
AP-20240000014114
Te kaupapa: He whakarerekētanga ki ngā rā nohoanga i te rohe o
Waiariki
Rescheduling of Waiariki court sitting date
Te ture: Te ture o Ngā Ture o Te Kooti Whenua Māori 2011:
3.8(1)(b)
Ng...