A te reo Māori resource for words
used in the Māori Land Court and
the Waitangi Tribunal
Ngā Kupu Māori mō te
Kooti Whenua Māori me
te Rōpū Whakamana i te
Tiriti o Waitangi
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acting prudently mahi i runga i te āta tūpato
acting reasonably mahi i runga i te āta whakaaro
acting competently mahi i runga i te matatau ki ngā mahi
acting in good conscience mahi i runga i te whakaaro pai
acting impartially mahi i runga i te tōkeke
active (as in inquiry) hohe
add (as...
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 73 10:00 AM AP-20250000006836 244/93 Okataina 10
Ahu Whenua
Trustees
He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tikanga o te Okataina 10 ahu
whenua trust
Vary the terms of the Okataina 10
ahu whenua trust
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP18 10:00 AM AP-20250000001869 240/93 Garry Watson,
Rachel Mio,
Heke Collier
and Lawrence
Williams
Removal of Tania Lee van den
Broek, Diana Grace Anderson and
Ngaroma Wency Rewi as
responsible trustees
...Court Sitting
The following special sitting will be held
At Tūrangi | Tūrangi i-Site Visitor Information Centre, 1 Ngawaka Place, Tūrangi
Via Zoom – Meeting ID: 825 1585 9620
Friday, 12 December 2025
Judge A M Thomas presiding
Applications to be heard
PĀNUI
NO.
TIME APPLICATION NO.
...Special Court Sitting
The following special sitting will be held
At Turangi | Lake Taupō | Poukura Marae, 340 Karangahape Rd, Kuratau 3381
Via Zoom – Meeting ID: 822 1070 4621
Tuesday, 24 June 2025
Judge A M Thomas presiding
Applications to be heard
PĀNUI
NO.
TIME APPLICATION NO.
...haere mai
Special Court Sitting
The following special sitting will be held
At New Market Court Hearing Centre | Level 2/414, Khyber Pass Road, New Market, Auckland 1023
Friday, 7 August 2026
Judge T K T A R Williams presiding
Applications to be heard
PĀNUI
NO.
TIME APPLICATION NO.
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 10 9:00 AM AP-20240000012028 67/93 Bryce Peda
Aldridge
He whakataunga a te kooti mō
tētahi kerēme e whakatauhia ana
nō wai te whare ki runga i a
Rataroa Pupuke M Lot 1 –
Decision of the court to determine a
claim to a dwelling on Rataroa
Pupuke M Lot 1.
...Special Court Sitting
The following special sitting will be held
At Gisborne| Māori Land Court, Te Rā Tū, 37 Gladstone Road, Gisborne
Via Zoom – Meeting ID: 873 6121 5404
Tuesday, 2 December 2025
Judge N R Milner presiding
Applications to be heard
PĀNUI
NO.
TIME APPLICATION NO.
...Sitting
The following special sitting will be held
At Rotorua | Māori Land Court, Hauora House, 1143 Haupapa Street, Rotorua
Via Zoom – Meeting ID: 851 0825 3828 | Passcode: 024235
Thursday, 4 September 2025
Judge T M Wara presiding
Applications to be heard
PĀNUI
NO.
TIME APPLICATION NO.
Māori Land Court application guides
To support you through the application process, four plain-language application guides have been developed:
How to apply for succession
How to apply for Partition of Māori freehold land
How to constitute a whānau trust
How to constitute an ahu whenua trust or whenua tōpū trust
These new guides are designed to help you identify the right application to make, understand where to begin, and prepare all the information needed...
