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Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2025 | Hune 2025
This update is issued by the Office of the ChiefRegistrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
to provide key statistics on Māori land, including the number and total area of Māori Customary Land
(MCL) and Māori Freehold Land (MFL) blocks, and how many of these are managed by trusts or
incorporations versus those that are not.
For further clarification please contact:
Office: Level 7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace, Wellington, DX Box SX 11203, WELLINGTON PH:
(04) 914 3102 Fax: (04) 914 3100
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Office of the
ChiefRegistrar
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An index of past and present judicial officers of
the Māori Land Court and Native Land Court
1 May 2018
Judicial officers of the Native Land Court from 1864 to 1947
Judge Date appointed
John Rogan 25 June 1864 (President)
9 January 1865 (Judge)
Wiremu Tipene 25 June 1864
Matikikuha 25 June 1864
Te Keene of Orakei 25 June 1864
Tamati Reweti 25 June 1864
George Clarke 25 October 1864 (President)
9 January 1865 (Judge)
Hone Mohi Tawhai 25 Oc...
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tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
Māori Appellate Court Sitting
at Aotea
Māori Land Court
Ingestre Chambers
74 Ingestre Street
Whanganui
Tuesday 7 November 2023
Māori Appellate Court Coram
Chief Judge C L Fox (presiding)
Judge M P Armstrong
Judge D H Stone
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SUBJECT
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10:00AM AP-20240000006643 58/93 Olga Turu Rudolph Appeal 2024/6 - Taheke
Papakāinga 8B block and a
determination of ownership
of structures on the land
made at 309 Waiariki MB
135-138 on 1/8/2023 -
Notice of Appeal
(Respondents: Anthea
Bond and Chakra Laws)
Office of the ChiefRegistrar
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SECTION
APPLICANT
SUBJECT
SP 3
10.00 AM AP-20240000014047
58/93 Tredegar Hall Appeal 2024/15 –
Paenoa Te Akau B block
and a decision made at
2024 Chief Judge’s MB
1323-1356 on 9 October
2024 - Notice of Appeal
(Respondent: Allan
Sycamore as a trustee of
the E R Sycamore
Whānau Trust)
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ChiefRegistrar
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