NOTICE OF HUI OF DESCENDANTS OF MARY NAERA
or MERE NAERA, MERE NAERA POMARE, MERE NICOL, MERE NIKORA, MERE TUHATA and MERE
HAUTONGA
The Māori Land Court has directed that a hui be called for the descendants of Mary Naera.
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Can Māori land trusts still apply to the Māori
Land Court for direction
Yes. Two sections of the Trustee Act 1956 that were used from time
to time by Māori land trusts have been carried over to the new
Trusts Act:
• Trustees may apply to the Māori Land Court for directions
about the trust property or the use of their powers or
functions.1
• The Māori Land Court may relieve a trustee from personal
liability if they have acted honestly and reasonably and
ought to be excus...
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SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP2 11:00 AM AP-20260000008718 19/93
67/93
Mikaylah Hoeta Puketapu E Block and Lot 1
Deposited Plan 16633 – Injunction
against any person in respect of any
actual threatened trespass or other
injury to any Māori land or Māori
Reservation Respondents: Puketapu
E Reservation Trustees
Judicial conference (the Court may
convene to make orders or directions)
SP3 11:00 AM AP-20260000008673 67/93 Deputy
Registrar
He hui e whakahaeretia...
He tohutohu a te Kaiwhakawā
Direction of the judge
After further consultation, I reschedule dates as follows:
From Tauranga: 10.00am, Wednesday 15 April 2026
To Tauranga: 10.00am, Monday 20 April 2026
This direction is issued pursuant to rule 3.8(1)(b) Māori Land Court Rules 2011 and a copy
is to be sent to the Kaiwhakawā Matua, the Kairēhita Matua, and the Kairēhita of the
Waikato-Maniapoto District Registry of the court.
(state full
name) apply for a direction that the Registrar call a meeting of assembled owners of the above land
THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING IS TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION(S):
(Set out details of the resolution(s).
This duty does not extend to any benefit the Trustee may receive
as a Beneficiary, directly or indirectly, from the exercise of their own power.
1.4 Each Trustee must consider actively and regularly whether the Trustee should be
exercising 1 or more of the Trustee’s powers.
1.5 Each Trustee must not bind or commit Trustees to a future exercise or non-exercise of a
discretion.
1.6 A Trustee must avoid a conflict between the interests of the Trustee and the interests of
th...
• Not to exercise power for own benefit
A trustee must not exercise a power for their own direct or
indirect benefit.
• Consider exercise of power
A trustee must actively and regularly consider whether they
should be exercising one or more of their powers