...judge],
Judge
WHEREAS application has been filed by [applicant] seeking an occupation order for an area
of [area of occupation] square metres more or less on the land known as [block name]
NOW THEREFORE the Court upon reading and hearing all evidence adduced in support
thereof and being satisfied on all matters upon which it is required to be so satisfied HEREBY
ORDERS pursuant to section 328 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 that [applicant] is entitled
to the exclusive use a...
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make submissions or
provide evidence concerning the application, you must notify the Registrar in writing by 4 pm on the
1st July 2022, providing your name and address, telephone number, and email address (if any), and
setting out your connection to the application and brief details of your concerns.
Because one or more of your tīpuna were original grantees of one or more of the blocks. We used evidence from previous successions in the Court record to find as many successors as possible, and whānau have since come to succeed and we have updated the list accordingly.
The decisions of any meeting don’t bind
the Court either – the minutes and resolutions are merely
evidence of the proceedings and the resolutions reached.
The Māori-owned land on the Collingwood peninsula has a boundary defined as the
high-water mark, which is a moveable water boundary. There was no evidence that
the doctrine of accretion, a common law principle, had been excluded.
To apply for a lease of more than 52 years (a long-term lease), you’ll need to complete a General Form of Application, and include evidence that at least half of the owners or people who own 50% of the land or 50% of the shares (if the land is vested in an incorporation) have approved the long-term lease.
Legislation: Section 19, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993
Previous
evidence:
293 Taitokerau MB 170-171 dated 25 July 2025
290 Taitokerau MB 297 dated 13 June 2025
288 Taitokerau MB 295-296 dated 3 April 2025
306 Taitokerau MB 115-130 dated 4 November 2025
Details of the applicant are as follows:
Applicant Address
Micheal Philip Greame Yorke 130 Featherston Street, Palmerston North,4410
T Wetere for Deputy Registrar: The above-named matter was set down for a Judic...
Nor do they replace statutory
requirements relating to notification, evidence, hearings, or judicial determination. Te Kooti
Whenua Māori must continue to operate in accordance with Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993
and the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, which provide the framework for how applications are
processed and progressed through the Court.
8.
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make submissions or
provide evidence concerning the application, you must notify the Registrar in writing by 4 pm on the 1st
October 2022, providing your name and address, telephone number, and email address (if any), and
setting out your connection to the application and brief details of your concerns.
The legal ownership of property and the legal evidence of a person’s ownership
rights.
2. A person who receives, as of right, a share of a deceased person’s estate.
3.
