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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 Chief Registrar, 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.
Taitokerau
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tenei kia mohiotia ai ka tu Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawa, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Whangārei
(via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/99314293400)
Courtroom 1, Māori Land Court, Second
Floor, 16 Rathbone Street, Whangārei
Tuesday 14 November 2023
Judge M P Armstrong
PĀNUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
1 10:00 AM AP-20230000020643...
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
December 2023
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief
Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 11th of October 2023, are hereby
notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being
outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down for inq...
For a
full explanation, please refer to either the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 | Māori Land Act 1993 or the
Māori Land Court Rules 2011
SECTION DESCRIPTION
4/55 Governor-General in council may declare land to be a Māori reserve
6/1983 Determine succession to Titi Islands lands (order)
12/75 Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found
18(1)(a)/93 Exercise general jurisdiction of court
18(1)(b)/93 Determine the relative interests of the...
For a
full explanation, please refer to either the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 | Māori Land Act 1993 or the
Māori Land Court Rules 2011
SECTION DESCRIPTION
4/55 Governor-General in council may declare land to be a Māori reserve
6/1983 Determine succession to Titi Islands lands (order)
12/75 Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found
18(1)(a)/93 Exercise general jurisdiction of court
18(1)(b)/93 Determine the relative interests of the...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP12 10:30 AM AP-20230000028737
A20220010647
113/93
117/93
214/93
219/93
220/93
222/93
Jinney
Ruawhare
Hopa also known as Joe or Joseph
Ruawhare - Succession, Constitute
the Hopa and Hana Ruawhare
Whanau Trust in respect of the
deceased and appoint Herbert
Smith, Hopa Woodhead, Te Aroha
Woodhead, Bella Blackburn,
Roimata Blackburn and Hana Kerr
as trustees
SP13 10:30 AM AP-2025000003619 113/93
117/93
Whetumarama
Ratana-Taku
He...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 2 10:00 AM AP-20250000014217 59/93 Catherine Sixtus Appeal 2025/26 - Determination of
ownership of taonga tūturu and a
decision made at 97 Te Waipounamu
MB 243-248 on 12 September 2025 -
Notice of Appeal (Respondents:
Trustees of the Hokotehi Moriori Trust,
Trustees of the Moriori IMI Settlement
Trust, Ministry for Culture and Heritage,
Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri Iwi Trust
and Dix Whānau)
Waipaoa 5A2 - Appeal 2026/5 -
Waipaoa 5A2 and a final decision
dismissing the application for
determination of ownership of
buildings made at 136 Tairāwhiti MB
295-323 on 12/12/2025 - Notice of
Appeal (Respondents: Wayne
Thompson, Rawiti Cotter and Mere
Kokiri-Tamanui as trustees of
Waipaoa 5A2 Trust)
For a
full explanation, please refer to either the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 | Māori Land Act 1993 or the
Māori Land Court Rules 2011
SECTION DESCRIPTION
4/55 Governor-General in council may declare land to be a Māori reserve
6/1983 Determine succession to Titi Islands lands (order)
12/75 Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found
18(1)(a)/93 Exercise general jurisdiction of court
18(1)(b)/93 Determine the relative interests of the...
