Awaiting Hearing or Outcome A20160001527 12/02/2016 CJ 2016/3 - Te Kumi A 29 & Ors - and an order vesting interests in Ahu Whenua Trustees made at 79 Waikato MB 31 dated 17 January 1996 and an order creating a trust at 130 Otorohanga MB 66 dated 26 March 2007 - Application to the Chief Judge 45/93 Ritihia Tairawhiti Totorewa 1.
Use this form to apply to the Court for an order vesting part or all of any Māori Land or General Land owned by Māori in an owner or a person entitled to succeed to an owner for the purpose of a house site or to confirm an existing house site (including a house that has already been built and is located on the land).
Awaiting Administrative Action A20160001527 12/02/2016 CJ 2016/3 - Te Kumi A 29 & Ors - and an order vesting interests in Ahu Whenua Trustees made at 79 Waikato MB 31 dated 17 January 1996 and an order creating a trust at 130 Otorohanga MB 66 dated 26 March 2007 - Application to the Chief Judge 45/93 Ritihia Tairawhiti Totorewa 1.
Awaiting Administrative Action A20160001527 12/02/2016 CJ 2016/3 - Te Kumi A 29 & Ors - and an order vesting interests in Ahu Whenua Trustees made at 79 Waikato MB 31 dated 17 January 1996 and an order creating a trust at 130 Otorohanga MB 66 dated 26 March 2007 - Application to the Chief Judge 45/93 Ritihia Tairawhiti Totorewa 1.
The difference is subtle but very important. Trustees on ahu whenua trusts can become entrenched or be perceived to represent cliques.
The review will be done by a judge, who will be able to confirm, change or cancel the decision and issue a court order.
We also made improvements later in the court process, deploying additional resources to complete and distrib- ute court orders reducing the number of outstanding orders by more than half.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)
Ngā kaiwhaipānga Beneficiaries Beneficiaries are the people who benefit from any development(s) from a trust or block of land. Ngā tukunga Vest/vested Vest/vested is when a legal change of ownership from one person to another is made.
The trustees appealed to the Māori Appellate Court, which annulled the Māori Land Court’s orders that a further meeting should be called and that the former trustees were ineligible for appointment.
You can request a fee reduction, refund, or remittal when you apply online.
