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Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2020 | Pipiri 2020
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government
agencies about the characteristics of Māori Customary and Māori Freehold Land.
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Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2024 | Hune 2024
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government
agencies about the characteristics of Māori Customary and Māori Freehold Land.
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)
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti Whenua
Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā tikanga o ngā tono
a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Rotorua
Māori Land Court, 1143 Haupapa Street, Rotorua
Wednesday 4 December 2024
Judge T M Wara Presiding
Join Via Zoom
Meeting ID: 851 0825 3828 | Passcode: 024235
PĀNUI
NO.
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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.
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
May 2024
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 13th of March 2024, 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 inquiry or...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 3
10:00AM AP-20240000013754
58/93 Timutetai Hoariri
Paerata or
Rorason
Appeal 2024/14 - Tuaropaki A
(Mōkai Marae) block and an order
determining ownership of a dwelling
(commonly known as the green
house) made at 323 Waiariki MB
233-240 on 12/11/2024 - Notice of
Appeal (Respondents: Brooke
Hughes, Erina Ollette Maui, Mere
Maniapoto, Michael Stephen
Tawhana Barton, Moenohotu Maui,
Paul Sydney Graham and Wiari
Milton Rauhina as Respo...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP7 3:00 PM AP-20250000011058 133/93 Pamela
Seymour
He panonitanga ki te tūnga taitara
o Otonga 1E2 mai i te whenua atu
ki te whenua Māori
Change the status of Otonga 1E2
from General land to Māori freehold
land.
SP8 3:00 PM AP-20230000022135 18(1)(a)/93
328/93
Catherine
Thomas
Wharekauri 1A2 - Determination of
ownership of a dwelling and
occupation order in favour of Te
Puna Aroha Mokopuna Whānau
Trust
SP9 3:1...
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
April 2026
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 February 2026, 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 inqui...