I am currently the judge for Te Waipounamu in the Māori Land Court. I am also presiding over a number of urgent inquiries in the Waitangi Tribunal, which has never been busier.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 1 10:00 AM AP-20230000028230 A20120012122 67/93, 289/93 Sadie Thomas McGee, Wayne Stewart Haigh Mohinui Topu – Partition and Judicial Conference SP 2 10:00 AM AP-20230000028238 A20130010491 18(1)(a)/93 Elizabeth Philippa Schultz Mohinui Topu 2 – Determine ownership of a house SP 3 10:00 AM AP-20230000028359 A20200006100 289/93 Tangi Rudolph Mohinui Topu Blocks 5 and 9A – Partition SP 4 10:00 AM AP-20230000028363 A20200006474...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 1 10:00 AM AP-20230000028230 A20120012122 67/93, 289/93 Sadie Thomas McGee, Wayne Stewart Haigh Mohinui Topu – Partition and Judicial Conference SP 2 10:00 AM AP-20230000028238 A20130010491 18(1)(a)/93 Elizabeth Philippa Schultz Mohinui Topu 2 – Determine ownership of a house SP 3 10:00 AM AP-20230000028359 A20200006100 289/93 Tangi Rudolph Mohinui Topu Blocks 5 and 9A – Partition SP 4 10:00 AM AP-20230000028363 A20200006474...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 11:00 AM AP-20230000026678, A20210014075 67/93, 289/93 Simon Tukaki, Steven Taikato, Orissa Plimmer Opureora 1No B No 3 Block – Judicial Conference (Partition) SP2 12.00 PM AP-20230000029148 67/93 Māori Trustee Matakana No 1A7A Block – Seek directions SP3 12.30 PM AP-20230000026768, A20230003106 21/94 Shelley Toa and Kate Brown Mangatawa 2B 2A Trust (Tamapahore Marae) – Inquiry into administration of reservation SP4 2.00 PM AP...
Documents/Panui/17.-Special-Waikato-Maniapoto-21-November-2024.pdf (153 kb)
Māori Land Court A GUIDE TO OUR MINUTE BOOK ABBREVIATIONS MLC-FS1- Māori Land Court Minute Book Guide – 10/05/2017.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-Minute-Book-Abbreviations.pdf (470 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP5 10:15 AM AP-20240000011434 293/93, 338(7)/93 Heraraumati Sally Brown He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Kopuraruwai 3A2C Māori Reservation Trust – Replace Diane Tokona, Phillina Kauri, Georgina Parata, and James Kaka with Serena Rudolph, Derek Kaitapu, Josephine Witika, and Edmond Freeman as responsible trustees of Kopuraruwai 3A2C Māori Reservation Trust
Documents/Panui/5.-Waikato-Maniapoto-24-September-2025.pdf (122 kb)
In his classic book Māori Land Tenure (1977) Sir Hugh Kawharu wrote that the system of Māori land tenure created by the Native Lands Act of 1865 was an ‘engine of destruction for any tribe’s tenure of land, anywhere’ (p 15).
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
This data only includes block information regarding Māori Customary, Māori Freehold and Aggregated Lands. It does not include information about Crown Land, Crown Land Reserved for Māori, Other, Ownership Only, General Land owned by Māori, General Land or blocks pending internal review.
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/MLC-2024-06-30-National-List-Maori-Land-in-New-Zealand.xlsx (2 mb)
This data only includes block information regarding Māori Customary, Māori Freehold and Aggregated Lands. It does not include information about Crown Land, Crown Land Reserved for Māori, Other, Ownership Only, General Land owned by Māori, General Land or blocks pending internal review.
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/MLC-2023-05-19-National-List-Maori-Land-in-New-Zealand-v1.xlsx (2.1 mb)
This data only includes block information regarding Māori Customary, Māori Freehold and Aggregated Lands. It does not include information about Crown Land, Crown Land Reserved for Māori, Other, Ownership Only, General Land owned by Māori, General Land or blocks pending internal review.
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/MLC-2022-07-19-Maori-Land-in-New-Zealand-National-List.xlsx (2 mb)
