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The most significant of these was the Mackay Commission of 1886-1887, which found that Ngāi Tahu as an iwi and its members had been left without a sufficient land base. 2 In 1892, the Crown agreed to make certain lands available to South Island landless Māori. 3 Judge Mackay and Percy Smith, the Surveyor-General, compiled a list of landless Māori in the South Island and assigned sections of land to them, assisted by Tame Parata. 4 By 1905, 142,463 acres had been allocated to 4,064 peop...
Chief Judge Caren Fox and resident judges, Judge Wilson Isaac and Judge Nathan Milner, were joined by Chief District Court Judge Hemi Taumaunu, and other members of the Māori Land Court Bench for a special sitting that followed the opening ceremony.
Tairāwhiti
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mohiotia ai ka tu Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
Special Hearing
Courtroom 3
Hastings District Court
106 Eastbourne Street West
Hastings
Monday, 20 November 2023
Judge M J Doogan presiding
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
Sp2 10:00am AP-20230000026803 18(1)(a)/93 Tim Smith Francis Guthrie Smith
Tairāwhiti
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mohiotia ai ka tu Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
Special Hearing
Courtroom 4
Hastings District Court
106 Eastbourne Street West
Hastings
Friday, 8 December 2023
Judge M J Doogan presiding
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
Sp2 10:00am AP-20230000026803 18(1)(a)/93 Tim Smith Francis Guthrie Smith -
determine a claim t...
Tairāwhiti
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mohiotia ai ka tu Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
Special Hearing
Courtroom 4
Hastings District Court
106 Eastbourne Street West
Hastings
Thursday, 7 December 2023
Judge M J Doogan presiding
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
Sp2 10:00am AP-20230000026803 18(1)(a)/93 Tim Smith Francis Guthrie Smith -
determine a claim...
The
Court’s investigation of title began on 15 March
1866 and was heard initially in the Masonic
Hall at Napier, with Judge Smith presiding and
Te Keene and Te Hemara sitting as Assessors.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP1 12:45 PM AP-20260000000446 239/93 Karyn Nathan He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō te Tiroa E Trust me Te
Hape B Trust
Replace Dianne Te Hereraina Crown
with Rosemarie Lee Whero Eketone-
Williamson as responsible trustee of
Tiroa E Trust and Te Hape B Trust
Respondents: Joshua Wikiriwhi,
Zalia Nathan, Kiri Powell, Bill
Simons, Luann Tapu and Mihi
Moeka'a
SP 2 11.30AM
AP-20250000015298 19/93 Phillip Wee Te
Waimarama
Kaka
Oakura A2C Residue Block –
Injunction against any person in
respect of any actual threatened
trespass or other injury to any Māori
land or Māori Reservation
Respondents: Henare Aperahama
Wharemate Whanau Trust
Our Vision
The Māori Land Court is jointly operated by
administrative staff from the Ministry of Justice
and judicial officers, working towards a shared
vision:
Māori Land Court business profile
Kia tū hei Kooti Māori e tāwharau nei i te pae tangata, i te pae whenua, i te whare kōrero
To be a Māori Court that provides a shelter for the people, their land and their kōrero
He Aronga Matawhānui / Vision
Hei Kooti Māori
Hei tāwharau i te pae tangata
Hei tāwharau i te pae whenua
Hei tāwhara...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP15 10:15 AM AP-20240000001384 45/93,
44(1)/93,
47(4)/93
Louis (Mike)
Harris
CJ 2024/14 – Kararaina Tame
Wiremu also known as Kararaina
Beazley and succession orders
made at 3 Kaikohe Succession MB
72-73 and 29 Kaikohe MB 40-41 on
8/12/1999 - Application to the Chief
Judge
SP16 10:30 AM AP-20230000027512 45/93 Clinton Hakopa
Kati
CJ 2021/36 - Te Toi Tuhakaraina
also known as Moki Gillett or Moki
Taikereti - and a succession order
ma...
