SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP1 10:00 AM AP-20260000004755 58/93 Garry Watson,
Rachell Mio, Heke
Collier, and Katene
Williams
Appeal 2026/13 - Torere Pa Reserve
& other blocks (Torere Reserves
Trust) and a decision as to recusal
made at 363 Waiariki MB 47-58 on
12/2/2026 - Notice of Appeal
(Respondents: Tania Van Der Broek,
Brent Day, Diana Anderson, Rawinia
Mariner, Ngaroma Rewi and Rangi
Williams)
SP2 10.00 AM AP-20260000004756 59/93 Garry Watson,
Rachell Mio...
You can appeal a Māori Land Court decision about access to the Māori Appellate Court by filing in a notice of appeal form (Form 13) stating the appeal is made under section 171 of the Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025.
Page 1 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt@govt.nz
HE PUKA WHAKAAETANGA KIA TUKUNA ATU NGĀ PĀNGA WHENUA MĀORI KI TĒTAHI TARATI
CONSENT FORM TO VEST MĀORI LAND SHARES INTO A TRUST
For more information visit www.māorilandcourt@govt.nz
Your Full Legal Name:
CONTACT DETAILS
Contact Address:
(Address to which documents or correspondence in connection with the application can be posted or delivered)
Phone Number(s) and Email Address:
Home: Work:
Mobile: Email Address:
NOTICE...
Before you file your application, make sure you have:
Meeting information:
minutes, attendance lists, and any notices (such as advertisements) for meetings of owners
where the proposed partition was discussed.
If you do apply to one of these
courts, you must file a notice of your application with the
MLC so it won’t make any orders before the High Court or
Family Court has dealt with the matter.
(Address to which documents or correspondence in connection with the application can be posted or delivered)
PHONE NUMBER(S):
Home: Work:
Mobile:
Email Address:
NOTE: Where email addresses are given these may be used as a means of notice and service.
FEE: $228.00
NOTE: Information provided in all applications forms part of the Court’s permanent record under rule 7.19 of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011.
Contesting the will
If anyone wants to contest 26 the deceased’s
will, they can make application to the High
Court or the Family Court for hearing under
the Family Protection Act 1955.
Notice of the application to the High Court
or the Family Court should be filed with
the Māori Land Court so that it will not
inadvertently make any orders before the
High Court or the Family Court has dealt
with the matter.
Contesting the will
If anyone wants to contest 26 the deceased’s
will, they can make application to the High
Court or the Family Court for hearing under
the Family Protection Act 1955.
Notice of the application to the High Court
or the Family Court should be filed with
the Māori Land Court so that it will not
inadvertently make any orders before the
High Court or the Family Court has dealt
with the matter.
Ngā tono $68
$68 applications
Succession to Māori land
Transfer of shares in Māori land
Establishment of a trust over Māori land
Adding, reducing, or removing trustees of a trust which manages Māori land
Determining the ownership of structures on Māori land
Occupation of Māori land
Ngā tono $228
$228 applications
Partition, subdivision, amalgamation and aggregation of Māori land
Anything related to a Māori incorporation
Roadways, access, easements and surveys of Māori land
Commercia...
Currently under the Act it is not possible to appoint a trustee or trustees to administer
land in such circumstances because the Court is required to be satisfied that the
owners “have had sufficient notice of the application and sufficient opportunity to
discuss and consider it” per s 215(4)(a).
