For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the
appropriate application number at:
Physical address: Postal address:
L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203
WELLINGTON WELLINGTON
Phone: 04 914 3102
Fax: 04 914 3100
Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz
STEVEN DODD
Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
2
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You must own an interest in the land or be the beneficiary of a whānau trust that owns an interest in the land.
The title of ownership remains with the landowners, but the occupation order may be passed on by succession.
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)
SP15 10:00 AM AP-20250000016763 18(1)(a)/93
236/93
237/93
Trustees of
Ngāti Pāoa Iwi
Trust
Allotment 20 Parish of Waiheke
(Waiheke Station) – Application to
determine a claim to the ownership
or possession of Māori freehold land
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...
The whānau trustees are not “owners” of their exclusive use areas but, subject to their obligations under the ahu whenua trust, have responsibility for the use and occupation of their whānau areas. They are responsible for their area’s contribution to the rates etc payable to the ahu whenua trust.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP19 10:00 AM AP-20200000024427 18(1)(a)/93 Adam Arama
Koopu
Maraenui 153 - Application for
occupation order in favour of
Adam Arama Koopu and
determination of ownership of a
house
WAIARIKI
PĀNUI
For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the
appropriate application number at:
Physical address: Postal address:
L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203
WELLINGTON WELLINGTON
Phone: 04 914 3102
Fax: 04 914 3100
Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz
STEVEN DODD
Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
2
APPLICATION NO:
SECTION:
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