The Courts and the Waitangi Tribunal have sought to consider the broad sentiments, intentions and goals of the treaty and identified its principles on a case-by-case basis. These principles have been developed over time and often been quite controversial.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT AP-20240000011337 113/93 118/93 214/93 Sacha Moana Maher, Justin William Horton, Rebecca Charlotte Haynes, Maxwell Rodney Horton He tauatanga ki a Rodney Colin Horton me te whakatū i te Rodney & Marara whānau trust me te kopou i ngā tarahitī Succeed to the Māori land interest of Rodney Colin Horton, constitute the Rodney & Marara whānau trust over the interest of Maxwell Rodney Horton, Sacha Moana Maher, Justin William Horton, and Reb...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT 62 11:50 AM AP-20250000007278 241/93 Julia Beverley Rangitutu Chambers He tauwehenga i ētahi pānga whenua atu i te Te Hinau A Pura whānau trust Removal of land interests from Te Hinau A Pura whānau trust 63 12:00 PM AP-20250000001512 151/93 Graham Murray Carmichael, Ian Kevin Carmichael, Jeffrey Dean Carmichael, Ronald Douglas Carmichael Taumarunui Papakainga 4 A 2 - Confirmation of an alienation by way of sale to Gave...
Documents/Panui/Maori-Land-Court-National-Panui-November-2025.pdf (2.5 mb)
Figure [1] – Inflight case numbers by month and processing step (June 2022 to May 2023*) * Due to the transition to Pātaka Whenua, reporting data is only available for the period until 31 May 2023.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2022-Matariki-2023.pdf (11 mb)
The Chairperson does not have a casting vote; in the case of a tied vote on a resolution, the resolution is to be treated as having been defeated.
Based in Hamilton, he is the resident judge for the Aotea District of the Māori Land Court hearing cases in Whanganui, Te Hāwera and New Plymouth.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP13 1:30 PM AP-20250000000287 239/93 Phyllis Savage He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Savage Papakainga Land Trust Replace Martin Lesily Niao and William Henry Doney with Ngatira Peita and Lincoln Tiare Savage as responsible trustees of Savage Papakainga Land Trust SP14 1:30 PM AP-20250000000294 231/93 Phyllis Savage He arotakenga i te Savage Papakainga Land Trust Review of the Savage Papakainga Land Trust...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP11 10:20 AM AP-20240000013426 239/93 Henare Kuka He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Kuka Whanau Papakainga Trust - Replace Akanihi Kuka with Henare Kuka as trustee of the Kuka Whanau Papakainga Trust To be heard with Pānui 36 - AP-20250000001888 - He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Kuka Whanau Papakainga Trust - Replace Louise Ngatai with Henrietta Keelan-Lawson and Katarina Ngatai as trustees of the Kuka Whanau Papakai...
Documents/Panui/3.-Waikato-Maniapoto-21-August-2025.pdf (123 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 11:00 AM AP-20250000005701 338(5)/93, 338(12)/93, 338(14)(c)/93 Ohaki Papakāinga Māori Reservation trustees Tahorakuri A No 1 Sec 1 (Ohaki Papakainga) block and Ohaki Papakainga Māori Reservation - redefine the purpose for the Māori reservation (ordered at 154 Rotorua MB 265-268 on 8 March 1971) to include papakāinga
With the consent of the other owners of both blocks, and by making an application to the Māori Land court for a combined partition, the interests could be combined to create the new block Z. in all partition cases, the general procedure for a partition application should be followed.
