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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:
APPLICA...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
AP-20230000020252
A20220014566
45/93 Karen Stowers CJ 2022/53 - Matapihi No 1A No 1B
No 3B block - Tukere Rehu and a
vesting order made at 233 Waikato
Maniapoto MB 60-72 on 20/12/2021 -
Application to the Chief Judge
AP-20230000020406
A20220017565
45/93 Edward Joseph Scandlyn CJ 2022/47 - Mereana Tauke or Mary
Anne Scandlyn or Mary Ann Douglas
or Mereana or Mary Ann Haenga and
vesting orders made at 12 Registrar
MB 240 on 8/8/1986 -...
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:
APPLICA...
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
Secondly, their refinements to this structure, after many meetings, has created a model which better represents the grassroots “ownership” of the block. 1) The standard structure is the same:
The ahu whenua trustees are the legal “owners” of the block in dealings with third parties and must ensure compliance with the district plan, payment of local body rates etc and are responsible for the block’s services, access etc.
SECTION
APPLICANT
SUBJECT
SP 1
10:00AM AP-20240000006643 58/93 Olga Turu Rudolph Appeal 2024/6 - Taheke
Papakāinga 8B block and a
determination of ownership
of structures on the land
made at 309 Waiariki MB
135-138 on 1/8/2023 -
Notice of Appeal
(Respondents: Anthea
Bond and Chakra Laws)
Office of the Chief Registrar
PĀNUI
SECTION
APPLICANT
SUBJECT
SP 1
10:00AM AP-20240000006643 58/93 Olga Turu Rudolph Appeal 2024/6 - Taheke
Papakāinga 8B block and a
determination of ownership
of structures on the land
made at 309 Waiariki MB
135-138 on 1/8/2023 -
Notice of Appeal
(Respondents: Anthea
Bond and Chakra Laws)
Office of the Chief Registrar
PĀNUI
Waikato-Maniapoto
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono ā muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Judicial Conference
At Thames
Ministry of Justice, District Court, Queen Street
Thames
Monday, 4 December 2023
Judge R P Mullins, Presiding
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SDec3 10.00AM
(Allow 1 hour)
AP-20230000027304
A20230008122
338/93 Erica Francis
Burke
Sect...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP2 12:30 PM AP-20230000022978 289/93 Bragenham
Farms Limited
Part Kai Iwi 5E2 and Lot 1, Lot 3 and
Lot 5 Deposited Plan 8968 blocks -
Partition
SP3 1:00 PM AP-20240000009808 238/93 Scott Wirihana-
Tawake
Rangitatau 1D5A1 Reserve (Ngati
Pourua Marae Trust) – Enforcement
of obligations of trust
SP4 1:30 PM AP-20250000000763 338(2)/93 Kiritahi Firmin,
Brian Firmin
Lot 4 on Deposited Plan 60683 - To
be included in the Kimiora Māori
Reser...
A primary function of succession for Māori is to maintain whakapapa connections
to their whenua (land), whānau(family), tupuna (ancestors) and atua (gods).
51 Joseph Williams “Lex Aotearoa: An Heroic Attempt to Map the Māori Dimension in Modern New Zealand Law” (2013)
21 Waikato L Rev 1 at 4.
52 Joseph Williams “Lex Aotearoa: An Heroic Attempt to Map the Māori Dimension in Modern New Zealand Law” (2013)
21 Waikato L Rev 1 at 4.
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MANA
As identified earli...
