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Te Ratonga Whakatau Wenerau o Te Kooti Whenua Māori
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Ngā rerekētanga ki ā m...
written consent from owners (and trustees, if the land is held in an ahu whenua trust)
written objections (if any) from the owners
valuations of the current block and the proposed new blocks.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP5 12:00 PM AP-20240000013666 19/93
67/93
236/93
237/93
238/93
240/93
Tarina
MacDonald,
Glen Skipper,
and Rangi Kipa
Ngāti Tawhirikura Hapū Charitable
Trust – Injunction against any person
in respect of any actual threatened
trespass or other injury to any Māori
land or Māori Reservation
(Respondents: Ngāti Tawhirikura
Hapū Charitable trustees Beverly
Gibson, Sam Williams, and Sharron
Wipiti)
The Māori Land Court is notifying all owners of the above block about the following hui:
WHENUA: Tokerau A7, A8 and A9 (Combined) Section A
DATE: Friday, 7 August 2026
TIME: 9:30 AM
VENUE: Māori Land Court
1143 Haupapa Street
Rotorua
ZOOM: Meeting ID: 851 0825 3828
Passcode: 024235
Kaupapa:
• Occupation order for Tasheenachantel Pia
• Constitution of an Ahu Whenua Trust
Any questions please contact michael.savage@ju...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP1 1:00 PM AP-20260000007065 43/93 Deputy
Registrar
Part Haruatai 9 (Roadway) –
Rehearing of application (AP-
20230000022024 – Determine status
of land as Māori roadway, AP-
20230000022030 – Constitute an
Ahu Whenua Trust, AP-
20230000022034 – Application for
exchange order and easement for
right of way access)
Judicial Conference.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP7 2:00 PM AP-20260000002971 58/93 Keremeta Ainsley,
Vanessa Mercer,
Edward Ainsley,
Sally Ainsley
Appeal 2026/10 - Tuhua Trust (Mayor
Island) against a dismissal of an
Injunction application against any
person in respect of any actual
threatened trespass or other injury to
any Māori land or Māori Reservation
heard at 293 Waikato Maniapoto MB
55-64 on 26 February 2026 – Notice of
Appeal
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP1 10:00 AM AP-20260000007681 19/93 The Trustees of
Part Kuaotunu
6C2B1 Maori
Reservation
The Trustees of Part Kuaotunu
6C2B1 Maori Reservation Trust - any
actual threatened trespass or other
injury to any Māori land or Māori
Reservation Respondents: Joe
Davis, Te Awhi Allen-Davis and
Hamahona Davis.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP19 11:00 AM AP-20230000023000
A20220009324
338(1)/93
338(7)/93
Charlotte Turia Taumatamahoe 2B 2B No 19C Block
- Set land apart as a Maori
Reservation for the purposes of a
Marae, urupa and other specified
purposes
SP20 11:00 AM AP-20230000023069
A20220014302
215/93
219/93
220/93
222/93
Marilyn Ngawini
Davis
Taumatamahoe 2B2B19C -
Constitute Ahu Whenua Trust and
appoint Marilyn Ngawini Davis,
Gordon Turuhia Cribb...
If the deceased did not leave a will, under the Act, their land will transfer as follows:
• If the deceased had children, they receive equal shares of the deceased’s land interests
