Why make this change? Succession to Māori land interests can be complex for whānau and for whāngai, and Māori land is often owned by members of different whānau (with different views on whāngai succession).
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Succession-for-whangai-web-version.pdf (172 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 6 10:00 AM AP-20250000011912 58/93 Sara Terehia Hona Appeal 2025/21 - He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Oriwa Hereaka Whānau Trust – Remove Sara Terehia Hona as responsible trustee of the Oriwa Hereaka Whānau Trust and an order dismissing a strike out application made at 347 Waiariki MB 65-78 on 15 Hepetema 2025 – Notice of Appeal (Respondents: Anthony James Marino, Catherine Te Waaka, David Herewini,...
Documents/Panui/SP-6-Appeal-2025-21-Hona-v-Trustees-of-Oriwa-Hereaka-Whanau-Trust.pdf (125 kb)
Consultation with whānau I have consulted with my immediate whānau about this application; and There are no objections from my whānau 4.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 9 11:30 AM AP-20240000010745 Protected Objects Act 1975 – sections 11 and 12 Stephen John Walker Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found at 20 Levers Road, Otumoetai, Tauranga SP 10 12.00 PM AP-20230000033561 231/93 Karen Stowers Tukere and Grace Rehu Whānau Trust - Review of Trust SP 11 12.00 PM AP-20230000033563 238/93 Karen Stowers Tukere and Grace Rehu Whānau Trust - Enforcement of obligati...
Documents/Panui/13.-Waikato-Maniapoto-26-February-2026.pdf (126 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP6 11:20 AM AP-20250000013478 240/93 Enid Ratahi- Pryor, Waitangi Black He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Pukaahu Domain Whānau Trust Removal of Lincoln Burns as responsible trustee of the Pukaahu Domain Whānau Trust
The Maori Land Court will ‘vest’ the land interest by way of a vesting order.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP17 10:00AM AP-20250000001760 113/93 117/93 Vanessa Naomi Rawinia Christie He tauatanga ki a Christopher Mark Williams Succeed to the Māori land interests of Christopher Mark Williams SP18 10:00AM AP-20250000006927 18(1)(a)/93 Vanessa Naomi Rawinia Christie He whakataunga a te kooti mō tētahi kerēme e whakatauhia ana nō wai te whare ki runga i a Waewaetutuki 7B 1B1 Decision of the court to determine a claim to a house...
The new mediation provisions give the Court and Māori land owners a grand opportunity to define how we will resolve differences for the benefit of whānau, hapū and iwi.
For example, a private mediation appointed by consent under the Act, cannot create an outcome whereby the parties have agreed to a change of status from Māori Land to General Land in their mediated agreement and expect that to be rubber stamped by the Court.
1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington April 2026 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 11th of February 2026, are hereby notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down for inqui...
