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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)
Waipaoa 5A2 - Appeal 2026/5 -
Waipaoa 5A2 and a final decision
dismissing the application for
determination of ownership of
buildings made at 136 Tairāwhiti MB
295-323 on 12/12/2025 - Notice of
Appeal (Respondents: Wayne
Thompson, Rawiti Cotter and Mere
Kokiri-Tamanui as trustees of
Waipaoa 5A2 Trust)
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,
Geoffrey Keith Marino, Jacqu...
Bush and
Deborah Bush
Appeal 2026/4 - Maungatautari
5A1C3B Ahu Whenua Trust and
orders to replace trustees heard at
286 Waikato Maniapoto MB 6-27 on
16/10/2025 and 291 Waikato
Maniapoto MB 63-75 on 03/12/2025
- Notice of Appeal (Respondents:
April Rangi Bush, Donna Hineora
Ingley, Thomas Tauaroha Pira,
Amiria Epsi Moana Talo, Sabrina
Caralee Shawnté Wattie, and Kelli
Matilda Liana Wattie)
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block and a vesting order made at
102 Rotorua MB 332-333 on
5/4/1956 - Application to the Chief
Judge
AP-20230000027565
A20220010829
45/93 Nathan John Bevin CJ 2022/30 - David Te Au and a
succession order made at 41 South
Island MB 9-10 on 24/2/1965 -
Application to the Chief Judge
AP-20230000027567
A20220011703
45/93 Donna Marie Barnes CJ 2022/31 - Norma Margret
Matenga or Norma Margret Barnes
or Tepara Barnes and a succession
order made at 54 Taupo MB 375-376
on 11/4/1979 -...
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