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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...
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...
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...
The most significant of these was the Mackay Commission of 1886-1887, which found that Ngāi Tahu as an iwi and its members had been left without a sufficient land base. 2 In 1892, the Crown agreed to make certain lands available to South Island landless Māori. 3 Judge Mackay and Percy Smith, the Surveyor-General, compiled a list of landless Māori in the South Island and assigned sections of land to them, assisted by Tame Parata. 4 By 1905, 142,463 acres had been allocated to 4,064 peop...
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...
Tairāwhiti
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mohiotia ai ka tu Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
Special Hearing
Courtroom 3
Hastings District Court
106 Eastbourne Street West
Hastings
Monday, 20 November 2023
Judge M J Doogan presiding
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
Sp2 10:00am AP-20230000026803 18(1)(a)/93 Tim Smith Francis Guthrie Smith
Tairāwhiti
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mohiotia ai ka tu Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
Special Hearing
Courtroom 4
Hastings District Court
106 Eastbourne Street West
Hastings
Friday, 8 December 2023
Judge M J Doogan presiding
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
Sp2 10:00am AP-20230000026803 18(1)(a)/93 Tim Smith Francis Guthrie Smith -
determine a claim t...
Tairāwhiti
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mohiotia ai ka tu Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
Special Hearing
Courtroom 4
Hastings District Court
106 Eastbourne Street West
Hastings
Thursday, 7 December 2023
Judge M J Doogan presiding
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
Sp2 10:00am AP-20230000026803 18(1)(a)/93 Tim Smith Francis Guthrie Smith -
determine a claim...
See also Ngawaka v Ngāti Rehua-Ngātiwai ki Aotea Trust Board (No 2) [2021] NZHC 291 at [43]–[47] and [58]
45 statutes referencing tikanga include the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 (see s 2 definitions of “tikanga Māori” and “mana
tamaiti (tamariki)”); Resource Management Act 1991; and Taumata Arowai–the Water Services Regulator Act 2020.
S The total number of allocated ownership records recorded in all blocks is 3,136.458.
Land Interest Trusts
S The total number of Whānau Trusts nationally is 12,247
S The total number of Kaitiaki Trusts nationally is 2,459
Exclusion list
The following land types have been excluded from this update:
S Crown Land, Crown Land Reserved for Māori, Other, General Land owned by Māori (a total of 450 blocks covering an
area of 23,452.1288 ha)
S Blocks pending internal revie...