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composite title is issued to each house owner, comprising: (a) the freehold share
of the lessee in the whole block and (b) the leasehold interest of the lessee in the
individual site.
A change of ownership of land gives the recipient of that interest the ownership
and its associated rights (land may be vested in a trustee, or shares may be vested
in another person).
13. See section 224 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
Contact the Māori Land Court
The DX number is the postal address.
Māori incorporation shares
Māori incorporation shares are deemed, for all purposes, to
be shares in Māori land held by the incorporation but the
legislation dealing with their transfer is in section 264 of
the Act.
Share registers
The Māori incorporation is required to establish a share
register, an official record of the shareholders.
He tohutohu a te Kaiwhakawā
Direction of the judge
After further consultation, I reschedule dates as follows:
From Tauranga: 10.00am, Wednesday 15 July 2026
To Tauranga: 10.00am, Thursday 16 July 2026
This direction is issued pursuant to rule 3.8(1)(b) Māori Land Court Rules 2011 and a
copy is to be sent to the Chief Judge, the Chief Registrar, and the Registrar of the
Waikato Maniapoto District Registry of the Court.
He tohutohu a te Kaiwhakawā
Direction of the judge
After further consultation, I reschedule dates as follows:
From Te Aho Wānanga, Ōpōtiki: 10:00 am, Wednesday 22 July 2026
To Te Aho Wānanga, Ōpōtiki: 10:00 am, Wednesday 15 July 2026
This direction is issued pursuant to rule 3.8(1)(b) Māori Land Court Rules 2011 and a copy
is to be sent to the Kaiwhakawā Matua, the Kairēhita Matua, and the Kairēhita of the
Waiariki District Registry of the court
He tohutohu a te Kaiwhakawā
Direction of the judge
After further consultation, I reschedule the dates as follows:
From Taupō: 10:100am, Wednesday 19 August 2026
To Taupō: 10:00am, Thursday 6 August 2026
This direction is issued pursuant to rule 3.8(1)(b) Māori Land Court Rules 2011 and a copy
is to be sent to the Kaiwhakawā Matua, the Kairēhita Matua, and the Kairēhita of the
Waiariki District Registry of the court.
He tohutohu a te Kaiwhakawā
Direction of the judge
After further consultation, I reschedule dates as follows:
From Ministry of Justice District Court, Waitangi-Tuku Road, Chatham Islands, 10:00am,
Wednesday 21 October 2026
To Ministry of Justice District Court, Waitangi-Tuku Road, Chatham Islands, 10:00am,
Thursday 8 October 2026
This direction is issued pursuant to rule 3.8(1)(b) Māori Land Court Rules 2011 and
a copy is to be sent to the Kaiwhakawā Matua, th...
He tohutohu a te Kaiwhakawā
Direction of the judge
After further consultation, I reschedule dates as follows:
From Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi, Whakatāne: 10:00 am, Tuesday 21 July 2026
To Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi, Whakatāne, 10:00 am, Thursday 16 July 2026
This direction is issued pursuant to rule 3.8(1)(b) Māori Land Court Rules 2011 and a copy
is to be sent to the Kaiwhakawā Matua, the Kairēhita Matua, and the Kairēhita of the
Waiariki District Regist...
Then lastly, the Court, of its own motion pursuant to section 37(3) of the Act makes a
further order as follows:
Pursuant to section 183(4) of the Act appointing Ropata Taylor and Ihaia Raharuhi as
interim agents for the purposes set out in section 183(6) on behalf of all the owners,
and in particular to negotiate with the Tasman District Council in respect of the council’s
occupation of the land.
HĀWEA/WĀNAKA SUBSTITUTE SILNA LAND
WORKING LIST OF POTENTIAL OWNERS AS AT 23 MAY 2025
The Māori Land Court has released an updated working list of potential owners entitled to
the Hāwea/Wānaka Substitute Land (Section 2 of 5 Block XIV Lower Wānaka Survey
District) under Section 15 of the Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement 1997.