ISSN 2463-3763 (Online) www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz DESCRIPTION OF APPLICATION TYPES BY SECTION NATIONAL PĀNUI November | Noema 2025 2 Summary of General Statutory Provisions The following table provides a brief description of the most common sections in this document.
Documents/Panui/Maori-Land-Court-National-Panui-November-2025.pdf (2.5 mb)
The appointment of Dr Ruakere Hond as a Pūkenga to assist the court, under s 32A of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993, provided the level of care required in the matter and one the Court is extremely grateful for.
ISSN 2463-3763 (Online) www.maorilandcourt.govt.nz DESCRIPTION OF APPLICATION TYPES BY SECTION NATIONAL PĀNUI April | Āperira 2025 2 Summary of General Statutory Provisions The following table provides a brief description of the most common sections in this document.
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP20 11:40 AM AP-20250000012575 116/Local Government (Rating) Act 2002 Robyn Martin- Kemp Wahapakapaka 4A2C2B - Application for exemption of Māori freehold land from rates
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP2 12:15PM Ap-20230000029066 134/93 Crown Law Former Hangatiki School Land - Judicial conference (for directions to facilitate a future application under s134 of the Act regarding land at the former Hangatiki School (the Land))
Documents/Panui/33.-Waikato-Maniapoto-29-April-2026.pdf (116 kb)
Prior to her appointment to the bench, Chief Judge Fox was a Lecturer in law at Victoria University and a Senior Lecturer in law and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Waikato. She also acted as legal counsel for Treaty claimants and Māori land clients.
PÄNUI NO: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: 85 AP-20230000020958 A20230005877 113A/93 118/93 Carolyn Louise Morrow, Claire Heather Janet Lowe Grace Rata Cox also known as Rata Priestley or Rata Priestly or Rata Cox or Grace Rata Corke-Cox - Succession 86 AP-20230000021378 A20230008309 113A/93 118/93 Caroline Tapuone Scott Arthur William Pokere - Succession 87 AP-20230000023042 A20220012943 235A/93 214/93 Gavin Paul Cedric Johnson, Oriwia Merin Rauret...
Documents/Panui/MLC-National-Panui-February-2024-web.pdf (1015 kb)
NOTICE TO PREFERRED CLASSES OF ALIENEES AS TO RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993, Sections 147A and 152 In the Māori Land Court of New Zealand Aotea District TAKE NOTICE that the Hochi Land Company Limited has made an application to the Māori Land Court at Whanganui for confirmation of a sale of Himatangi No. 2B No. 2 block (being 38.177 hectares more or less) located on Himatangi Block Road, Himatangi.
Documents/Landowner-notices/Hiatangi-2B2-notice.pdf (120 kb)
In August 2020, the Government passed targeted changes to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 to simplify the legal processes for owning, occupying and using Māori land.
Any person appearing in the Māori Land Court, or in any court in New Zealand, can speak or file written documents in te reo Māori as a right under the Māori Language Act 2016. To support the use of te reo Māori in court, Judge Alana Thomas has created a kuputaka of legal terms in te reo Māori.
