The determination is required under the terms set out in Clause 15.6.2 of the Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement where the determination is decided by the Court as though the lands were Māori lands and in accordance with section 109 Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 as though the deceased left no will.
In April 2025, Claire Stirling-Hawkins (Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kauwhata, Ngāti Raukawa ki Te Tonga, Ngāi Tahu me Kāti Mamoe), supported by her whānau, friends, and kaimahi from Te Rāwhiti, stepped into the Pae Ārahi o Te Rito role, bringing her leadership strengths and a shared purpose and vision for Te Rito to the District.
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However, it is possible to make application to the Court to have an area excluded from a reservation pursuant to section 338(5), and then to set up an ahu whenua trust in relation to the excluded area with the object of allowing housing development to take place.
Our service is here to awhi you and your whānau to find a way forward together, outside of a court setting.
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Much has been achieved by the project for Māori land owners, their whanau and hapu by giving greater certainty to title issues.
It is how you respond to those set-backs that matters. My second observation is about passion.
As I said earlier, one of the major difficulties for Māori owners setting up governance structures and improving the utilisation of land in multiple ownership is the inability to contact or give notice to other owners of proposals for development.
My grandmother Pirihira was bought up in Waikawa, part of the extended Watson or Tahuaroa whānau.
Awaiting Administrative Action A20190007011 8/08/2019 Tamati and Margaret Makara Whanau Trust - and orders constituting a whanau trust made at 99 Whangarei MB 34-36 (23/02/2004) - Application to the Chief Judge 45/93 Tainui Noble 1.
