Section 18 of the Adoption Act 1955 explicitly stated that adoption orders under the Act applied to Māori and sections 19(1) and (2) of the Act effectively provided that customary Māori adoption (whāngai) carried out since the commencement of the Native Lands Act was not legally binding.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
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.
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TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 12:00 PM AP-20250000004751 244/93 Selina Elkington He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tikanga o te Esther Elkington Whānau Trust Vary the terms of the Esther Elkington Whānau Trust
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TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP3 11:30 AM AP-20230000021077 AP-20250000006626 113/93 118/93 214/93 219/93 220/93 222/93 Marian Lynette Kurataka Collin Part Rangitikei Manawatu C5 {Rangitikei-Manawatu C5 } and other blocks - Succeed to the interests of Wairata Keepa also known as Wairata Marshall and Wairata Wilson and constitute the Wairata Keepa Whanau Trust in respect of the interest of Wairata Keepa and appoint Marian Lynette Kura...
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 Taitokerau District TAKE NOTICE that Stephen Thomas Ball and Christine Anne Ball have made an application to the Māori Land Court at Whangārei for confirmation of a sale of Te Maika A7 block (RT 31346) (being 2425 square meters more or less) located at 102 Tutukākā Block Road, Tutukākā, Whangārei within...
Documents/Landowner-notices/1.-Taitokerau-Alienation-Notice.pdf (117 kb)
(c) Third, where tikanga values comprise a source of the New Zealand common law.44 or have been integrated into law by statutory reference45 41 Tautari v Mahanga – Mohinui 3B2B (2011) 18 Taitokerau MB 6 (18 TTK 6) at [33]. 42 Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993. 43 See Ani Mikaere “The Treaty of Waitangi and Recognition of Tikanga Māori” in Michael Belgrave, Merata Kawharu and David V Williams (eds) Waitangi Revisited: Perspectives on the Treaty of Waitangi (2nd ed, Oxford...
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)
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.
HĀWEA/WĀNAKA SUBSTITUTE SILNA LAND WORKING LIST OF POTENTIAL OWNERS’ AS AT 31 JULY 2026 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.
Documents/SILNA/20260811-SILNA-HaweaWanaka-Updated-List-of-Owners-.pdf (1.4 mb)
He tohutohu a te Kaiwhakawā Direction of the Judge After further consultation, I reschedule the venues as follows: From Nelson District Court, 200 Bridge Street, Nelson, 10:00am, Wednesday 28 May 2025; To Wakatū House, 28 Montgomery Square, Wakatū, Nelson, 10:00am, Wednesday 28 May 2025 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...
Page 1 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 04/26 - 40 HE TONO MŌ TE ŌTA WHAKANOHO APPLICATION FOR AN OCCUPATION ORDER Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 Section 328 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz Form 40 Rule 13.15 WHAT IS THIS FORM FOR?
