SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 10.00AM AP-20240000007397 45/93 Christine Jane Reed CJ2024/57 - Arapera Isobella Heta or Arapera Isobella Ransfield or Arapera Heta or Arapera Isobel Heta and succession orders made at 232 Rotorua MB 248-251 dated 4/11/1992 - Application to the Chief Judge SP2 10.15AM AP-20230000027469 A20200008286 44(1)/93, 47(4)/93 Suzanne Elizabeth Savage CJ 2020/32 - William Savage or William Shuki Savage or Willie Savage - and suc...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT DISTRICT 83 AP-20250000012952 113/93 118/93 220/93 Jarnelle Sheree Peehi He tauatanga ki a John Douglas Potaka Succeed to the Māori land interests of John Douglas Potaka and vest the interests of Jarnelle Peehi, Angelique Dunn and Shawn Potaka into the Te Aohou Rihi Moetu Trust Tākitimu 84 AP-20260000007278 113/93 118/93 Georgina Carmen Tareha He tauatanga ki a Huia Penny Tareha Succeed to the Māori land interests of...
Documents/Panui/MLC-November-2026-National-Panui.pdf (2.9 mb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 28 1:30PM AP-20230000027459 A20200002269 45/93 John Te Kaaho or Rurehe CJ 2020/6 - Te Uru Keiha Ahuru Orupe Tuhua or Rurehe - succession and whānau trust orders made at 99 Whakatane MB 279- 282 on 7 July 2003 - Application to the Chief Judge PĀNUI NO.
Documents/Panui/16.-Te-Whakamaene-Chief-Judge-Specials-19-June-2024.pdf (141 kb)
Historically, most succession applications were heard by a Māori Land Court judge.
Why make this change? Succession to Māori land interests can be complex for whānau and for whāngai, and Māori land is often owned by members of different whānau (with different views on whāngai succession).
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Succession-for-whangai-web-version.pdf (172 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 1 10:00 AM AP-20250000003156 45/93 Akuhata Turei and Curtis Ezekial CJ 2025/14 - Nellie Houkamau Johnson also known as Nellie Johnson or Nere Johnson and a succession order made at 59 Ruatōria MB 297- 300 on 8/02/2001 - Application to the Chief Judge SP 2 10:20 AM AP-20230000027607 45/93 Ngati Muriwai Authority Trust CJ 2023/19 Omarumutu Papakainga and an order setting land apart as a Maori Reservation at 51 Opotiki MB 154 on 09/02/1...
And yet in that time we have seen major successes with utilisation and development of Māori land.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
I also filed two section 45 applications in relation to those succession applications which were made in the 1970s.
Before 6 February 2021 Succession applications are decided by Māori Land Court judges.
Ngā puka taupānga me te puka Tarahiti Succession and Trust application forms External link Form 20: Certificate by administrator Rule 10.2(3), Sections 111 or 113 (PDF 85 kb) External link Form 21: Succession (grant of administration) Rule 10.2(2)(a), Sections 113 and 117 (PDF 919 kb) External link Form 22: Succession (no grant of administration) Rule 10.2(1),(2), Sections 113 and 118 (PDF 216 kb) External link Form 23: Applica...
