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ISSN 1175 - 8120 (Print)
ISSN 2463-3763 (Online)
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DECEMBER | HAKIHEA
2023
The purpose of the National Pänui / Te Pänui ä Motu is
to provide notice to interested parties of hearings being
conducted in, and applications received by, the Mäori Land
Court.
PÄNUI
NO:
APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
12 AP-20230000020039
A20220010862
113/93
118/93
214/93
219/93
220/93
222/93
Joshua David
Haereroa
Arewha Piripi Banks also known as Alfred
Haereroa or Arewha Haereroa or Arewha
Peke or Arewha Peeke - Succession,
constitute the Alfred Haereroa Whänau
Trust appoint Joshua David Haereroa as
trustee
13 AP-20230000020551
A20230001107
113/93
118/93
Natalie Ann Davis Audrey Rubina Corrigan - Succession
14 AP-20230000020963...
PÄNUI
NO:
APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
32 A20220016844 118(6)/93 Atawhai Fata Te Waiwhenua Waenga - Succession (further
interests)
33 A20220015584 118(6)/93 Deputy Registrar Te Aotangata Pikikotuku also known as Te Ao
or Aotangata Pikikotuku or Tio Te Aotangata or
Te Aokautere Pikikotuku - Succession (further
interests)
34 A20220016442 118(6)/93 Deputy Registrar Christine Brooks also known as Christine Te
Urumanao Brooks or Chri...
The working list of potential owners was updated at a sitting of the Māori Land Court in Te
Waipounamu on 26 April 2022, minute book 76 Te Waipounamu 246-311.
She also acted as legal counsel for Treaty claimants and Māori land clients. She holds a LLM from Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, and in 2023 received her PhD at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi for her thesis "Ko te mana te utu: Narratives of sovereignty, law, and tribal citizenship in the Pōtikirua ki te Toka-a-Taiau District".
Only 17% of Māori knew how to speak te reo, only 5% of our children in schools could speak te reo, and furthermore, there were people of that time who declared there was no benefit in teaching te reo and no benefit in the continued survival of te reo Māori.
For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the
appropriate application number at:
Physical address: Postal address:
L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203
WELLINGTON WELLINGTON
Phone: 04 914 3102
Fax: 04 914 3100
Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz
STEVEN DODD
Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
2
APPLICATION NO:
SECTION:
APPLICA...
For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the
appropriate application number at:
Physical address: Postal address:
L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203
WELLINGTON WELLINGTON
Phone: 04 914 3102
Fax: 04 914 3100
Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz
STEVEN DODD
Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
2
APPLICATION NO:
SECTION:
APPLICA...