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Notification of applications that have not
been finally determined
(over 6 months old)
31 August 2025
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications are hereby notified pursuant to rule
5.
...Whanganui
Phone 06-3490770
Email mlcaotea@justice.govt.nz
Office hours Monday to Friday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
(Closed on Public Holidays)
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
Special Court Sitting
The following special sitting will be held
At Whanganui | via Zoom
Via Zoom – Meeting ID: 829 4881 6833
Wednesday, 16 September 2026
Judge A H C...
...Whanganui
Phone 06-3490770
Email mlcaotea@justice.govt.nz
Office hours Monday to Friday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
(Closed on Public Holidays)
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
Special Court Sitting
The following special sitting will be held
At Whanganui | via Zoom
Via Zoom – Meeting ID: 828 0390 8263
Friday, 7 August 2026
Judge A H C Warren...
I mua i te korero mō te wā tuatahi, ka tonoa koe ki te whakapuaki oati (he whakapuakanga o te tika ka oatitia ki runga i Te Paipera), he whakaūnga rānei (whakapuakanga o te tika kāore i oatitia ki runga i Te Paipera). Kei a koe te tikanga ki te kōrero i tēnei i roto i te reo Māori, me whakamōhio mai koe mēnā koinei tō hiahia.
...that the life interest will terminate if the
life tenant remarries.
18 A person’s genealogy, or family tree, linking
that person to a particular family and/or
ancestor.
19 A trustee/guardian.
20 A person adopted informally in terms
of tikanga Māori and brought up as the
adopting parent’s own child without formal
adoption being concluded by any court.
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from the land can be used to pay debts
(rent, interest, etc).
...that the life interest will terminate if the
life tenant remarries.
18 A person’s genealogy, or family tree, linking
that person to a particular family and/or
ancestor.
19 A trustee/guardian.
20 A person adopted informally in terms
of tikanga Māori and brought up as the
adopting parent’s own child without formal
adoption being concluded by any court.
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6
from the land can be used to pay debts
(rent, interest, etc).
The
extent to which they are included depends on:
• whether they are related by blood to the deceased
• their connection to the whenua
• the tikanga of the relevant iwi or hapū
Payment of funds
Section 242 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993
If money is being held on behalf of the deceased by a trust or incorporation, the Court can make an
order for the payment of those funds to the people determined entitled under the succession
application.
...Phone 09 948 9940
Email mlctaitokerau@justice.govt.nz
Office hours Monday to Friday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
(Closed on Public Holidays)
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
Special Court Sitting
The following special sitting will be held
At New Market Court Hearing Centre | Level 2/414, Khyber Pass Road, New Market, Auckland 1023
Friday, 7 August...
...AP-20250000015664 113/93
118/93
Schnell Daphne Lemon,
Jacqulene Joeanna
Lemon
He tauatanga ki a Pepa Dawn White
Succeed to the Māori land interests of Pepa Dawn
White
AP-20250000015846 244/93 John Kahu (Chairman) He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tikanga o te
Manunui No. 1 Trust
Vary the terms of the Manunui No. 1 Trust
AP-20250000015892 231/93 Tokoahu Rau Karaitiana He arotakenga i te Wharetoto 9 Balance Trust
Review of the Wharetoto 9 Balance Trust
AP-202...