I now turn to consider in detail the five propositions and the various
recommendations made in the Panel’s report.
Proposition 1: Utilisation of Māori land should be able to be determined by a
majority of engaged owners
The difficulty with proposition 1 is its underlying premise that there are significant
impediments in the Act to the engaged owners utilising their land, and that a remedy
is therefore needed.
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
Oketopa | October 2026
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief
Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 12th of August 2026, are hereby
notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being
outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP16 3:30 PM AP-20250000005962 244/93 Derna Trifilo,
John McIver,
He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tikanga
o te Parengaroa Ahu Whenua Trust
Vary the terms of the Parengaroa Ahu
Whenua Trust – Judicial Conference
SP17 3:30 PM AP-20260000001322 239/93 Derna Trifilo He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitiī mō Parengaroa Ahu
Whenua Trust
Replace Martin Kingi & Derna Trifilo
with Henry Tango, Davenna Penney &
John Kingi as responsible trustees of...
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He Aratohu mō Pātaka Whenua
Rā whakaputa: 25 o Hūrae 2024
I whakahoungia: 25 o Hūrae 2024
I te tomokanga o Pātaka Whenua, ka taea te tuku tono ki te Kooti Whenua Māori ahakoa he
kaiwhakamahi rēhita koe, he kaiwhakamahi taupua rānei.
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Succession is the legal transfer of land interests or shares from a person who has passed away (the
deceased) to their descendants.
The
constitution for every Māori incorporation is set out
in Schedule 1 of the Regulations and includes such
requirements as:
• general meetings of shareholders
• voting
• committees of management
• shares.
The Right Honourable Dame Helen Winkelmann, Chief Justice of New Zealand, assured the public that courts were an essential service, and that New Zealand courts would continue to uphold the rule of law and to ensure that fair trial rights, the right to natural justice and rights under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act were upheld. 1 Priority was given to proceedings that affected the liberty of the individual or their personal safety and wellbeing, or that resolution was time-critical wh...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP20 11:25 AM AP-20260000002846 239/93 Elizabeth Anne
Pitman
He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Reu Reu 1 Sub 20A
Trust
Replace Larissa Jamima Karry
Rapana and David Warren Wiari with
Aquitania Ngaoma Pukape as
responsible trustee of the Reu Reu 1
Sub 20A Trust
SP21 11:30 AM AP-20260000007474 239/93
338/93
Faenza-Lee
Hiroti
He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Kauangaroa 3F Māori
Reservation
Replace Isis Ta...
