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The judgment concerns an application made by Donna Pokere Phillips and the late James Phillips and involves whenua at Ōuri 1A3, and specifically the Whare on that whenua.
Step 1
In your web browser, visit the Māori Land Court website www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz and click
the green tab in the top right area labelled“Pātaka Whenua – our online portal”.
Accessing Pātaka Whenua
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Date produced: 25 July 2024
Last modified: 19 November 2025
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Step 1
In the Pātaka Whenua portal, use th...
Persons who are not allowed to be trustee:
3.8 The following are persons not entitled to act as trustees:
3.8.1
3.8.2
3.8.3
3.8.4
3.8.5
3.8.6
Persons under 18 years of age;
Undischarged bankrupts;
Persons subject to a Compulsory Treatment Order under part 2 of the Mental Health Act 1992;
Persons convicted of an offence punishable by imprisonment for a term of 6 months and whose
sentence has not yet been served;
Persons disqualified as a director of a company registered under the Compa...
The video toolkits include:
Meetings
Conflict and ethics
Financial Statements
Leadership
Leases
Risks
Trustee Duties
Vision and Strategy
Trust Order
View them here.
The whenua was out of Māori hands
for generations. Now those descendants have come together to reconnect, with each
other, with their whakapapa, and with the whenua.
Use of this data should be read in conjunction with our standard disclaimer
Header descriptions: Data Value descriptions:
Headers Description Data Field Value Description
DISTRICT Māori Land Court District Abbreviation DISTRICT AOT Aotea District
BLOCKID Internal Māori Land Court identification number for land block TKT Tākitimu District
BLK_NAME Māori Land Court Block Description TTK Taitokerau District
ALT_BLOCK_NAME Alternative Māori Land Court Block Description TRW Tairāwhiti...
Use of this data should be read in conjunction with our standard disclaimer
Header descriptions: Data Value descriptions:
Headers Description Data Field Value Description
DISTRICT Māori Land Court District Abbreviation DISTRICT AOT Aotea District
BLOCKID Internal Māori Land Court identification number for land block TKT Tākitimu District
BLK_NAME Māori Land Court Block Description TTK Taitokerau District
ALT_BLOCK_NAME Alternative Māori Land Court Block Description TRW Tairāwhiti...
