ISSN 1175 - 8120 (Print) ISSN 2463-3763 (Online) www.mäorilandcourt.govt.nz www.mäorilandonline.govt.nz AUGUST | HERE-TURI-KÖKÄ 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. Only applications and sittings that were confirmed at the time of this publication are listed.
Of the approximately 2.3 million ownership interests in Māori land, anecdotal evidence indicates that about half of these interests are held by deceased persons; many land interests are owned by the same person under multiple names; and many owners live far from their land and, in some cases, do not know they are owners of Māori land at all.
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make representations concerning the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4pm on the 1st day of January 2024 providing your name, address, telephone number and email address (if any) and setting out your connection with the application and brief details of your concerns.
Documents/Panui/1128623-Ministry-of-Justice_Panui-January-2024-web.pdf (3.1 mb)
For a full explanation, please refer to either the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 | Māori Land Act 1993 or the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 SECTION DESCRIPTION 4/55 Governor-General in council may declare land to be a Māori reserve 6/1983 Determine succession to Titi Islands lands (order) 12/75 Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found 18(1)(a)/93 Exercise general jurisdiction of court 18(1)(b)/93 Determine the relative interests of the owners...
Documents/Panui/Maori-Land-Court-National-Panui-October-2025.pdf (2.8 mb)
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If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make submissions or provide evidence concerning the application, you must notify the Registrar in writing by 4 pm on the 1st October 2022, providing your name and address, telephone number, and email address (if any), and setting out your connection to the application and brief details of your concerns.
Documents/Panui/0825522-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-October-2022-web22.pdf (589 kb)
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make submissions or provide evidence concerning the application, you must notify the Registrar in writing by 4 pm on the first working day of November providing your name, address, telephone number and email address (if any) setting out your connection to the application and brief details of your concerns.
Documents/Panui/1002422-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-November-2022-web22.pdf (633 kb)
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make representations concerning the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4pm on the 1st day of March 2023 providing your name, address, telephone number and email address (if any) and setting out your connection with the application and brief details of your concerns.
Documents/Panui/0108423-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-March-2023-FINAL1.pdf (714 kb)
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make representations concerning the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4pm on the 1st day of August 2022 providing your name, address, telephone number and email address (if any) and setting out your connection with the application and brief details of your concerns.
Documents/Panui/0703522-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-August-20221.pdf (538 kb)
Māori incorporations are designed to manage whole blocks of land and are the most commercial of all Māori land management structures.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
