During the holiday period, Māori Land Court offices will be closed from 3pm, Wednesday 24 December 2025 and will reopen 10am, Monday 5 January 2026.
A national service for only urgent injunction applications is available Monday 29, Tuesday 30 and Wednesday 31 December. More details can be found here.
Due to limited access to the building, the Auckland Information Office is available by appointment only. Please contact us by email at mlctamakimakaurau@justice.govt.nz
If you or your whānau are on this list, please update your
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whanaunga are on the list and are deceased, we invite you to make a succession
application.
HĀWEA/WĀNAKA SILNA WORKING LIST OF POTENTIAL OWNERS AS AT 9 SEPTEMBER 2021
The Māori Land Court has released an updated working list of potential owners entitled to the
Hāwea/Wānaka Substitute Land (Section 2 of 5 Block XIV Lower Wanaka Survey District)
under Section 15 of the Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement 1997.
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Tuesday
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Thursday
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9 December 2025
3:00 PM
11 December 2025
6:00 PM
16 December 2025
6:00 PM
18 December 2025
10:00 AM
20 January 2026
3:00 PM
22 January 2026
6:00 PM
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6:00 PM
29 January 2026
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3 February 2026
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10 February 2026
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An index of past and present judicial officers of
the Māori Land Court and Native Land Court
1 May 2018
Judicial officers of the Native Land Court from 1864 to 1947
Judge Date appointed
John Rogan 25 June 1864 (President)
9 January 1865 (Judge)
Wiremu Tipene 25 June 1864
Matikikuha 25 June 1864
Te Keene of Orakei 25 June 1864
Tamati Reweti 25 June 1864
George Clarke 25 October 1864 (President)
9 January 1865 (Judge)
Hone Mohi Tawhai 25 October 1864
P...
Tikanga has also been described as a set of behaviour guidelines for
22 Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi | Waitangi Tribunal Manukau Report (Wai 8, 1995) at 67.
23 Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi | Waitangi Tribunal Report of the Waitangi Tribunal on claims concerning
the allocation of radio frequencies (Wai 26, 1990) at 237.
24 Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi | Waitangi Tribunal Muriwhenua Fishing Report (Wai 22, 1988) at 195.
25 Te Rōpū Whak...
He was in private practice for nearly 22 years at Hamilton law firm, McCaw Lewis. In 2008 he was appointed as a Partner and then a Director when the firm incorporated in 2011.
Public notice of the agency appointment has been organised:
for the Gisborne Herald on 9, 10, 12, 16, 17 and 19 May 2023
for the Hawke's Bay Today on 10, 12, 15, 17, 19 and 22 May 2023
for the Wairoa Star on 9, 11, 16, 18 May 2023.
Ko te nuinga o ngā tāpaetanga
moni ka whakatauhia kia mutu mēnā ka moe
anō te pouaru.
19 Te whakapapa, kāwai heke, e hono ai taua
tangata ki te whānau, tipuna rānei.
20 He kaitiaki – trustee or guardian.
21 He tamaiti whāngai Māori, ānō nei he
tamaiti whānau tonu, engari kāore i
whakamanahia te whāngai i rō kooti.
22 Ko ngā kaiwhiwhi rawa mai i te trust.
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Hei whakarāpopoto, ko ngā whenua Māori
me ngā hea kaporeihana Māori, ka āhei
anake te waiho ki:
• Ngā tamariki...