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Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2013 | Pipiri 2013
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government
agencies about the characteristics of Māori Freehold and Māori Customary Land.
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
June 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 8th of April 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 for inquiry or...
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
June 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 8th of April 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 for inquiry or...
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
Noema | November 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 9th of September 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 dow...
Chief Judge Fox was appointed as a Māori Land Court judge on 1 October 2000, and shortly thereafter was appointed as the Presiding Officer of the Waitangi Tribunal’s Central North Island district inquiry in 2001.
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māorilandcourt.co.nz
A whānau trust combines some or all the Māori land interests of an owner or owners into a single
trust, to be held on behalf of their whānau.
Page 1 MLC 05/26 - 52B
I Te Kooti Pīra Māori o Aotearoa
The Māori Appellate Court of New Zealand
(Please select the name of the Māori Land Court District in which the application was lodged)
Please select one District Taitokerau Waikato-Maniapoto Waiariki
Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Aotea Te Waipounamu
HE PĀNUI WHAKAMŌHIO MŌ TĒTAHI TONO PĪRA KIA WHAKAHĒ I TE WHAKATAUNGA A TE
KŌMITI (MĀORI PLANT VARIETIES COMMITTEE) KI RARO I TE TURE E KĪA NEI KO TE PLANT
VARIETY RIGHTS ACT 2022
NOTICE O...
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...
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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.