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.
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
For further clarification please contact:
Office: Level 7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace, Wellington, DX Box SX 11203, WELLINGTON PH:
(04) 914 3102 Fax: (04) 914 3100
Office of the
Chief Registrar
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā , ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
Chief Judge applications
To be heard at Hamilton
Māori Land Court,
Level 2, BNZ Centre
354 Victoria Street
Hamilto...
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.
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...
Te tono whakawehe
Te huarahi
Pānui mō ngā kaitono:
1 Whiringa ki waenga i te kaunihera ā-rohe.
Whakawehenga hapū: Tirohia mēnā he
kirimana hanga whare ka hiahiatia.
If the landowner does not agree with the outcome of the review, they can apply to the Māori Land Court to appeal this decision under section 170(1) of the Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025 .
A trustee has a duty to:
• Know the terms of the trust
• Act in accordance with the terms of trust
1. Persons bound to deal with property on behalf of the owners or beneficiaries.
Kei
reira hoki ngā kōrero whenua ā-ipurangi, he
kaupapa e hoatu ana i ngā kōrero mō ngā
kaipupuri whenua, me nā taitara poraka 1 Māori.
Kei hea ngā wāhi whai pānui tono?
Tīkina he pānui tono mai i te tari Kooti
Whenua Māori, tōia mai rānei i te
paetukutuku www.maorilandcourt.govt.nz.
E wātea ana ngā mema o te
Kōmiti Whakahaere wā poto ki te tū mō te
Kōmiti Whakahaere hou.
1 Ko te whenua whai pānga ka whakatūria nei
e te Kooti Whenua Māori mā te tono kore
here (arā, kua whakaritea he taitara e te
kooti mō te whenua me te whakaatu i ngā
tāngata whai pānga ki aua whenua).
Ka āhei anō te kaitiaki ki te rihaina i te wā e
hiahia ana a ia, ā, mā te Kooti Whenua Māori
rānei a ia e whakamutu mēnā ka rangona
1 He whenua ehara nō Māori, ehara nō te
Karauna.
2 Ko te Kuini tonu te rangatira whai mana o
Aotearoa hei tā te Karauna.