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
Tairāwhiti
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mohiotia ai ka tu Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
Special Hearing
Courtroom 4
Hastings District Court
106 Eastbourne Street West
Hastings
Thursday, 7 December 2023
Judge M J Doogan presiding
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
Sp2 10:00am AP-20230000026803 18(1)(a)/93 Tim Smith Francis Guthrie Smith -
determine a claim to rig...
Waiariki
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mohiotia ai ka tu Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawa, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o nga tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
Special Hearing
Ministry of Justice
District Court, 7 Pyne Street,
Whakatane
Or via Zoom - Meeting ID: 851 0825 3828 |
Passcode: 024235
Friday, 1 December 2023
Judge T M Wara presiding
PANUI
NO:
TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SDec
2/1
3:15PM AP-20230000024538 164/93 Moana Morgan Rangit...
Waikato-Maniapoto
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 ā muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Hamilton
Māori Land Court, BNZ Centre, Level 2
354 Victoria Street, Hamilton
Thursday 7 December 2023
Judge R P Mullins, Presiding
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SDec5/1 10.00AM
(allow one
(1) hour
for both
matters)
AP-202300000309...
Waikato-Maniapoto
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 ā muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Judicial Conference
At Thames
Ministry of Justice, District Court, Queen Street
Thames
Monday, 4 December 2023
Judge R P Mullins, Presiding
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SDec1 11.00am AP-20230000031868 67/93,
18(1)(d)/93
Rikirangi
Johnson &
Hector John...
Nā reira, ko
ngā whenua o te Karauna, he whenua nō te
rangatira whai mana.
3 He pito whenua kua whakawehea, ā, kua
whakatahatia mō tētahi kaupapa motuhake.
4 He hapū, he whānau rānei e hono ana ki te
tipuna kotahi.
5 He pepa kua whakaritea, ā, kua hainatia e
te kooti hei whakamana i te whakahau a te
kaiwhakawā o taua kooti.
6 He tangata kua tohua hei māngai whenua
mō ngā kaipupuri, ngā kaiwhiwhi hua rānei.
Mēnā ka mate tētahi, ka taka mai
ōna rawa katoa ki te mea e ora tonu nei.
He whakamārama
34
Ka āhei te tono mō ngā whenua Māori
katoa, ngā whiwhinga hea kaporeihana, kei
ngā rohe katoa.
The titles remain
separate, but there is only one common
ownership list for all aggregated land (refer
to section 308 of the Act).
5 A subtribe or kin group that is linked by a
common ancestor.
6 A tract of land set aside for a community
purpose when land is subdivided.
Footnotes
34
instance, they may own block a and also
have an interest in block B.
Me āta pānui te hui me ana pūtake.
3 Kōrero ki ngā kairīhi, mēnā he kairīhi.
Me rapu rawa he whakaaetanga ā-tuhi
mō tō tono mai i ngā kairīhi.
4 Kōrero ki ngā kairangahau wāwāhi.
The beneficiaries
hold their individual shares in the land as
beneficial owners.
Footnotes
34
Where a vesting order is sought to gift
Māori land shares that have a value of
over $2,000, the owner of the shares will
need to give evidence, either in Court or
in a written affidavit 13 or declaration, to
support the application.