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News
31 July 2026 | News
Te Ratonga Whakatau Wenerau o Te Kooti Whenua Māori
Māori Land Court Dispute Resolution Service
Our expanded dispute resolution service is now live and accepting applications.
16 July 2026 | News
Fast-Track Trustee Appointment and Replacement Process
The Aotea Māori Land Court has been trialling a Fast-Track Process for appointing and replacing trustees of Māori land trusts.
24 June 2026 | News
Ngā rerekētanga ki ā mātou utu mō Te Kooti Whenua...
Benefits beyond Registration First The project provided an opportunity to clean up Māori Land titles providing more certainty for owners keen to develop their lands, including improving their access to loan finance. Second The Ministry now has a large human resource pool with specialist knowledge of the Māori Land title system.
That was an environment of predominantly Māori students, set timetables, specified study periods, limited or no access to technology (and by that I mean televisions) and no wāhine.
Water services application types
Appeals to Māori Land Court - for issues about access to Māori land to work on water infrastructure
This kind of appeal is different from appealing orders made by the Māori Land Court.
The website was substantially upgraded in early 2011 and now provides:
Judgments;
one page summaries of all decisions except decisions by judge alone;
transcripts of oral argument;
summaries of pending cases;
public access to the parties’ written submissions in upcoming cases.
In it, we asked about your overall experience, how
easy it is to apply using paper application forms or through Pātaka Whenua, the court hearing process and the court
minutes and orders.
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
19/93 Application for inju...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP1 10:00 AM AP-20260000006438 231/93 Māori Trustee He arotakenga i te Taitoko Pataka
Trust
Review of the Taitoko Pataka Trust
SP2 10:05 AM AP-20260000006439 222(4)/93 Māori Trustee He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Taitoko Pataka Trust
Add Korallie Te Atakahaea Bailey-
Taurua and Brandon Harry Andree
Bailey as advisory trustees of
Taitoko Pataka Trust
