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
If you wish to oppose or take part in these proceedings, you must complete a notice of intention to appear
(2 forms of notice are attached). You must file your notice of intention to appear in the Court, and also
serve it on the applicant at the address for service given in the attached application, within 14 days after
the date on which you are served with this notice.
3.
For office contact details, go to
www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz/contact-us
To download a form from our website, go to
www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz/application-forms
You can also find out more online at
www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz/disputes
When we roll out our new technology system, you will be
able to make this application online via the Māori Land
Court website.
Lawyers that are appointed by the Court’s own motion may:
8.1 Be a lawyer who a Judge considers meets the competency and experience criteria
set out below; and
8.2 Be required to submit an estimate of costs, but are not required to submit a Special
Aid applicationform.
5 There is no need to prove that civil legal aid has been applied for and has been refused, but applicants
must address why civil legal aid or other funding avenues are not reasonably availa...
Contact Phone Number(s):
Home: Work:
Mobile: Fax:
Email Address:
NOTE:
(1) Where fax or email addresses are given these may be used as a means of notice and service; and
(2) As well as filing this notice in the Court, you must also send a copy to the applicant.
MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS
This notice must be lodged in with the Registrar in the District in which the application has been lodged
TAITOKERAU
Level 1
16 Rathbone Street
WHANGĀREI
DX Box AX 10086
WHANGĀREI...
Fee: $ 23.00
MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS
This application should be lodged with the Registrar in the District in which the land is located
Office use:
Application: ACCEPTED / REFUSED
Dated: ..............................................................
Nominations:
▪ Must be received on the official Māori
Land Court nomination form
▪ Forms can be obtained by either
contacting the Māori Land Court or by
way of the link, details for both are below
▪ Must be received by the Māori Land
Court on or before 4pm Friday, 21 July
2023
▪ Nominations must clearly identify the
block to which the person is being
nominated to.
For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the
appropriate application number at:
Physical address: Postal address:
L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203
WELLINGTON WELLINGTON
Phone: 04 914 3102
Fax: 04 914 3100
Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz
STEVEN DODD
Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
2
APPLICATION NO:
SECTIO...
For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the
appropriate application number at:
Physical address: Postal address:
L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203
WELLINGTON WELLINGTON
Phone: 04 914 3102
Fax: 04 914 3100
Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz
STEVEN DODD
Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
2
APPLICATION NO:
SECTIO...
Step 1
Complete the required applicationform MLC-Form-1-General-application.pdf and
if appropriate a request for fee waiver MLC-Document-A1-request-waiver.pdf
Step 2
Call the relevant district Duty Registrar regarding your urgent application.
You may see applications referred to as:
CJ YYYY/NN
Where:
• CJ = prefix to indicate the application is one
made to the Chief Judge
• YYYY = year in which the application was
received (starts from 1965-)
• NN = A sequential number which is incremented
as a new application is received.