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.
A national service for only urgent injunction applications is available Monday 29, Tuesday 30 and Wednesday 31 December. More details can be found here.
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
Our Act provides various safeguards to ensure that Māori land may only be transferred by court order following an application to succeed, gift, or sell to the PCA. Ownership interests can only be transferred outside of the PCA if members of the PCA decline to apply for those interests.
Note: if you have requested more than one
report, they will all be displayed here
māorilandcourt.govt.nz
3.3 Take note of the “Status” column. It could say either “Initiated”, “PROCESSING”, or “Completed” – keep
pressing the “Refresh” button until the “Status” says “Completed”
3.4 Now click onto the “Task ID” number
Step 4
4.1 Now you’re taken to the download screen, and all that’s left to do is to download the List of Current Owners
Report, see the followin...
Unfortunately, the process of colonisation by the British Crown and settlers in New Zealand followed a similar pattern to that in other colonised countries, and in the 19th and 20th centuries Māori became increasingly disadvantaged, with corresponding low socio-economic status. For many years Māori women were unrepresented in the professions, including the legal profession, and it has not been until the last couple of decades that Māori women lawyers have been appointed to the bench.
As a trust, incorporation, or other entity subject to Māori land laws, you can apply for Māori Authority status from Inland Revenue (IR). For tax purposes, being a Māori Authority reduces your provisional tax rate from 33% to 17.5%.
Ngā Tuku Whakatau a Te Kooti Whenua Māori
Māori Land Court Judgment Delivery
A guide to the process by which parties to proceedings before the court may obtain information about the status of any reserved decision, and for information relating to outstanding judgments.
The Court may, on considering your notification, arrange for the application to be set down for a formal
hearing if the application has already been determined.
