Before you submit an application to the Court, make sure you have had a kōrero with your whānau. Kaitiaki whenua (land guardianship) is about the collective and the wellbeing of whenua, whānau and whakapapa, so it is important to discuss your application with those who may be impacted.
All Districts*
Sitting period
Closing date for lodgments of Appeals
9 - 13 November 2026
Wednesday 5 August 2026
8-12 February 2027
Wednesday 4 November 2026
10-14 May 2027
Wednesday 3 February 2027
9-13 August 2027
Wednesday 5 May 2027
8-12 November 2027
Wednesday 4 August 2027
*Actual venues, dates and times to be advised
Ngā tono ki te Kooti Pīra MāoriMāori Appellate Court applications to be heard
Pānui
Māori Appellate Court sitting 12...
TiTle improvemenT Te Ture Whenua MĀori acT 1993
Te WHAKAHoU TAiTArA
Te Ture Whenua MĀori acT 1993
Ko te Kooti Whenua Māori te kooti o Aotearoa
e rongohia ai ngā take katoa e pā ana ki ngā
whenua Māori.
Kei te noho Te Puna Manawa
Whenua, te Pukapuka Pae a Te Kooti Whenua
Māori hei tohutoro mō te ture whenua Māori me
ngā whakatau o Te Kooti Whenua Māori.
Ngā Kaporeihana Māori, ko tēnei tētahi o ngā
pukapuka ka tukua nei e te Kooti Whenua
Māori hei āwhina i te hunga Māori - me te
katoa e whai whakaaro ana ki ēnei take – kia
mārama ai rātou ki ngā take whenua Māori o
ēnei rā.
He rerekē anō te whenua rāhui Māori ki te papa
rēhia Māori. Ko ngā papa rēhia Māori ka taka
mai ki raro i te mana o te trust Māori me ngā
Ture Whenua Tārewa Māori 1955.
Kaitiaki Whenua Māori: He kōrero ārahi.
Ko tēnei tētahi o ngā pukapuka o te Kooti
Whenua Māori kua tuhia hei āwhina i te Māori
– me te hunga e pīrangi ana ki te hōhonutanga
o ngā take whenua Māori.
E mārama ana Te Kooti Whenua
Māori ki te hononga motuhake a te Māori ki
te whenua, nā reira kei te puritia e tēnei kooti
ngā kōrero kāmehameha e pā ana ki ngā
whakapapa o ngā Māori katoa.
Hāngai ana ki te kopounga, i kī te Tumu Whakawā:
“He kawenga tino nui te kawenga ka whai a Kaiwhakawā Matua Fox i nāianei, i roto i
tōna tūranga hei Kaiwhakawā Matua o Te Kooti Whenua Māori. Ko Te Kooti Whenua
Māori tētahi o ngā kōti tawhito rawa atu i Aotearoa nei, ā, he pūmau hoki āna mahi
ki te āhuatanga o te hāpori Māori me te ōhanga Māori”.
