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Currently Aotearoa New Zealand has 11 women judges of Māori ancestry who serve on the High Court, District Court and Māori Land Court. That figure represents about 4.8% of the judiciary.

Located in:  Who we are Our judges Judges' corner articles

It also holds information about the whakapapa of landowners. It includes: Court files (the physical and electronic application file that holds all documents and correspondence about a matter in the Court) Minute books (the physical copy of all conversations and decisions made by the Court) Court orders (the decisions made by a Registrar or the Court) Instruments of alienation (the legal tool used to make changes to a land block) Block order files (the phy...

345 Waiariki MB 80 Te Kooti Whenua Māori Māori Land Court Te wāhi: Rotorua Te hunga kooti i reira: Present C T Coxhead, Te Kaiwhakawā Matua Tuarua R Kingi-Albert,Te Karaka o te Kooti N Emery, Te Kairēhita Te rangi: 21 Ākuhata 2025 Te nama o te tono: Application number AP-20240000014114 Te kaupapa: He whakakorenga ki ngā rā nohoanga i te rohe o Waiariki Cancellation of a Waiariki court sitting date Te ture: Te ture o Ngā Ture o Te Kooti Whenua...

Documents/Panui/1.-345-Waiariki-MB-80-dated-22-August-2025.pdf (90 kb)

Te Kooti Whenua Māori Māori Land Court Te wāhi: Rotorua Te hunga kooti i reira: Present C T Coxhead, Te Kaiwhakawā Matua Tuarua D Witoko, Te Karaka o te Kooti N Emery, Te Kairēhita Te rangi: 8 Oketopa 2025 Te nama o te tono: Application number AP-20240000014114 Te kaupapa: He whakakorenga ki ngā rā nohoanga i te rohe o Waiariki Cancellation of a Waiariki court sitting date Te ture: Te ture o Ngā Ture o Te Kooti Whenua Māori 2011: 3.8(1)(c)...

Documents/Panui/348-Waiariki-MB-279-dated-8-October-2025.pdf (98 kb)

Te Kooti Whenua Māori Māori Land Court Te wāhi: Rotorua Te hunga kooti i reira: Present C T Coxhead, Te Kaiwhakawā Matua Tuarua D Witoko, Te Karaka o te Kooti N Emery, Te Kairēhita Te rangi: 12 Tīhema 2025 Te nama o te tono: Application number AP-20240000014114 Te kaupapa: He whakakorenga ki ngā rā nohoanga i te rohe o Waiariki Rescheduling of a Waiariki court sitting date Te ture: Te ture o Ngā Ture o Te Kooti Whenua Māori 2011: 3.8(1)(b)...

Documents/Panui/1.-353-Waiariki-MB-131-dated-12-November-2025.pdf (106 kb)

Te Kooti Whenua Māori Māori Land Court Te wāhi: Ōtautahi Te hunga kooti i reira: Present S F Reeves, Te Kaiwhakawā M K Hickey,Te Karaka o te Kooti Te rangi: 16 Āperira 2025 Te nama o te tono: Application number AP-20250000004825 Te kaupapa: He whakarerekētanga ki ngā rā nohoanga i te rohe o Te Waipounamu Rescheduling of Te Waipounamu court sitting venue Te ture: Te ture o Ngā Ture o Te Kooti Whenua Māori 2011: 3.8(1)(b) Ngā kōrerorero: Di...

Documents/Panui/94-Te-Waipounamu-1.pdf (102 kb)

Steve Gunson - Pae Matua Māori Land Court and Waitangi Tribunal  Ngāti Toarangatira, Te Ātiawa Steve Gunson brings a wealth and breadth of experience to the role of Pae Matua | Director Waitangi Tribunal and Māori Land Court.

Located in:  Who we are

Fee: $70 Note Information provided in all applications forms part of the Court's permanent record under rule 7.19 of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-24-Transmission-updated-24.06.2026.pdf (592 kb)

If you’re making a whenua timeline you can access historical information of that whenua as recorded in the Māori Land Court (or our predecessor, the Native Land Court).

Located in:  The court record

• Information about fee remittals and how to request one is available on the Māori Land Court website. If you need more information or help gathering documents, you can try: Māori Land Court Information Services kaimahi in the district offices can answer your questions.

How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-apply-for-Partition-of-Maori-freehold-land.pdf (490 kb)