Sitting period
Closing date for lodgements
10 - 14 November 2025
Wednesday, 6 August 2025
9 - 13 February 2026
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
11 - 15 May 2026
Wednesday, 5 February 2026
10 - 14 August 2026
Wednesday, 6 May 2026
9 - 13 November 2026
Wednesday, 5 August 2026
Ngā tono ki te Kooti Pīra MāoriMāori Appellate Court applications to be heard
Pānui
Māori Appellate Court sitting 14 May 2026
Māori Appellate Court sitting 13 May 2026
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.
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.
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”.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP6 3:30 PM AP-20240000003837 338(5)(b)/93 Deputy
Registrar
Rakato B Māori Reservation -
Cancel Māori Reservation
(ordered at 20 Aotea MB 193
dated 22/08/91) for the
purpose of providing access to
the marae and urupā also set
as Māori Reservations
Judicial Conference
The Court may convene to
make orders
SP7 3:30 PM AP-20240000003849 315/93 Deputy
Registrar
Rakato block - Create an
easement for roadway
Judicial Conference
Th...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 3 11:00 AM AP-20250000011081 338/93 William George
McCarthy
He whakawehenga i tētahi
wāhanga o te poraka whenua o
Waima North A6F Block hei
whenua rāhui Māori
Setting apart Waima North A6F
Block as a Māori reservation
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 3 11:00 AM AP-20250000011081 338/93 William George
McCarthy
He whakawehenga i tētahi
wāhanga o te poraka whenua o
Waima North A6F Block hei
whenua rāhui Māori
Setting apart Waima North A6F
Block as a Māori reservation