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
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:
SECTION:
APPLICA...
APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
AP-20230000031459 113/93
118/93
Rene Taukura Eunice
Cooper
Rene Wilkins also known as Reni Apatu or Te
Wehenga Ohurahanga or Ani Kaunihera or Ani
Hohepa - Succession
AP-20230000032254 239/93 Gabrielle Turuwhenua Jack Tomairangi Raharuhi Te Whaiti
Whänau Development Trust - Add Gabrielle
Turuwhenua as additional trustee
AP-20230000032563 239/93
338(7)/93
Rakeipoho Nathaneal
Taiaroa, Kim Michelle
Alexander
Pukawa C Lot 53 DP 34608 Blk...
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:
SECTION:
APPLICA...
In
her book The Treaty of Waitangi (1987), Claudia
Orange argued that the Native Lands Act
1865 ‘effectively severed the threads of Crown
protection and nullified the treaty’s second
article’ (p 179). David Williams’ book Te Kooti
HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE COURT 1862–1890s
Tango Whenua: The Native Land Court 1864-1909
(1999) was a generally critical study of the Court,
arguing that it was so closely interconnected
with government policy that it essentially should
not be...
Te Waipounamu
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te Whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono ā muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Christchurch
Courtroom 1, Justice and Emergency
Services Precinct, 20 Lichfield Street,
Christchurch
Reference SP1
Wednesday 12 April 2023
Judge S Te A Milroy
Applications for Hearing
PĀNUI
NO:
TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
1 10:00AM A20220014529...
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:
SECTION:
APPLICA...
Aotea
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mohiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawa, ki te uiui hoki, i nga
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Whanganui
(In-Person & Zoom)
Māori Land Court
Ingestre Chambers
74 Ingestre Street
Whanganui
Tuesday 8 August 2023
Judge A H C Warren
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SAug8/1 10:00AM AP-20230000030707
AP-20230000031040
19/93
8...
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