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I whiwhi ahau i tētahi whakatau, whakataunga whakamutunga rānei… I received a final decision or determination… If you wish to appeal against a final decision or determination of the Māori Land Court, you can apply to the Māori Appellate Court to under section 58 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act.  An application to appeal a decision must be submitted within two months of the final decision of the Māori Land Court.

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TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 12:10 PM AP-20250000004899 241/93 David James Davies He tauwehenga i ētahi pānga whenua atu i te Rangitopeora Whānau Trust Removal of land interests from the Rangitopeora Whānau Trust

Documents/Panui/5.-Waiariki-25-February-2026.pdf (123 kb)

Apply online Download the application form Subdivision A private subdivision of whenua may be made, without lodging an application with the Māori Land Court, if: all the legal owners agree to the subdivision (where there is no trust) all the trustees agree to the subdivision (where the land is vested in trustees) the management committee of a Māori incorporation agrees (where the land is vested in a Māori incorporation) the new titles, issued by Land Information New Zealand (L...

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TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP3 10:00 AM AP-20250000015277 241/93 Leighton John Faulkner He whakamutunga atu i te Te Ao Tutahanga Wetea Faulkner Whānau Trust Termination of the Te Ao Tutahanga Wetea Faulkner Whānau Trust

Documents/Panui/5.-Waikato-Maniapoto-17-March-2026.pdf (122 kb)

TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP6 11:20 AM AP-20250000013478 240/93 Enid Ratahi- Pryor, Waitangi Black He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Pukaahu Domain Whānau Trust Removal of Lincoln Burns as responsible trustee of the Pukaahu Domain Whānau Trust

Documents/Panui/11.-Waiariki-17-March-2026.pdf (123 kb)

TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 4 11:00 AM AP-20260000001359 19/93 Te Whanau O Tame Te Whata Trust Motatau 5E32B (Te Whanau O Tame Te Whata Trust) - Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to and Māori land or Māori Reservation Respondents: Charles Edward Te Whata & Susan Jane Te Whata

Documents/Panui/20.-Taitokerau-24-March-2026.pdf (123 kb)

Prior to its integration into the Department for Courts and Ministry of Justice, the Māori Land Court was part of a section within the Department of Māori Affairs (often referred to as the court section).

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-Minute-Book-Abbreviations.pdf (470 kb)

Updated interim list of owners of the Toitoi SILNA Block Crown Land Block VIII Lords River Survey District (South Island Landless Natives Act 1906) The Māori Land Court has released an updated working list of potential owners entitled to the Toitoi Land (Crown Land Block VIII Lords River Survey District) under Section 15 of Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement 1997.

Documents/SILNA/Updated-interim-list-of-owners-of-the-Toitoi-Crown-Land-Block-VIII-Lords-River-Survey-District2.pdf (1.2 mb)

TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP12 12:30 PM AP-20260000003029 238/93 Trustees of Mohi-Williams Whānau Trust C/- McCaw Lewis Lawyers He whakaū i ngā takohanga o te tarati Enforcing the obligations of trust for Ngahutoitoi E2C (Maori Reservation) Trust

Documents/Panui/40.-Waikato-Maniapoto-23-March-2026.pdf (123 kb)

TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 2 10:00 AM AP-20250000014217 59/93 Catherine Sixtus Appeal 2025/26 - Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu and a decision made at 97 Te Waipounamu MB 243-248 on 12 September 2025 - Notice of Appeal (Respondents: Trustees of the Hokotehi Moriori Trust, Trustees of the Moriori IMI Settlement Trust, Ministry for Culture and Heritage, Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri Iwi Trust and Dix Whānau)...

Documents/Panui/SP-2-Appeal-2025-22-Sixtus-v-Hokotehi-Moriori-Trust.pdf (124 kb)