Due to limited access to the building, the Auckland Information Office is available by appointment only. Please contact us by email mlctamakimakaurau@justice.govt.nz or phone 09 279 5850 to make an appointment
How to make a formal complaint
If after talking with us you still have concerns, you can make a complaint:
by email to complaints@justice.govt.nz
in writing to the Māori Land Court:
Level 7, Fujitsu Tower Māori Land Court SX11203 141 The Terrace Wellington
Please include the following information with your complaint:
Your first and last name (including company name if relevant)
Your email address
The details of your complaint.
A whenua tōpū trust:
can include one or more Māori land blocks, or general land owned by Māori
can include a wide range of beneficiaries, for example, a community, hapū or iwi in a specific area
makes the land trustees legally responsible for managing the land
has a Court-approved trust order that sets out the rights and responsibilities of the trustees
requires that any funds received by the trust be used for Māori community purposes, and
doesn’t...
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Our rules and legislation
Read about the rules and legislation the Māori Land Court operates under.
Whakapā mai
Contact us
Contact us through our new online portal, Pātaka Whenua, or by phone, email, or post.
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make
representations concerning the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4 pm on the 1st day of March
2025 providing your name, address, telephone number and email address (if any) and setting out your connection
with the application and brief details of your concerns.
The special
bond between Māori people and the land is
recognised by the Māori Land Court, and the
records held by this Court form an invaluable
part of the whakapapa of all Māori.
The special
bond between Māori people and the land is
recognised by the Māori Land Court, and the
records held by this Court form an invaluable
part of the whakapapa of all Māori.
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make
representations concerning the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4pm on the 1st day of December
2024 providing your name, address, telephone number and email address (if any) and setting out your connection
with the application and brief details of your concerns.
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make
representations concerning the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4pm on the 1st day of
January 2024 providing your name, address, telephone number and email address (if any) and setting out
your connection with the application and brief details of your concerns.
If you are attending by video , you will need:
a reliable mobile phone, computer, laptop, or tablet with video and microphone capability
a stable internet connection either by WI-FI or mobile data.
