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
We recommend that you keep these documents in a safe place, as they will help you decide what steps to take going forward. Some examples of steps you may consider include:
continuing with a current application in the Māori Land Court
submitting a further application to the Māori Land Court
seeking advice or continuing with further mediation outside of the Māori Land Court
investigating further options if you’re not satisfied with the outcome...
Kapohia ki te tuhirau, ki te reehuiringa
Preservation of the integrity of the record, the record will prevail As a court of record, our key purpose is to accurately document the succession and management of Māori land.
He tohutohu a te Kaiwhakawā
Direction of the judge
After further consultation, I cancel the following scheduled sitting of the Court:
At Taupō, Waitahanui Community Hall, 28 Blake Road, Waitahanui
Wednesday, 15 October 2025
This direction is issued pursuant to rule 3.8(1)(c) Māori Land Court Rules 2011 and a copy
is to be sent to the Kaiwhakawā Matua, the Kairēhita Matua, and the Kairēhita of the
Waiariki District Registry
Tairāwhiti
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mohiotia ai ka tu Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawa, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o nga tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
Special Hearing
Māori Land Court, Te Whare o te Ra, Nga Wai e Rua Building
60 Reads Quay, Gisborne
Wednesday 7 February 2024
Chief Judge C L Fox presiding
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SP1 1:00PM AP-20230000036102 18(1)(c)/93
18(1)(d)/93
19(1)(a)/93...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP4 10:00 AM AP-20250000005359 19/93 Sarah Jane
Cuthers, Powiria
Kahura, Rawiri
Andrews and
Jordan Louise
Paranihi
Hauhungaroa 1A 3 and Poukura
Marae Reservation -Injunction
against any person in respect of any
actual threatened trespass or other
injury to any Māori land or Māori
Reservation Respondents: Poukura
Marae Reservation Trustees
SP5 10:00 AM AP-20250000005560 21/94 Sarah Jane
Cuthers, Powiria
Kahura, Rawiri...
These can feel far from the cultural values that connect you to your whenua. To help you understand, a glossary is available which explains the meaning of common words used in the Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court.
A crowd of approximately 100 people gathered to witness this transition through the blessing and official opening by Sir Derek Lardelli and his team of kaikarakia of Te Rā Tū, the new Tairāwhiti Māori Land Court.
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
October 2025
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief
Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 13th of August 2025, are hereby
notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being...
If you have a current application in the Māori Land Court that is being delayed by a dispute, you can ask for your application to be put on hold while you attempt to settle the dispute outside of court.
