To celebrate this significant occasion a special evening event was organised where women judges of the Māori Land Court and the District Court talked to Māori women practitioners about their career paths and how they became judges. The practitioners were given a chance to mingle with the judges, to ask questions of them and, just as importantly, to form connections with other women lawyers.
Appeals – access to Māori land If a water service provider wants to enter Māori land to carry out infrastructure work, they must ask for the landowner’s permission in writing at least 30 working days before they plan to enter.
I runga i tērā whakaaro, i te ata o 10 Hūrae 2023 i whakarauika atu aua tari rā i runga i te karanga o tā tātou kaupapa i tēnei tau, “Matariki Kāinga Hokia”.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2022-Matariki-2023.pdf (11 mb)
Improvements have been made to our web- site to better support users of Pātaka Whenua. New ‘How-do-I?’ guides providing step by step guidance are now available on our website on an updated Pātaka Whenua guidance page, as well as in hard copy in all our offices.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)
• Other: There are examples where a minute book has been created for a specific activity, application, hearings or other reason which requires evidence to be recorded.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-Minute-Book-Abbreviations.pdf (470 kb)
External link Succession (factsheet) (PDF 362 kb) Te whakatū i tētahi tarahiti, kaporeihana whenua rānei Set up a trust or incorporation Find out how to set up a whānau trust.
The applicant filed the application to seek solutions to prevent the sale by Council and to secure the future of the land for Mary’s whānau. At a hearing in Waitara on 12 June 2025, the descendants present agreed to consider setting the land aside as a Māori Reservation as the first step to gain administration of the whenua by Mary’s whānau.
Documents/Landowner-notices/NOTICE-OF-HUI-OF-DESCENDANTS-OF-MARY-NAERA.pdf (135 kb)
The hope is that you can come to a decision about how to move forward without legal involvement. This service is voluntary, so everyone involved in the dispute must all agree to take part.
Me aha mēnā kei te raruraru tō kite i te mata whānui i Pātaka Whenua What to do if you are having trouble seeing the full screen in Pātaka Whenua Make sure that the browser is zoomed out (fully maximised).
The Court may, on considering your notification, arrange for the application to be set down for a formal hearing if the application has yet to be determined, or for a rehearing if the application has already been determined.
Documents/Panui/Maori-Land-Court-National-Panui-August-2024.pdf (1.3 mb)
