Other status types As this update is specifically for Māori Customary Land and Māori Freehold Land it excludes the following land status types that fall within the jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court: Crown Land Crown Land Reserved for Māori General Land (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust) General Land Owned by Māori (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust); Ownership Only (ownership...
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/Maori-Land-Update-2014.pdf (572 kb)
Under rule 6.6 of the Mäori Land Court Rules 2011, the following applications may have been decided without notice and without formal hearing.
This is the narrative of a piece of land in Te Tau Ihu – Aorere. It sets out how Judge Reeves dealt with an application for accretion and for determination of ownership, where ownership records had not been maintained for over 100 years.
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.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT AP-20250000007836 113/93 118/93 Honi Tainui He tauatanga ki a Victor Edward Tainui Succeed to the Māori land interests of Victor Edward Tainui AP-20250000008468 113/93 118/93 Sheree Lynne Freeman He tauatanga ki a Rayma Russell Succeed to the Māori land interests of Rayma Russell also known as Rayma Geale or Raima Geale and Raima Hemi AP-20250000008615 113/93 118/93 Denise Carolyn Warren He tauatanga ki a Kahutuaiti Wha...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT 62 AP-20250000016393 86/93 Deputy Registrar He whakahounga ki tētahi moka i te pūranga o te kooti Amend a record of the court to correct an error at 523 Aotea MB 269- 284 dated 3 November 2025 regarding an application for judicial conference for Section 4 Block I Town of Pipiriki 63 AP-20250000012529 98/93 Deputy Registrar He utunga mai i te Tahua Āwhina Motuhake a te kooti Payment from the Māori Land Court Special...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT 62 AP-20250000016393 86/93 Deputy Registrar He whakahounga ki tētahi moka i te pūranga o te kooti Amend a record of the court to correct an error at 523 Aotea MB 269- 284 dated 3 November 2025 regarding an application for judicial conference for Section 4 Block I Town of Pipiriki 63 AP-20250000012529 98/93 Deputy Registrar He utunga mai i te Tahua Āwhina Motuhake a te kooti Payment from the Māori Land Court Special...
The form is published on the Māori Land Court public website, along with this information booklet.
Documents/Articles/MLC-DRS-expression-of-interest-information-booklet.pdf (922 kb)
Judge Te Kani Williams analyses how New Zealand's laws protect indigenous cultural heritage and customary rights, and poses the question - are they adequate?
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT 40 11:00 AM AP-20250000008400 214/93 219/93 220/93 222/93 Maria Tina Katene He whakatū i te Tina and Henry Katene Whānau Trust me te kopou i ngā tarahitī me te tuku i ngā pānga whenua ki a rātou Constitute the Tina and Henry Katene Whānau Trust over the interests of Rongopai Christina Katene and Henry Wiremu Herewini Katene and to appoint Maria Tina Katene, Tania Olive Katene Neale, Grace Aria O'Shaughnessy, He...
Documents/Panui/National-Panui-February-2026-Revised.pdf (2.5 mb)
