Judge Te Kani Williams analyses how New Zealand's laws protect indigenous cultural heritage and customary rights, and poses the question - are they adequate?
You can download and edit these PDF forms for the Māori Land Court and the Māori Appellate Court applications and email or mail them to us.
Te Puna Manawa Whenua, the Māori Land Court Bench Book, serves as a reference for Māori land law and Māori Land Court decisions.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)
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.
Wāwāhanga ā-hapū (utu tāpae $228) Hapū partition (filing fee $228) A hapū partition divides the whenua and distributes the new land blocks among the existing owners. This also means the land can’t be gifted or sold outside of the existing owners.
What the videos cover The videos show how to use Near Match search to find: documents ownership information land blocks management structures Where to find them All four videos are available on the Pātaka Whenua guidance page on our website, alongside other user guides and troubleshooting information.
1 māorilandcourt.co.nz Over the holiday period, Māori Land Court offices will be closed from 3pm, Tuesday 24 December 2024 and will reopen 10am, Friday 3 January 2025.
Documents/Misc/Urgent-injunction-holiday-process-2024-25.pdf (341 kb)
māorilandcourt.co.nz Over the holiday period, Māori Land Court offices will be closed from 3pm, Wednesday 24 December 2025 and will reopen 10am, Monday, 5 January 2026.
Documents/Misc/Urgent-injunction-holiday-process-2025-26.pdf (658 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 5 11:00AM AP-20230000020406 A20220017565 45/93 Edward Joseph Scandlyn CJ 2022/47 - Mereana Tauke or Mary Anne Scandlyn or Mary Ann Douglas or Mereana or Mary Ann Haenga - and vesting orders made at 12 Registrar MB 240 on 8 August 1986 - Application to the Chief Judge SP 6 11:15AM AP-20240000001573 45/93 Britt-Amber Barris CJ 2024/17 - Rora Fowler also known as Wiki Toa or Rora Wikitoa and succession orders made at 56 Taranaki MB 444...
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