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The rapid pace of Treaty settlements has created challenges for the Tribunal, and the number of the applications in the Māori Land Court continues to rise as well.

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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.

Documents/Panui/National-Panui-December-2024.pdf (2.5 mb)

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 October 2023 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.

Documents/Panui/0903423-Ministry-of-Justice_Panui-October-2023-CONFIRMED-FOR-WEBSITE.pdf (615 kb)

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 November 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.

Documents/Panui/MLC-National-November-2024-Panui.pdf (4 mb)

Ngā Pānui Mai i Te Whakamāene – Special Applications The earlier part of the reporting year saw a team focus on progressing new applications to Court in a timely fashion in conjunction with progressing our oldest on hand applications (being those applications on the team filed in 2013 or earlier).

Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2022-Matariki-2023.pdf (11 mb)

Email your completed expression of interest to DRSexpressionofinterest@justice.govt.nz by 5:00pm on 30 April 2026 and include DRS mediator expression of interest - Your Name in the subject line.

Documents/Articles/MLC-DRS-expression-of-interest-application-form.pdf (2 mb)

In either case, however, any adopted child (or that child’s children or grandchildren) isn’t entitled to succeed to any interest in the Wi Pere Trust greater than a life interest, unless they’re also related by blood to Wi Pere.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (362 kb)

For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the appropriate application number at: Physical address: Postal address: L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON Phone: 04 914 3102 Fax: 04 914 3100 Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz STEVEN DODD Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court 2 APPLICATION NO: SECTIO...

Documents/Panui/June-2025-Notification-of-Applications-in-Office-of-Chief-Registrar.pdf (481 kb)

It gives an inaccurate impression of how the Act operates and fails to explain in any reasoned way how the Act inhibits (or enhances) Māori land owners’ aspirations.

Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)

For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the appropriate application number at: Physical address: Postal address: L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON Phone: 04 914 3102 Fax: 04 914 3100 Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz STEVEN DODD Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court 2 APPLICATION NO: SECTIO...

Documents/Panui/December-2025-Notification-of-Applications-in-Office-of-Chief-Registrar-2025.pdf (462 kb)