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The Māori Appellate Court sits quarterly in February, May, August, and November of every year.

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To the people, to the voices of this land, greetings to you all. While contemplating and considering what a good structure would be for this address today, the idea promptly came to me that there is no point in waiting or leaving it to the end of the speech for me to express my foremost acknowledgements, the thoughts that are paramount in my mind.

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  Appeals to Māori Appellate Court - in relation to a decision of the Māori Land Court Under section 171 of the Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025, parties may appeal to the Māori Appellate Court on a question of law only in relation to a decision of the Māori Land Court around access to Māori land for water infrastructure.

Located in:  Māori land Disputes about Māori land

In your application you’ll need to provide: written consents of the trustees written consents of the beneficiaries evidence of a properly notified meeting(s) held to terminate the trust, and a schedule of land to be removed from the trust and to who those shares will be transferred If you apply to terminate a trust which was set up under section 132(6) of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act (Māori customary land being managed by another Māori land trust), the land mu...

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This may be by notice in local newspapers in the area the land is located, or by direct offer by mail or email.

Located in:  Māori land Becoming a landowner

Judgments of the Māori Land Court are published in Pātaka Whenua, our online portal, and in the Ministry of Justice's decisions finder.

Located in:  The court record

If you are interested in or affected by an application and wish to make representations on the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4 pm on the 1st of April 2023 and specify brief details of your concerns.

Documents/Panui/Special-Panui-Te-Waipounamu-April-2023.pdf (209 kb)

Accessing Pātaka Whenua Step 1 In your web browser, visit the Māori Land Court website www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz and click the green tab in the top right area labelled“Pātaka Whenua – our online portal”.

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You can search for the following document types in Pātaka Whenua: • Derivation search report • Historic record sheet • National Pānui • Special Pānui • Survey Plan • Judgment • Orders • Minute • Minute Book Index • Historic Ownership Schedule • Historic Memorial Schedule Accessing Pātaka Whenua Step 1 In your web browser, visit the Māori Land Court website www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz and click the green tab in the top right area labelled“Pātaka Whenua – our online...

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Aotea PĀNUI He pānuitanga tēnei kia mohiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te whakawa, ki te uiui hoki, i nga tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai A Special Sitting At Whanganui (via MS Teams) Meeting ID: 466 675 516 425, Passcode: t8LDjv Or call in (for audio only) +64 4-889 7909, 657701134# New Zealand, Wellington Phone Conference ID: 657 701 134# Māori Land Court Ingestre Chambers 74 Ingestre Street Whanganui Tues...

Documents/Panui/SJan-228-29-AP23238-Kaiwhaiki-1C2A1A1A-occupation-order.pdf (89 kb)