During the holiday period, Māori Land Court offices will be closed from 3pm, Wednesday 24 December 2025 and will reopen 10am, Monday 5 January 2026.
A national service for only urgent injunction applications is available Monday 29, Tuesday 30 and Wednesday 31 December. More details can be found here.
Due to limited access to the building, the Auckland Information Office is available by appointment only. Please contact us by email at mlctamakimakaurau@justice.govt.nz
This trust can include all of an
individual’s assets.
• Whānau trust
This is a whānau-oriented trust. It allows the whānau to
bring together their Māori land interests for the benefit of
the whānau and their descendants.
At the end of the day we wanted our children bought up in New Zealand with access to whānau, friends and a kiwi lifestyle. When we came back from Singapore in 2006, my husband said “it’s your turn”.
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP3 10:00 AM AP-20250000015277 241/93 Leighton John
Faulkner
He whakamutunga atu i te Te Ao
Tutahanga Wetea Faulkner
Whānau Trust
Termination of the Te Ao Tutahanga
Wetea Faulkner Whānau Trust
Sixth The issue of locating owners was also highlighted by the project and basics such as requirements as to notice cannot be complied with because Court staff cannot access proper addresses for owners. Judges are forever hearing the criticism Deputy Chief Judge C L Fox from owners that they were not notified of a hearing or meeting affecting their land or their interests.
Whatungarongaro te tangata toitū te whenua
As people disappear from sight, the land remains Before settlers arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand, tangata whenua cared for whenua as kaitiaki, or guardians, as hapū and whānau collectives.
Within the Māori Land Court districts, average ownership numbers range from 51 owners per block in the Tākitimu district to 154 owners per block in the Waiariki district.