Discussion on residential utilisation of multiply owned Māori land
01 Jun 2012 | NewsFormer Judge Andrew Spencer discusses residential utilisation of multiply owned Māori land.
Former Judge Andrew Spencer discusses residential utilisation of multiply owned Māori land.
On 14 December 2022, the Māori Land Court issued its first fully bilingual judgment in both te reo Māori and English.
The Chief Justice has announced that the COVID-19 protocols for all jurisdictions have been withdrawn, following the decision by the government.
The eyes were picked out of Aotearoa’s available land by successive Native Land Court regimes and rapidly converted to European land in the 19th and 20th Centuries.
Its purpose was to register all outstanding Māori Land Court orders relating to Māori land ownership in LINZ.
Alienation involves an alienee (the person who purchases or receives the interest in the land), and an alienor (the person who sells or parts with the interest in the land). 2 Land whose beneficial ownership the Māori Land Court has determined by freehold order (that is, the Court has created a title for the land and determined the beneficial owners to that land).
Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english-v2.pdf (333 kb)
Associate Minister of Māori Development Nanaia Mahuta today announced Judge Caren Fox as the new Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court.
The Minister of Māori Development has sought expressions of interest for the next Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court, and will in due course announce the appointment of the next Chief Judge and Chairperson of the Waitangi Tribunal.
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court (MLC) is the New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māori land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-OCT21-Maori-Land-Trusts.pdf (341 kb)
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)