2025 11 30 5.11 report
The Māori Land Court moved to a new database, Pātaka Whenua, in late May 2023 replacing the Māori Land Information System (MLIS).
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Pānui National January 2026
Special fixtures are arranged and advertised in accordance with the provisions of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 and they may not necessarily be listed in this publication.
National Pānui February 2026 Revised
Special fixtures are arranged and advertised in accordance with the provisions of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 and they may not necessarily be listed in this publication.
Documents/Panui/National-Panui-February-2026-Revised.pdf (2.5 mb)
National Pānui February 2026
Special fixtures are arranged and advertised in accordance with the provisions of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 and they may not necessarily be listed in this publication.
Discussion on Urupā Reservations (Māori burial grounds)
01 Mar 2014 | NewsAs a result, from time to time the Māori Land Court receives applications to extend existing urupā, or to set aside Māori freehold land, or sometimes General land owned by Māori, as new urupā reservations.
MOJ0217.4E OCT21 Maori Reservations
MĀORI RESERVATIONS Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court For more information, go to maorilandcourt.govt.nz Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court (MLC) is the New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māori land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)
Ngā kupu ture
Legal terms
Two types of Māori land are defined - Māori freehold land and Māori customary land.
March 2026 National Pānui
Special fixtures are arranged and advertised in accordance with the provisions of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 and they may not necessarily be listed in this publication.
South Island Landless Natives Act 1906 (SILNA): past, present and future
20 Jan 2021 | NewsFollowing the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, the Crown negotiated several largescale purchases of land in Te Waipounamu (the South Island) whereby almost the entire land base of Ngāi Tahu, some 34.5 million acres of land, was sold for £14,750. 1 Ngāi Tahu’s landlessness was the subject of several Crown investigations in the mid-to-late nineteenth century.
JWI ACPECT Presentation 2022
This was intended to allow the Crown to govern control of the lands held by settlers and retain their right to manage their own lands, possessions and affairs
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)