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)
Former Judge Layne Harvey discusses the appointment of trustees to Māori land trusts, the ability, experience, knowledge, and acceptability of the nominees.
E te rangatira, tēnā koe. The Māori Land Court invites you to share your thoughts on the service you have received from us.
This is the narrative of a piece of land in Te Tau Ihu – Aorere. It sets out how Judge Reeves dealt with an application for accretion and for determination of ownership, where ownership records had not been maintained for over 100 years.
Pae Matua Steve Gunson is pleased to announce that expressions of interest to become a mediator for Te Ratonga Whakatau Wenerau o Te Kooti Whenua Māori - the Māori Land Court Dispute Resolution Service are now being received.
Metadata Title: National List of Māori Land in New Zealand Date: 7/19/22 Published by: Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court, Ministry of Justice, Wellington Email: mlol@justice.govt.nz URI: http://www.maorilandcourt.govt.nz/your-maori-land/maori-land-data-service/ Disclaimer: http://www.maorilandonline.govt.nz/gis/disclaimer.htm Release Notes: The information contained in this spreadsheet is a snapshot of data from the Māori Land Information S...
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/MLC-2022-07-19-Maori-Land-in-New-Zealand-National-List.xlsx (2 mb)
Metadata Title: National List of Māori Land in New Zealand Date: 6/30/18 Published by: Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court, Ministry of Justice, Wellington Email: mlol@justice.govt.nz URI: http://www.maorilandcourt.govt.nz/your-maori-land/maori-land-data-service/ Disclaimer: http://www.maorilandonline.govt.nz/gis/disclaimer.htm Release Notes: The information contained in this spreadsheet is a snapshot of data from the Māori Land Information...
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/MLC-2018-06-30-National-List-Maori-Land-in-New-Zealand.xls (4.8 mb)
Metadata Title: National List of Māori Land in New Zealand Date: 6/30/17 Published by: Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court, Ministry of Justice, Wellington Email: mlol@justice.govt.nz URI: http://www.maorilandcourt.govt.nz/your-maori-land/maori-land-data-service/ Disclaimer: http://www.maorilandonline.govt.nz/gis/disclaimer.htm Release Notes: The information contained in this spreadsheet is a snapshot of data from the Māori Land Information...
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/MLC-2017-06-30-National-List-Maori-Land-in-New-Zealand.xls (4.8 mb)
Metadata Title: National List of Māori Land in New Zealand Date: 6/30/16 Published by: Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court, Ministry of Justice, Wellington Email: mlol@justice.govt.nz URI: http://www.maorilandcourt.govt.nz/your-maori-land/maori-land-data-service/ Disclaimer: http://www.maorilandonline.govt.nz/gis/disclaimer.htm Release Notes: The information contained in this spreadsheet is a snapshot of data from the Māori Land Information...
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/MLC-2016-06-30-National-List-Maori-Land-in-New-Zealand.xls (4.8 mb)
Metadata Title: National List of Māori Land in New Zealand Date of data: 30 June 2025 Published by: Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court, Ministry of Justice, Wellington Email: te.tiratu@justice.govt.nz URL: Māori land data | Māori Land Court (xn--morilandcourt-wqb.govt.nz) Release Notes: The information contained in this spreadsheet is a snapshot of data from Pātaka Whenua of the Māori Land Court, New Zealand This data forms part of the publ...
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/MLC-2024-06-30-National-List-Maori-Land-in-New-Zealand-v2.xlsx (2 mb)
