Reflections after nearly 20 years as a Māori Land Court
01 Nov 2013 | NewsThe 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.
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Discussion on the (now completed) Māori Freehold Land Registration Project
01 Feb 2012 | NewsIts purpose was to register all outstanding Māori Land Court orders relating to Māori land ownership in LINZ.
Discussion on Urupā Reservations (Māori burial grounds)
01 Mar 2014 | NewsConclusion Setting aside land for a new urupā is a significant undertaking for the beneficial owners of the land.
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Legal terms
Two types of Māori land are defined - Māori freehold land and Māori customary land.
South Island Landless Natives Act 1906 (SILNA): past, present and future
20 Jan 2021 | NewsSection 455 of the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998 provides the Māori Land Court with the jurisdiction to identify successors and successors’ interests in SILNA lands.
Maori Land Update 2014
Other status types As this update is specifically for Māori Customary Land and Māori Freehold Land it excludes the following land status types that fall within the jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court: Crown Land Crown Land Reserved for Māori General Land (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust) General Land Owned by Māori (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust); Ownership Only (ownership interes...
Documents/Maori-Land-Updates/Maori-Land-Update-2014.pdf (572 kb)
Maori Land Update 2014
Other status types As this update is specifically for Māori Customary Land and Māori Freehold Land it excludes the following land status types that fall within the jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court: Crown Land Crown Land Reserved for Māori General Land (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust) General Land Owned by Māori (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust); Ownership Only (ownership interes...
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/Maori-Land-Update-2014.pdf (572 kb)
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Mediator list
Judges acting as mediators Kaiwhakawā Wilson Isaac Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Kahungunu Judge Wilson Isaac was appointed to the Māori Land Court in March 1994. He was appointed as Deputy Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court in 1999 and the Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court, and Chair of the Waitangi Tribunal in August 2009.
Factsheet Legislative changes supporting housing initiatives web version
You will also need to be clear what the plan is for building on the land, including who the housing is for. Contact a Māori Land Court offices for further information about building on Māori land.
Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025 Factsheet copy
The Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025 introduces new provisions that allow owners of Māori land and water service providers to appeal to the Māori Land Court over decisions about access to Māori land for water infrastructure.