In his classic book Māori Land Tenure (1977) Sir Hugh Kawharu wrote that the system of Māori land tenure created by the Native Lands Act of 1865 was an ‘engine of destruction for any tribe’s tenure of land, anywhere’ (p 15).
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington May 2025 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 12th of March 2025, are hereby notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down for inquiry or...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP26 10:00 AM AP-20240000013053 67/93 Fred Whata on behalf of Te Takinga Marae Trustees Mourea Papakainga No.3E No.14F No.1B and Mourea Papakainga No.3E No.14F No.1A blocks - Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation (Respondents: Trustees of Mereana Te Iwikau Waaka Whānau Trust) SP27 10:00 AM AP-20240000013145 67/93 Mereana Te Iwikau Waaka W...
Documents/Panui/1.-Special-Waiariki-29-November-2024.pdf (140 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP2 1:00 PM AP-20260000006412 67/93 Tangoio Marae Trust, McCaw Lewis Lawyers He hui e whakahaeretia ana e tētahi kaiwhakawā Judicial conference seeking directions to replace trustees of the Tangoio South Urupa (Cemetery) Reserve SP3 1:00 PM AP-20260000001968 239/93 338(7)/93 Tangoio Marae Trust, McCaw Lewis Lawyers He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō te Tangoio South 29 Reserve Replace Mary Mart...
For further clarification please contact: Office: Level 7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace, Wellington, DX Box SX 11203, WELLINGTON PH: (04) 914 3102 Fax: (04) 914 3100 Office of the Chief Registrar PĀNUI He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai A Special Sitting To be heard at Whanganui Māori Land Court, Ingestre Chambers, 74 Ingestre Street, Whanganui...
Taitokerau PĀNUI He pānuitanga tenei kia mohiotia ai ka tu Te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te whakawa, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai A Special Sitting At Kerikeri Turners Centre Kerikeri 43 Cobham Crescent, Kerikeri Tuesday 22 November 2023 Judge M P Armstrong PĀNUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: SP 11 2:00 PM AP-20230000027988 A20210007498 67/93 Ashton Eugene Tairua Awarua A25 - Judicial confe...
Documents/Panui/SP-11-13-Kaikohe-Specials-22-11-2023.pdf (118 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP22 11:45 AM AP-20250000005129 239/93 338(7)/9 3 Jasmine Kimi He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Parish of Whangamarino Lot 471A 2C (Taniwha Marae) Māori reservation Replace Mary Ann Wilson, Tui Tawera and Michael Tahu with Norman Pahiri, Valance Smith, Kuratomairangi Toka and John Barbarich as responsible trustee of the Parish of Whangamarino Lot 471A 2C (Taniwha Marae) Māori reservation SP23 12:00 PM AP-2025000000...
Documents/Panui/42.-Waikato-Maniapoto-16-October-2025.pdf (161 kb)
1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington June 2025 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 9th of April 2025, are hereby notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down for inquiry or...
Documents/Panui/June-2025-Notification-of-Applications-in-Office-of-Chief-Registrar.pdf (481 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP29 10:00 AM AP-20260000009480 19/93 Brian Thomas Nicholas on behalf of Tawhitinui Marae Reserve Trust Tawhitinui Marae Reserve Trust – Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation Respondents: Clayton Holloway and Charene Holloway SP30 10:00AM AP-20260000009957 19/93 Clayton and Charene Holloway Lot 1 DPS 3014...
Documents/Panui/48.-Waikato-Maniapoto-12-August-2026.pdf (116 kb)
1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington July 2025 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 14th of May 2025, are hereby notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down for inquiry or...
Documents/Panui/July-2025-Notification-of-Applications-in-Office-of-Chief-Registrar.pdf (428 kb)
