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Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2025 | Hune 2025
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
to provide key statistics on Māori land, including the number and total area of Māori Customary Land
(MCL) and Māori Freehold Land (MFL) blocks, and how many of these are managed by trusts or
incorporations versus those that are not.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP4 2:00 PM AP-20240000008846 19/93 Kirstin
McDonald
Kai Iwi 1G2 Block (Kai Iwi 1G2 Māori
Reservation) – Injunction against any
person in respect of any actual
threatened trespass or other injury to
any Māori land or Māori Reservation
(Respondents: Kai Iwi 1G2 Māori
Reservation Trustees)
Whanganui | Māori Land Court, Ingestre Chambers, 74 Ingestre Street Whanganui
Via Zoom
Friday 6 December 2024
J...
Special fixtures are arranged and advertised in accordance
with the provisions of the Mäori Land Court Rules and they
may not necessarily be listed in this publication.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP4 2:00 PM AP-20240000008846 19/93 Kirstin
McDonald
Kai Iwi 1G2 Block (Kai Iwi 1G2 Māori
Reservation) – Injunction against any
person in respect of any actual
threatened trespass or other injury to
any Māori land or Māori Reservation
(Respondents: Kai Iwi 1G2 Māori
Reservation Trustees)
Whanganui | Māori Land Court, Ingestre Chambers, 74 Ingestre Street Whanganui
Via Zoom
Friday 6 December 2024
J...
ROHE O TĀKITIMU
NATIONAL PĀNUI | TE PĀNUI Ā-MOTU
November | Noema
2025
Contents
Applications for hearing in November | Noema 2025
2 - 6 Descriptions of Application types by Section
7 – 36 Te Rohe o Aotea
37 – 51 Te Rohe o Tairāwhiti
52 – 96 Te Rohe o Taitokerau
87 – 96 Te Rohe o Tākitimu
97 – 115 Te Rohe o Te Waipounamu
116 – 185 Te Rohe o Waiariki
154 –185 Te Rohe o Waikato-Maniapoto
186 – 188 Māori Appellate Court
189 – 205 Applications t...
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
May 2026
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief
Registrar in Wellington, received up to the pānui closing date of 11th of March 2026, 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...
Another important type of case
was a partition, or the division of a Māori land
block into smaller sections. Most Māori land
blocks have been repeatedly partitioned and
repartitioned since the original investigation of
title.
