The Māori Land Court is New Zealand’s oldest and longest established specialist court.
Te Rā Tū, the new Tairāwhiti Māori Land Court opened in November, with some 100 people gathering for the official event.
PĀNUI NO: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: 26 A20230002589 29/93, 113/93 Deputy Registrar Marjorie Hazel Clarabel Greenwood - Succession to Toitoi Block (Crown Land Block VIII Lords River Survey District) - South Island Landless Natives (SILNA) Block 27 A20220018775 86/93 Deputy Registrar Toitoi (SILNA) Block - Amendment of Court Record at 76 TWP 248-311 regarding the successors of Kataraina (Karo) Ropata 4 28 A20230001588 29/93, 113/93 Deputy...
Documents/Panui/Special-Panui-Te-Waipounamu-April-2023.pdf (209 kb)
This form should not be used if the decision or determination of the Māori Land Court is an interim or preliminary decision in which there remain outstanding matters for the Court to address.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP7 3:00 PM AP-20250000011058 133/93 Pamela Seymour He panonitanga ki te tūnga taitara o Otonga 1E2 mai i te whenua atu ki te whenua Māori Change the status of Otonga 1E2 from General land to Māori freehold land.
Documents/Panui/14-v2.-Te-Waipounamu-15-October-2025.pdf (145 kb)
Kapohia ki te tuhirau, ki te reehuiringa Preservation of the integrity of the record, the record will prevail As a court of record, our key purpose is to accurately document the succession and management of Māori land. That information makes up the Māori Land Court record, which is the legal and official documentation of land ownership of whenua Māori.
The Minister’s media release can be read here Judge Craig Coxhead and Nathan Milner newest Māori Land Court appointments | Beehive.govt.nz.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP11 10:00 AM AP-20240000011108 19/93 Julian Rickard Whaanga 1D 1C 2 block – Injunction - Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation (Respondents: Martin Rickard and Jonathan Rickard) SP12 10:00AM AP-20240000013390 19/93 Julian Rickard Whaanga 1D 1C 2 block – Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injur...
Documents/Panui/8.-Special-Waikato-Maniapoto-13-December-2024.pdf (140 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 002 10:00 AM AP-20240000013815 19/93 Te Hurihanganui David Wickliffe Whanau Trust Mourea Papakainga 3E9 Māori Reservation and Mourea Papakainga 3E 14C 2 block - Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation (Respondents: Jeremy Pryor and his agent David Taylor, Jacqueline Pryor WAIARIKI PĀNUI SP 003 10:00 AM AP-2024...
Documents/Panui/23.-Special-Waiariki-20-December-2024.pdf (141 kb)
Māori Land Court fees are increasing from 1 July 2025.
