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Associate Minister of Māori Development Nanaia Mahuta today announced Judge Caren Fox as the new Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court.

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The Māori Land Court is notifying all interested parties of the above block about the following hui: Whenua: Puna-O-Maru Section 96 DATE: Saturday 27 September 2025 TIME: 12:30 pm.

Documents/Landowner-notices/2.-Te-Waipounamu-Puna-o-maru-Hui-Panui-September.pdf (197 kb)

SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 8 1:00 PM AP-20240000004836 19/93 Waiari Matiu and Pani Hemi Foster Te Kao 73B - Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation (Respondent: Irone Matiu

Documents/Panui/41.-Taitokerau-1-October-2025.pdf (121 kb)

Ka hauiti i te Kooti, ka hauroa i te whenua Less time in the Court, more time on the land

HĀWEA/WĀNAKA SUBSTITUTE SILNA LAND WORKING LIST OF POTENTIAL OWNERS AS AT 23 MAY 2025 The Māori Land Court has released an updated working list of potential owners entitled to the Hāwea/Wānaka Substitute Land (Section 2 of 5 Block XIV Lower Wānaka Survey District) under Section 15 of the Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement 1997.

Documents/SILNA/Working-List-of-Potential-Owners-Hawea-Wanaka-SILNA-as-at-25-May-2025.pdf (1.1 mb)

In 1993, the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act was introduced with the purpose of preventing the loss of any more Māori land – which currently makes up approximately 6% of all land in Aotearoa New Zealand.

In August 2020, the Government passed targeted changes to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 to simplify the legal processes for owning, occupying and using Māori land.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Legislative-changes-affecting-incorporations-web-version.pdf (63 kb)

SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP8 1:30 PM AP-20230000033270 135/93 Ozguir Deinz Iseri Allotment 246D1 Waimana Parish block – Change from Māori Land to General Land WAIARIKI PĀNUI

Documents/Panui/3.-Waiariki-Special-24-July-2024.pdf (119 kb)