Former Chief Māori Land Court Judge, who then became a Justice of the High Court, ET Durie provided the following analyses of the nature of Māori rights to land; Maori see themselves not as masters of the environment but as members of it.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)
Judge Terena Wara discusses how the Māori Land Court responded to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Page 2 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 07/25 - 33 The Māori Land Court of New Zealand (please select the name of the Māori Land Court District in which some of all of the land is located) Please select one District Taitokerau Waikato Maniapoto Waiariki Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Aotea Te Waipounamu SUBJECT OF APPLICATION ...........................................................................................................
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-33-Confirmation-of-resolution.pdf (179 kb)
For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz Page 2 MLC 07/24 - 20 The Māori Land Court of New Zealand (please select the name of the Māori Land Court District in which some or all of the land interests are located) Please select one District Taitokerau Waikato-Maniapoto Waiariki Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Aotea Te Waipounamu NAME OF LIFE TENANT: OR NAME OF JOINT TENANTS: (List all names that they are known by) ............................
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-24-Transmission-updated-1-9-22.pdf (291 kb)
Rule 5.11(2)(b) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 states that a report must be produced and made available to the public of all applications filed in the Māori Land Court that are six months or older and where a final decision has not yet been made on that application.
This form may be used to apply to the Court to confirm one or more resolutions passed by owners in Māori Freehold Land or General Land owned by Māori who together are members of the same family and who have taken the opportunity to meet together following a family gathering (such as tangi, wedding or reunion).
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-34-Confirmation-family-gathering.pdf (192 kb)
(state full name), apply to the Court to constitute a whānau trust in respect of: tick as appropriate all my/our land interests the land interests listed in the schedule hereto Details of proposed whānau trust: 1.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-36-Application-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust-202104.pdf (285 kb)
In contrast new ahu whenua trusts for the management of Māori freehold land are regularly set up through the Māori Land Court.
1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington January 2026 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 November 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 de...
Also, remedies available to the Māori Land Court have been expanded. Benefits The Māori Land Court is better placed to assess the cultural implications of how interests in Māori land should be dealt with.
