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MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS This application may be lodged with the Registrar at any office of the Māori Land Court.

Documents/SILNA/MLC-Form-01-APPLICATION-TO-DETERMINE-SUCCESSORS-FOR-SOUTH-ISLAND-LANDLESS-NATIVES-SILNA-LANDS-TOITOI.pdf (263 kb)

The Māori Land Court is conducting an inquiry into the entitled successors of the Toitoi SILNA block as part of the Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement.

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Only roughly five percent of Aotearoa is now Māori land. Most Māori land is rural and much of it is remote.

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My tipuna were part of the diaspora of Taranaki Māori in the 19th century, finally settling on Aropaoa Island in Queen Charlotte Sound.

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Updated interim list of owners of the Toitoi SILNA Block Crown Land Block VIII Lords River Survey District (South Island Landless Natives Act 1906) The Māori Land Court has released an updated working list of potential owners entitled to the Toitoi Land (Crown Land Block VIII Lords River Survey District) under Section 15 of Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement 1997.

Documents/SILNA/Updated-interim-list-of-owners-of-the-Toitoi-Crown-Land-Block-VIII-Lords-River-Survey-District2.pdf (1.2 mb)

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)

Te Puna Manawa Whenua, the Māori Land Court Bench Book, serves as a reference for Māori land law and Māori Land Court decisions.

Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)

Sitting period Closing date for lodgements  10 - 14 November 2025 Wednesday, 6 August 2025 9 - 13 February 2026 Wednesday, 5 November 2025 11 - 15 May 2026 Wednesday, 5 February 2026 10 - 14 August 2026 Wednesday, 6 May 2026 9 - 13 November 2026 Wednesday, 5 August 2026   Ngā tono ki te Kooti Pīra Māori Māori Appellate Court applications to be heard Pānui Māori Appellate Court sitting 13 November 2025 Māori Appellate Court sitting 13 Novembe...

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Māori Land Court Rules 2011 Read the Māori Land Court Rules 2011.

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Chief Judge Fox was appointed as a Māori Land Court judge on 1 October 2000, and shortly thereafter was appointed as the Presiding Officer of the Waitangi Tribunal’s Central North Island district inquiry in 2001.

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