TAIRĀWHITI PĀNUI Contact Details Office Tairāwhiti Address 37 Gladstone Road Mailing address DX Box: PX10106, Gisborne Phone 06 869 0370 Email mcltairawhiti@justice.govt.nz Office hours Monday to Friday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (Closed on Public Holidays) He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai Special Court Sitting The following special sitt...
1 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 inq...
The South Island Landless Natives Act 1906 was repealed in 1909 without those 50 people having received their SILNA land. The working list of potential owners has been updated through applications to substitute deceased owners on the list.
Documents/SILNA/Working-List-of-Potential-Owners-Hawea-Wanaka-SILNA-as-at-25-May-2025.pdf (1.1 mb)
These updates, made through the Māori Land Court Amendment Rules 2026, are designed to make it easier for Māori landowners and whānau to engage with the Court and have their matters dealt with efficiently and fairly.
A crowd of approximately 100 people gathered to witness this transition through the blessing and official opening by Sir Derek Lardelli and his team of kaikarakia of Te Rā Tū, the new Tairāwhiti Māori Land Court.
The legislation which enables us to perform our role is Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993. The Act recognises the importance of whenua Māori as taonga-tuku-iho - of special significance to Māori passed down through generations.
Documents/Articles/MLC-DRS-expression-of-interest-information-booklet.pdf (922 kb)
Second, the report recommends that the law simplify succession to Māori land through administrative rather than judicial processes.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
Former Judge Andrew Spencer discusses residential utilisation of multiply owned Māori land.
Fee: $ 23.00 MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS This application should be lodged with the Registrar in the District in which the land is located Office use: Application: ACCEPTED / REFUSED Dated: ..............................................................
As a result, from time to time the Māori Land Court receives applications to extend existing urupā, or to set aside Māori freehold land, or sometimes General land owned by Māori, as new urupā reservations.
