For a
full explanation, please refer to either the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 | Māori Land Act 1993 or the
Māori Land Court Rules 2011
SECTION DESCRIPTION
4/55 Governor-General in council may declare land to be a Māori reserve
6/1983 Determine succession to Titi Islands lands (order)
12/75 Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found
18(1)(a)/93 Exercise general jurisdiction of court
18(1)(b)/93 Determine the relative interests of the owners
19/93 Application f...
The problem we face is not quite as dramatic as I see in the Cook Islands and Niue where I also serve. As an example of the way things have shifted, the Māori Land Court staff at Rotorua have 31 members whose ages range from early 20s through to being close to retirement.
SECTION
APPLICANT
SUBJECT
SP 5 11:00AM AP-20230000020406
A20220017565
45/93 Edward Joseph
Scandlyn
CJ 2022/47 - Mereana
Tauke or Mary Anne
Scandlyn or Mary Ann
Douglas or Mereana or
Mary Ann Haenga - and
vesting orders made at 12
Registrar MB 240 on 8
August 1986 - Application
to the Chief Judge
SP 6 11:15AM AP-20240000001573 45/93 Britt-Amber Barris CJ 2024/17 - Rora Fowler
also known as Wiki Toa or
Rora Wikitoa and
succession orders made at
56 Taranaki MB 444...
My tipuna were part of the diaspora of Taranaki Māori in the 19th century, finally settling on Aropaoa Island in Queen Charlotte Sound. My grandmother Pirihira was bought up in Waikawa, part of the extended Watson or Tahuaroa whānau.
Fee increase summary
Current rate New rate
$22 $23
$66 $68
$220 $228
$385 $399
Detailed fee list
Māori Land Court Current rate (inc
GST)
New rate
(inc GST)
Filing an application in respect of the following:
(a) hearing and determining any claim to recover damages from trespass or any other
injury to Māori freehold land
(b) hearing and determining any proceeding founded on contract or tort where debt,
demand, or damage relates to Māori freehold land
(c) any other de...
For a
full explanation, please refer to either the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 | Māori Land Act 1993 or the
Māori Land Court Rules 2011
SECTION DESCRIPTION
4/55 Governor-General in council may declare land to be a Māori reserve
6/1983 Determine succession to Titi Islands lands (order)
12/75 Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found
18(1)(a)/93 Exercise general jurisdiction of court
18(1)(b)/93 Determine the relative interests of the owners
19/93 Application f...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP7 2:00 PM AP-20260000002971 58/93 Keremeta Ainsley,
Vanessa Mercer,
Edward Ainsley,
Sally Ainsley
Appeal 2026/10 - Tuhua Trust (Mayor
Island) against a dismissal of an
Injunction application against any
person in respect of any actual
threatened trespass or other injury to
any Māori land or Māori Reservation
heard at 293 Waikato Maniapoto MB
55-64 on 26 February 2026 – Notice of
Appeal
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. She has gone on to lead a number of Tribunal inquiries, including the Porirua ki Manawatū and Te Rohe Pōtae district inquiries, the Constitutional kaupapa inquiry, and urgent inquiries into claims concerning aquaculture and marine farming, Te Arawa Treaty settlement and mandating...
There are various other Acts which we operate under, including:
Māori Purposes Act 1983
The Māori Purposes Act 1983 enables the Court to determine entitlements to Tītī Islands interests.
Māori Purposes Act 1991
The Māori Purposes Act 1991 has limited powers extended to the Court in relation to the Wi Pere Trust.
