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Kaikohe
From: Kaikohe, at Ngawha Innovation & Enterprise Park, 5449A State Highway 12,
Kaikohe 0405: 10:00AM, Tuesday, 15 July 2025
To: Kaikohe, at Ngawha Innovation & Enterprise Park, 5449A State Highway 12, Kaikohe
0405: 10:00AM, Tuesday, 29 July 2025
These changes have occurred due to the unavailability of Judge W W Isaac on the dates
set out above
This direction is issued pursuant to rule 3.8(1)(b) Māori Land Court Rules 2011 and a
copy is to be sent to the Kaiwhakaw...
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Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2012 | Pipiri 2012
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government
agencies about the characteristics of Māori Freehold and Māori Customary Land.
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Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2012 | Pipiri 2012
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government
agencies about the characteristics of Māori Freehold and Māori Customary Land.
On 24 November 2021, Judge Reeves was appointed Deputy Chairperson of the Waitangi Tribunal. On 1 May 2023, she stepped into the role of Acting Chairperson.
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.
The Right Honourable Dame Helen Winkelmann, Chief Justice of New Zealand, assured the public that courts were an essential service, and that New Zealand courts would continue to uphold the rule of law and to ensure that fair trial rights, the right to natural justice and rights under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act were upheld. 1 Priority was given to proceedings that affected the liberty of the individual or their personal safety and wellbeing, or that resolution was time-critical wh...
I now turn to consider in detail the five propositions and the various
recommendations made in the Panel’s report.
Proposition 1: Utilisation of Māori land should be able to be determined by a
majority of engaged owners
The difficulty with proposition 1 is its underlying premise that there are significant
impediments in the Act to the engaged owners utilising their land, and that a remedy
is therefore needed.
• You should also have time to read and check the
submission prepared by your case manager.
1. A claim or liability attached to property, for example a lease, a mortgage or a
charge.
2.
The website also
contains a link to Māori Land Online, a tool
that provides web based information on
the current ownership and title information 1
for all Māori Land Court blocks.
Where to obtain application forms
Collect an application form from a Māori
Land Court office or download from
www.maorilandcourt.govt.nz.
Fee increase summary
Detailed fee list
Detailed fee list
Rārangi Utu
From 1 July 2024, Māori Land
Court fees increase. Details of the
increases are set out below.
