OFFICE OF THE CHIEF REGISTRAR
PĀNUI
Contact Details
Office Office of the Chief Registrar / Māori Appellate Court
Address Level 7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace, Wellington 6011
Mailing address DX Box SX11203, Wellington
Phone 04 914 3102
Email mlc.chief-registrars.office@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 Pīra
Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā t...
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF REGISTRAR
PĀNUI
Contact Details
Office Office of the Chief Registrar / Māori Appellate Court
Address Level 7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace, Wellington 6011
Mailing address DX Box SX11203, Wellington
Phone 04 914 3102
Email mlc.chief-registrars.office@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 Pīra
Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā t...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP26 10:00 AM AP-20240000012918 19(1)(ba)(i)/93 Denham Paul
Logan Giles
Samuel Pivac
Whatuwiwi Block 1B 1C - Injunction
against any person in respect of any
actual threatened trespass or other
injury to any Māori land or Māori
Reservation (Respondents: Warren
Lovett, Betty Lovett, Jemma Lovett,
Ivan Henwood and William
Henwood)
SP27 10:00 AM AP-20250000007952 19/93
9.9/11
Ivan Leigh
Henwood
Whatuwhiwhi 1B1C - cancellation of
an i...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP15 10:00 AM AP-20260000001322 239/93
67/93
Derna Trifilo He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitiī mō Parengaroa Ahu
Whenua Trust
Replace Martin Kingi & Derna Trifilo
with Henry Tango, Davenna Penney
& John Kingi as responsible trustees
of the Parengaroa Ahu Whenua
Trust – Judicial Conference
SP16 11:00 AM AP-20260000007011 19(1)(a)/93 Shervorne
Tango, Derna
Trifilo,
Tumanako
Munro, Martin
Kingi, Davena
Penney, John
Kingi
Section 2...
The Minister of Māori Development has sought expressions of interest for the next Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court, and will in due course announce the appointment of the next Chief Judge and Chairperson of the Waitangi Tribunal.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP4 1:00 PM AP-20260000001969 239/93,
338(7)/93
Tangoio Marae
Trust, McCaw
Lewis Lawyers
He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō te Tangoio South
Urupa (Cemetery) Reserve
Add Madison Anahera Louise King,
Gordon Poai Keith Pirie, Crystal
Tequila Haimona, Elaine Rangituia
Cook, Sabre Terina Puna, Janice
Reremoana Stevens and George
Paku Newton Reti as a trustee of the
Tangoio South Urupa (Cemetery)
Reserve
SP5 1:30 PM AP-20260000003332...
Before you submit an application to the Court, make sure you have had a kōrero with your whānau. Kaitiaki whenua (land guardianship) is about the collective and the wellbeing of whenua, whānau and whakapapa.
A long-term pattern of poor returns from activities, such as farms that run at a loss.
The land is not being well managed.
Management is not providing shareholders with accurate and timely reports, e.g.
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 14 May 2026
Māori Appellate Court sitting 13 May 2026
Māori Appellate Court sitting...