TAITOKERAU
PĀNUI
Contact Details
Office Te Taitokerau
Address 16 Rathbone Street
Mailing address DX Box AX10086, Whangārei
Phone 09 948 9940
Email mlctaitokerau@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 sitti...
Judicial Decisions Online – expanding access to
Māori Land Court decisions
In 2024, the publication of Māori Land Court
(MLC) and Māori Appellate Court (MAC) deci-
sions commenced on the Judicial Decisions Online
(JDO) platform, hosted on the Ministry of Justice
website.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP14 2:30PM AP-20250000013283 113/93
118/93
Gloria Jean Motu,
Kare May Aroha
Matthews
He tauatanga ki a Teri Hau Rawiri
Succeed to the Māori land interests
of Teri Hau Rawiri also known as
Tilly Motu
SP15 2:30PM AP-20250000013060 113/93
118/93
Natasha Pauline
Sanderson
He tauatanga ki a Eva May Hape
Succeed to the Māori land interests
of Eva May Hape
SP16 2:30PM AP-20250000013064 113/93
118/93
Natasha Pauline
Sanderson...
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• Death certificate or other evidence as to death (see note 1 above)
• Whakapapa, where possible
NOTES TO ASSIST APPLICANTS
1 Death certificate
The original or a photocopy of the death certificate should be filed.
Pātaka Whenua is the final deliverable of the Whenua Māori Programme, a joint initiative between the Ministry of Justice and Te Puni Kōkiri. To date, the programme delivered business transformation for the Māori Land Court, including legislative changes, a new operating model, and streamlined business processes.
If the deceased did not leave a will, under the Act, their land will transfer as follows:
• If the deceased had children, they receive equal shares of the deceased’s land interests
Prior to its integration into the Department for Courts
and Ministry of Justice, the Māori Land Court was
part of a section within the Department of Māori
Affairs (often referred to as the court section).