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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
June 2026
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief
Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 8th of April 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 inquiry or...
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
June 2026
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief
Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 8th of April 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 inquiry or...
Judges are forever hearing the criticism Deputy Chief Judge C L Fox from owners that they were not notified of a hearing or meeting affecting their land or their interests.
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...
This Court
was the Native Land Court. Section 4 of the 1862
Act allowed the Governor to establish a Court or
Courts which had the function of investigating
‘who according to Native custom are the
proprietors of any Native Lands and the estate
or interest held by them therein’.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP1 10:00 AM AP-20230000027427 45/93,
47(4)/93,
44(1)/93
Hirini Pakia
Manihera (Jnr)
CJ 2010/85 - Motatau 3P, Motatau
5X and Ngati Hine H2B blocks -
against the Ngatihine Amalgamation
Orders made at 50 Whangarei MB
268-294 on 23 December 1974 and
the Motatau 3P2 Partition Orders
made at 57 Whangarei MB 80-81 on
13 October 1980 - Application to the
Chief Judge
SP2 10:20 AM
AP-20240000003200 45/93
Karamea...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 4 11:00 AM AP-20260000001359 19/93 Te Whanau O
Tame Te Whata
Trust
Motatau 5E32B (Te Whanau O
Tame Te Whata Trust) - Injunction
against any person in respect of any
actual threatened trespass or other
injury to and Māori land or Māori
Reservation Respondents: Charles
Edward Te Whata & Susan Jane Te
Whata
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 4 12:00PM AP-20250000003797 19/93 Carol Povey Otakanini L Block (347 South
Head Road, Parkhurst) -
Injunction against any person in
respect of any actual threatened
trespass of other injury to any
Māori land or Maōri Reservation.
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
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui ho...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 4 11:00 AM AP-20250000003937 19(1)(a)/93 Charles
Edward Te
Whata
Motatau 5E24 - Injunction
against any person in respect
of any actual threatened
trespass or other injury to any
Māori land or Māori
Reservation.
