During the holiday period, Māori Land Court offices will be closed from 3pm, Wednesday 24 December 2025 and will reopen 10am, Monday 5 January 2026.
Due to limited access to the building, the Auckland Information Office is available by appointment only. Please contact us by email at mlctamakimakaurau@justice.govt.nz
The Treaty provides that in exchange for the grant of kawanatanga (governance) to the British Crown, Māori people (the indigenous people of New Zealand) were guaranteed rangatiratanga (autonomy) in relation to their land and other precious resources, as well as the rights of British citizens.
Applications for Hearing
PÄNUI
NO:
TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
7 10:30AM A20220006728 164/93 Jacqueline
Paenga
Waihirere N2B & Other Blocks -
Transfer of Shares from Jacqueline
Paenga also known as Jacqueline
Runga to Ahipene Rangi Paenga
8 10:35AM A20220007967 239/93 Frances Ryland Teaotarewa Ryland Whänau Trust
- Replace Elvis Ryland with Krystal
Brucezena Ryland, Angela Marianne
Ryland, Te Naera Paki Mathias Ryland,
Elvis Shane Ryland and Sidney
Tepene Ti...
This certification should be filed with an application for succession (when grant of administration held) on form 21,
and replaces Schedule 1 of that form.
The trustees were able to grant licences to occupy to owners within their respective areas to enable them to obtain Housing Corporation finance under the papakāinga housing scheme.
PÄNUI
NO:
APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
38 A20220010583 117/93 Tina Maria Duxfield Reremoana Duxfield - Succession
41 A20220011303 239/93 Kiriaana Anne
Tamatea
Nga Kupuwahi Trust (Horowhenua 3E2
Subdivision No. 2B) - Add Gena Marie Moses Te
Kani as additional trustee
42 A20220010165 18(1)(a)/93 Deputy Registrar Nikorima Karaitiana - Determination of life interest
43 A20220011029 220/93 Merehira Taylor N F P M Taylor Family Whänau Trust - Vesting
further interests of Mer...
(2) The following matters must be set out in the application:
(a) in respect of the order or certificate of confirmation that is the subject of the application,—
(i) the date of the order or certificate; and
(ii) a description of the land affected; and
(iii) the names of the owners affected or, in the case of succession, the name of the deceased:
(b) in respect of the mistake or omission sought to be corrected,—
(i) a statement of the nature of the mistake or omission, who made it, and how...
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An index of past and present judicial officers of
the Māori Land Court and Native Land Court
1 May 2018
Judicial officers of the Native Land Court from 1864 to 1947
Judge Date appointed
John Rogan 25 June 1864 (President)
9 January 1865 (Judge)
Wiremu Tipene 25 June 1864
Matikikuha 25 June 1864
Te Keene of Orakei 25 June 1864
Tamati Reweti 25 June 1864
George Clarke 25 October 1864 (President)
9 January 1865 (Judge)
Hone Mohi Tawhai 25 October 1864
P...
Some whānau members have been able to access scholarship grants. However the real benefit has been the intangible, that sense of connection and reconnection which I spoke about earlier.
Most of the land set aside under the Act was transferred to the intended beneficiaries, but in 1909 the SILNA Act was repealed by the Native Lands Act before all the grants had been completed. 6 Also, the lands set aside under SILNA were of inferior quality, isolated, inaccessible, and often far distant from the traditional lands that had been taken under the earlier Crown purchasing. 7 Four of the SILNA blocks were not allocated and remain in Crown ownership today: Hāwea-Wānaka at Wān...