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.
A national service for only urgent injunction applications is available Monday 29, Tuesday 30 and Wednesday 31 December. More details can be found here.
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
Management Structures
(Note: This includes all types of management structure, including Ahu Whenua Trusts, Whenua Tōpū Trusts, Pūtea Trusts, Māori
Incorporations and non-Māori Land Court created structures or organisations but it does not include agencies or agents)
Rohe #
Structures
# Blks with
Structures
# Blks without
Structures
Area vested (ha) Area not vested (ha)
Taitokerau 1,130 1,525 3,938 85,575.3215 (62%) 52,800.7443 (38%)
Waikato-Maniapoto 1,314 1,695 2...
These were the years of the revolution, of the nation of contention, the people of protest, the crowd of combat who fought tirelessly for the survival of te iwi Māori.
Awaiting Administrative Action
A20160002618 14/04/2016 CJ 2016/18 - Estate Te Kohinga Taniora - against succession orders at 1 ADWM 100 (1 December 1971); 90 OTR 384 (7 December 1971); 1 AD 229 (23 August 1973); and 167 Rotorua MB 252-253 (16
March 1974) - Application to the Chief Judge
45/93 Richard Kohinga 1.
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
December 2023
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 11th of October 2023, 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...
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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...
The project continued to receive support from the National Government to its completion. The primary purpose of the project was to ensure that the title system of the Māori Land Court was reflected in the Torrens system administered by LINZ.
The mediation process available is a simplified version of the process that was provided for in the proposed changes to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 developed by the previous National Government. The mediation process will be limited to matters within the Māori Land Court’s jurisdiction and administered by the Court.
The
mediation process available is a simplified version of the process that was provided for in the
proposed changes to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 developed by the previous National
Government.
The mediation process will be limited to matters within the Māori Land Court’s jurisdiction
and administered by the Court.
We heard from the Hon T F Bathurst AC, Chief Justice of The Supreme Court of New South Wales, Mr Kohei Nasu, former Judge of Supreme Court of Japan, Mr Wenxian Zhang, Vice President of the China Law Society, the Hon Geoffrey Tao-li Ma GBM QC SC, Chief Justice of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal, Dato' Mah Weng Kwai, former Judge of Court of Appeal of Malaysia and Dr Oliver Stolpe, Senior Program Officer, Corruption and Economic Crime Branch, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Th...
