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
Your application will be considered ‘uncontested’ when:
• it has been notified according to the Māori Land Court
Rules; and
• it has been published in the Māori Land Court’s NationalPānui; and
• no one has objected to the application.
Online trustee training is available both nationally and from overseas. Make sure to let us know clearly what day and time you would prefer from the options below.
If you are interested in or affected by an application and wish to make representations on
the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4 pm on the 1st of April 2023 and specify brief
details of your concerns.
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All final decisions of the Chief Judge are recorded in
the consolidated CJ minute book series held in
Wellington which is:
District Minute Book Abbreviation
National
Office
Chief Judge CJ
APPELLATE COURT REFERENCE SYNTAX
The syntax for the Appellate Court series differs
depending on the location of the hearing.
The Treaty of Waitangi was ‘worthless’ because it
had been signed ‘between a civilised nation and a group of savages’ who were not capable of signing a
treaty.
For further clarification please contact:
Office: Level 7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace, Wellington, DX Box SX 11203, WELLINGTON PH:
(04) 914 3102 Fax: (04) 914 3100
Office of the
Chief Registrar
PĀNUI
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
Chief Judge applications
To be heard at Hamilton
Māori Land Court,
Level 2, BNZ Centre
354 Victoria Street...