CHIEF JUDGE OF THE MĀORI LAND COURT
TE KAIWHAKAWĀ MATUA O TE KOOTI WHENUA MĀORI
MEDIA GUIDELINES
PRODUCED BY THE CHIEF JUDGE OF THE MĀORI LAND COURT AND CHAIR
OF THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL
21 September 2026
This resource is a guide for the media seeking to attend Māori Land Court, Māori Appellate
Court and Waitangi Tribunal proceedings.
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 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 Māori Land Court’s role is to identify all successors and their relative beneficial interests by identifying all persons entitled to succeed to the interest of an original beneficiary in SILNA lands: (a) As though the land was Māori freehold land; and (b) As though the deceased person died intestate (applying the principles of s 109 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 (TTWMA)). The Māori Land Court In 2003, the Minister of Māori Affairs applied to the Māori Land Court for an inquiry...
Nō te rā nei i pānuitia e te Minita Tuarua mō te Whakawhanaketanga Māori, e Nanaia Mahuta ko Kaiwhakawā Caren Fox te Kaiwhakawā Matua hou o te Kooti Whenua Māori.
NOTICE TO PREFERRED CLASSES OF ALIENEES AS TO RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL
Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993, Sections 147A and 152
In the Māori Land Court
of New Zealand
Aotea District
TAKE NOTICE that the Hochi Land Company Limited has made an application to the Māori
Land Court at Whanganui for confirmation of a sale of Himatangi No. 2B No. 2 block (being
38.177 hectares more or less) located on Himatangi Block Road, Himatangi.