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
You can visit one of our offices to view:
current and historic ownership lists for whenua Māori
minutes of hearings of Court and Registrar decisions
current and historic memorial schedule information recording leases, occupations and other land uses
orders made by the court or a Registrar – including:
title orders (creating Māori land)
trust orders (names of trustees and terms of trust)
succession orders (names of successors to an estate)
vesting ord...
The judge or registrar may issue an order giving the whāngai child the right to occupy a family home on the land, or to receive all or part of any income from the land interest, or both.
• Tono noho whenua (occupationorder).
Kāore he mana o te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki ēnei rawa
Kāore he mana o te Kooti Whenua Māori ki
te tono mana tuku ki ngā rawa o te tangata
mate, pēnei i ngā:
• Whenua whānui (engari anō mō ētahi
whenua whānau, he kāinga whānau, e
hono tahi ana ngā kainoho 12)
Waikato-Maniapoto
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 ā muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Hamilton
Māori Land Court, BNZ Centre, Level 2
354 Victoria Street, Hamilton
Thursday 7 December 2023
Judge R P Mullins, Presiding
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SDec5/1 10.00AM
(allow one
(1) hour
for both
matters)
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Tairāwhiti
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mohiotia ai ka tu Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawa, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o nga tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
Special Hearing
Māori Land Court
Te Whare o te Ra, Nga Wai e Rua Building
60 Reads Quay, Gisborne
Friday, 24 November 2023
Judge A M Thomas presiding
PANUI
NO:
TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SP1 9:00AM AP-20230000033793 328/93 Matthew Warren
Randall
Te Kuri X47B block –...
Tairāwhiti
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mohiotia ai ka tu Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawa, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o nga tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
Special Hearing
Māori Land Court
Te Whare o te Ra, Nga Wai e Rua Building
60 Reads Quay, Gisborne
Friday, 24 November 2023
Judge A M Thomas presiding
PANUI
NO:
TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SP1 9:00AM AP-20230000033793 328/93 Matthew Warren
Randall
Te Kuri X47B block –...
A few things we can offer assistance with are:
General enquiries
Filing of applications
Successions
Whānau Trust
Ahu Whenua Trusts
Māori Reservations
Māori Incorporations
Partitions
Occupations
Trustee training on request
For further information or to make a booking please contact the office on (03) 962 4900 or mlctewaipounamu@justice.govt.nz
A few things we can offer assistance with are:
General enquiries
Filing of applications
Successions
Whānau Trust
Ahu Whenua Trusts
Māori Reservations
Māori Incorporations
Partitions
Occupations
Trustee training on request
For further information or to make a booking please contact the office on (03) 962 4900 or mlctewaipounamu@justice.govt.nz
Unlocking finance is an important part of facilitating the occupation, development, and utilisation of whenua Māori for the benefit of owners, their whānau, and their hapū and this practice note is another step on the road to realising this vision.
However, it was in major conflict with the traditional ways of land occupation and guardianship for tangata whenua. In 1993, the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act was introduced with the purpose of preventing the loss of any more Māori land – which currently makes up approximately 6% of all land in Aotearoa New Zealand.
