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CJ 2024/69 - Ruea Hone Waiti Riwai Te Ropiha and a succession order made at 38 South Island MB 130-131 on 16/02/1961 – Application to the Chief Judge SP 25 1:15 PM AP-20250000009486 45/93 Choyce Maere.

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SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 19 10:00AM AP-20230000019637 A20160002930 45/93 Flora Falanaki CJ 2016/14 - Donald McLeod - and succession orders made at 38 South Island MB 228-232 on 10/08/1961 - Application to the Chief Judge SP 20 10:15AM AP-20230000019652 A20170006414 45/93 Rihitia Totorewa, Rangaiti Mathews CJ 2017/35 - Parihaka Papakainga and a trustee order made at 72 Taranaki MB 86 on 25 January 1962 - Application to the Chief Judge SP 21...

Documents/Panui/16.-Te-Whakamaene-Chief-Judge-Specials-19-June-2024.pdf (141 kb)

Our Vision The Māori Land Court is jointly operated by administrative staff from the Ministry of Justice and judicial officers, working towards a shared vision: Māori Land Court business profile Kia tū hei Kooti Māori e tāwharau nei i te pae tangata, i te pae whenua, i te whare kōrero To be a Māori Court that provides a shelter for the people, their land and their kōrero He Aronga Matawhānui / Vision Hei Kooti Māori Hei tāwharau i te pae tangata Hei tāwharau i te pae whenua Hei tāwhara...

Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)

SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 5 11:00AM AP-20230000020406 A20220017565 45/93 Edward Joseph Scandlyn CJ 2022/47 - Mereana Tauke or Mary Anne Scandlyn or Mary Ann Douglas or Mereana or Mary Ann Haenga - and vesting orders made at 12 Registrar MB 240 on 8 August 1986 - Application to the Chief Judge SP 6 11:15AM AP-20240000001573 45/93 Britt-Amber Barris CJ 2024/17 - Rora Fowler also known as Wiki Toa or Rora Wikitoa and succession orders made at 56 Taranaki MB 444...

Documents/Panui/1.-Whakamaene-CJ-9-June-2025.pdf (208 kb)

My tipuna were part of the diaspora of Taranaki Māori in the 19th century, finally settling on Aropaoa Island in Queen Charlotte Sound. My grandmother Pirihira was bought up in Waikawa, part of the extended Watson or Tahuaroa whānau.

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  Taitokerau Kaitaia, Kaikohe, Whangārei, Auckland Venue Date Auckland 6/08/2026 Kaikohe 21/08/2026 Whangārei 27/08/2026 Whangārei 28/08/2026 Auckland 10/09/2026 Kaitaia 17/09/2026 Kaikohe 18/09/2026 Whangārei 24/09/2026 Whangārei 25/09/2026 Kaikohe 2/10/2026 Auckland 8/10/2026 Whangārei 29/10/2026 Whangārei 30/10/2026 Kaitaia 5/11/2026 Kaikohe 6/11/2026 Auckland 19/11/2026 Whangārei 26/11/2026 Whangārei 27/11/2026 Auckland 10/12/2026 Whangārei 15...

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Fee increase summary Current rate New rate $22 $23 $66 $68 $220 $228 $385 $399 Detailed fee list Māori Land Court Current rate (inc GST) New rate (inc GST) Filing an application in respect of the following: (a) hearing and determining any claim to recover damages from trespass or any other injury to Māori freehold land (b) hearing and determining any proceeding founded on contract or tort where debt, demand, or damage relates to Māori freehold land (c) any other de...

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SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP7 2:00 PM AP-20260000002971 58/93 Keremeta Ainsley, Vanessa Mercer, Edward Ainsley, Sally Ainsley Appeal 2026/10 - Tuhua Trust (Mayor Island) against a dismissal of an Injunction application against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation heard at 293 Waikato Maniapoto MB 55-64 on 26 February 2026 – Notice of Appeal

Documents/Panui/5.-SP-7-APPEAL2026-10-Tuhua-Mayor-Island-amended-22.6.2026.pdf (127 kb)

Chief Judge Fox was appointed as a Māori Land Court judge on 1 October 2000, and shortly thereafter was appointed as the Presiding Officer of the Waitangi Tribunal’s Central North Island district inquiry in 2001. She has gone on to lead a number of Tribunal inquiries, including the Porirua ki Manawatū and Te Rohe Pōtae district inquiries, the Constitutional kaupapa inquiry, and urgent inquiries into claims concerning aquaculture and marine farming, Te Arawa Treaty settlement and mandating...

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There are various other Acts which we operate under, including: Māori Purposes Act 1983 The Māori Purposes Act 1983 enables the Court to determine entitlements to Tītī Islands interests. Māori Purposes Act 1991 The Māori Purposes Act 1991 has limited powers extended to the Court in relation to the Wi Pere Trust.

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