Pātaka Whenua will be unavailable for an upcoming maintenance. We apologise for any inconvenience.
Friday, 27 February, from 5:30pm - Saturday, 28 February, 8:00pm.
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
Māori engagement with environmental and resource management issues is going to be huge in the next 10 to 20 years. We will need lawyers who can combine knowledge of te reo me ona tikanga, and the Treaty, with the practice of environmental law.
Exceptions include:
• a succession to further interests where
there has been previous succession to
the deceased person
• vesting of lands in a minor who has
turned 20 (provided that all appropriate
documentary evidence is filed with the
application).
He tohutohu a te Kaiwhakawā
Direction of the judge
After further consultation, I reschedule dates as follows:
From Whaitara: 10:00am, Tuesday 17 February 2026
Te Hāwera; 10.00am, Wednesday 18 February 2026
Whanganui 10.00am, Thursday 19 February 2026
Whanganui 10.00am, Friday 20 February 2026
To Whaitara: 10:00am, Tuesday 24 February 2026
Te Hāwera; 10.00am, Wednesday 25 February 2026
Whanganui 10.00am, Thursday 26 February 2026
Whanganui 10.00am,...
Our current judges
Chief Judge Caren Fox
Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata
Chief Judge Caren Fox was appointed to the Māori Land Court on 1 October 2000 and was later appointed as Deputy Chief Judge on 20 February 2010. She was in Gisborne as one of the resident Judges for the Tairāwhiti District of the Māori Land Court, prior to her appointment as Chief Judge.
Me kōrero atu hoki ngā kaipupuri whenua
ki te kooti, i tae te pānui ki ngā tāngata
whai pānga 20 ki te whenua, arā, kei te
whekarerekētia ngā āhuatanga o te tiaki
whenua, ā, kei a rātou te wā hei kōrerorero
i tēnei take.
Ko ngā
kaiwhiwhi hua ka karangatia he kaipupuri
whai hua.
7 He rōpū whai mana pēnei i te kamupene,
kaporeihana iti, he poari Māori rānei.
8 I raro i te ture, mēnā he hauā, he mate
hinengaro, e ai ki te Kooti e kore e taea e te
tangata te whakahaere i āna ake kaupapa e
pā ana ki ōna whenua, ōna rawa hoki.
9 He tangata kāhore anō kia eke ki te 20 tau, ā,
kāre anō kia mārena.
10 He tangata, tāngata rānei ka whai hua mai i
te trust.
Further estimates, appeals and rehearings
20. If it becomes evident that actual costs will exceed the grant of Special Aid, the lawyer
must as soon as reasonably practicable file a further estimate together with reasons for
the increase in costs.
