If you’d like to speak to us kanohi ki te kanohi but you’re unable to travel to one of our offices, you can attend paneke, which offer Māori Land Court services in smaller centres across the motu.
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make
representations concerning the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4 pm on the 1st day of April 2026
providing your name, address, telephone number and email address (if any) and setting out your connection with the
application and brief details of your concerns.
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make
representations concerning the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4 pm on the 1st day of April 2026
providing your name, address, telephone number and email address (if any) and setting out your connection with the
application and brief details of your concerns.
The period covered has been one of change for the Court, with the introduction of the new Pātaka Whenua system to support Court kaimahi, judges and landowners.
The appointment of Dr Ruakere Hond as a Pūkenga to assist the court, under s 32A of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993, provided the level of care required in the matter and one the Court is extremely grateful for. The Court agreed to a request by the applicants to appear, correspond, and be heard on the matter in te reo Māori.
Our district offices
If you want to view physical copies of the court record, you are welcome to visit one of our district offices . If you know what documents you’d like to look at, let us know in advance so that we have them ready for when you arrive.
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make
representations concerning the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4 pm on the 1st day of December
2025 providing your name, address, telephone number and email address (if any) and setting out your connection
with the application and brief details of your concerns.
