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Notice concerning facilitated meetings to
Discuss the mouri tūroa project
TAKE NOTICE that meetings of owners of the following blocks will be held as follows:
Whakaihuwaka C3B1 AND Whakaihuwaka C3B2
PLACE: Ngā Tāngata Tiaki Office, 357 Victoria Avenue, Whanganui 4500
DATE: Saturday 23rd September 2023
TIME: 10:00 AM
Te Tuhi 4C1D1, Te Tuhi 4C1D2, Te Tuhi 4C1D3
Te Tuhi 4C1D4 AND Te Tuhi 4C1D5
PLACE: Ngā Tāngata Tiaki Office, 357 Victoria Avenue, Whanganui 4500
DATE: Satur...
Pātaka Whenua Guidance
Registered User Guide
Date produced: 15 August 2023
Last modified: 13 December 2023
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Registered User Guide
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court
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• Create and submit applications online
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Pātaka Whenua Guidance
Guest User Guide
Date produced: 14 August 2023
Last modified: 14 December 2023
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Guest User Guide
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court
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21 August 2023
MEDIA STATEMENT
Court operating protocols withdrawn; jury trial
guidelines modified
COVID-19 court operating protocols for all jurisdictions have been withdrawn, and
the Jury Trial Protocol and Jury Trial Guidelines have been modified, effective today.
They stepped into the acting leadership of the Court and Tribunal from 1 May 2023 and will do so until a new Chief Judge is sworn in and a new Chairperson appointed.
20 July 2023
MEDIA STATEMENT
Chief Justice welcomes the appointment of
new Chief Māori Land Court Judge
The Chief Justice welcomes the announcement by Associate Minister of Māori
Development, the Hon Nanaia Mahuta, of Judge Caren Fox’s appointment as
Chief Judge of Te Kooti Whenua Māori | Māori Land Court.
Pātaka Whenua, the Māori Land Court’s new online portal, launched in June 2023. In Pātaka Whenua, landowners can find information about their whenua, search the court record, and apply to the court directly online.
A list of recent Māori Land Updates can be downloaded as follows:
Document
Date
Māori Land Update 2024
23/09/2024
Māori Land Update 2023
19/05/2023
Māori Land Update 2022
16/07/2022
Māori Land Update 2021
09/02/2022
Māori Land Update 2020
09/02/2021
Māori Land Update 2019
27/08/2019
Māori Land Update 2018
30/06/2018
Māori Land Update 2017
30/06/2017
Māori Land Update 2016
30/06/2016
Māori Land Update 2015
30/06/2015
Māori Land Update 2014
30/06/20...
There are at least two classes of land rights – the right of the community
associated with the land, and the use rights of individuals or families.1
Where have we come from:
On the 17th of October 1877, Chief Justice Sir James Prendergast’s statements when delivering
judgment in the case of Wi Parata v The Bishop of Wellington ruled that the courts lacked the ability
to consider claims based on aboriginal or native title.
