For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the
appropriate application number at:
Physical address: Postal address:
L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203
WELLINGTON WELLINGTON
Phone: 04 914 3102
Fax: 04 914 3100
Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz
STEVEN DODD
Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
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APPLICATION NO:
DATE FILED:
SECT...
Graeme Vercoe’s farewell (from left
to right), DCJ Coxhead, former Judge
of the Māori Land Court Judge P J
Savage – Graeme’s daughter Annmarie,
Graeme, his wife Margaret, Judge Wara,
and Chief Judge Fox
24 Māori Land Court / Māori Appellate Court Annual Report • Matariki 2024 – Matariki 2025
Applications
created
Applications
completed
Applications
on hand
Hearings
completed
661 495 1,041 526
[Tairawhiti]
Change from
previous year
Change from
previous year
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previou...
This Court
was the Native Land Court. Section 4 of the 1862
Act allowed the Governor to establish a Court or
Courts which had the function of investigating
‘who according to Native custom are the
proprietors of any Native Lands and the estate
or interest held by them therein’.
Mihi
Ngā Ihirangi
Te Kupu Whakataki 3
Te tāhuhu pakihi o Te Kooti Whenua Māori 4
Ngā Kaiwhakawā o te Kooti 6
Te kōrero whakahou a te Kaiwhakawā Matua 8
Te kōrero whakahou a te Pae Matua mō te mahi whakahaere 9
Te whakatutukinga mahi ā-motu 10
Te whakamahere mahi ā-tau 11
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua 13
Te rautaki Ao Māori 15
Te urupare ki te Arotake Muri Whakatinanatanga 16
Ngā Whakatau ā-Kaiwhakawā Tuihono 16
Te Puna Manawa Whenua – kua wātea ināianei ki te iwi whānui 17
Ngā whakahoutanga...
Pānui (ngā marama tekau mā rua ō mua)
Pānui (previous 12 months)
Pānui
Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington
Court sittings that have been rescheduled
December 2026 Special Pānui Aotea 2 December 2026 Special Pānui Aotea 2 December 2026 2 Special Pānui Aotea 3 December 2026 Special Pānui Aotea 4 December 2026 Special Pānui Taitokerau 3 December 2026 Special Pānui Taitokerau 3 December 2026 2 Special Pānui...
While the Māori Land Court is processing applications that were adjourned during Alert Level 4, the bench is also cognisant of the many outstanding applications that have not yet been set down.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 4 11:00 AM AP-20230000030996 45/93 Suzanne Roberts CJ2023/46 - Julie Ann Matire Edwards
or Matire Edwards or Matire Huia
Edwards and succession orders made
at 13 AT(S) 249-250 on 20/02/2006
and 221 Taitokerau MB 264-267 on
29/10/2020 – Application to the Chief
Judge
SP 5 11:20 AM AP-20230000027427 45/93
47(4)/93
44(1)/93
Hirini Pakia
Manihera (Jnr)
CJ 2010/85 - Motatau 3P, Motatau 5X
and Ngati Hine H2B blocks - against
the N...
AOTEA
PĀNUI
Contact Details
Office
Address
Mailing address
Phone
Email
Office hours
Aotea Māori Land Court, Ingestre Chambers
74 Ingestre Street
DX Box PX10207, Whanganui
06-3490770
mlcaotea@justice.govt.nz
Monday to Friday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
(Closed on Public Holidays)
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 a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
Special Court Sitting...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP11 4:00 PM AP-20230000025539 /
A20150004453
238/93
67/93
Michael Joseph
Mikaere (Te
Roha Whanau
Trust)
Mangatawa No 8A Block (Te Roha
Whanau Trust) - Enforce the
obligations of a Trust (Judicial
conference)
SP12 4:00 PM AP-20240000009117 18(1)(a)/93
67/93
Jason Low Ohia
Riki Kahotea
Ohia
He whakataunga a te kooti mō tētahi
kerēme e whakatauhia ana nō wai te
whare ki runga i a Mangatawa No 8A
- Decision of the...
