Māori Governance Video Toolkit
16 Jun 2025 | NewsTe Tumu Paeroa and Community Governance Aotearoa have partnered to create a series of governing videos designed to enhance the knowledge and skills as Māori trustees.
Te Tumu Paeroa and Community Governance Aotearoa have partnered to create a series of governing videos designed to enhance the knowledge and skills as Māori trustees.
Only applications for urgent injunctions will be processed. All other applications will not be processed until the court reopens on 3 January 2025.
Documents/Misc/Urgent-injunction-holiday-process-2024-25.pdf (341 kb)
Currently, Māori Land Court judges act as mediators. While judges are acting as mediators, they will not be able to sit on the court proceeding related to that specific case.
Therefore, they will succeed to the land even if they do not have a blood connection to the owners.
Steve has held multiple roles within the Court, including as a case manager, team leader, district manager, Principal Liaison Officer and Service Manager, before being appointed as the Chief Registrar of the Māori Land Court in February 2021. With changes to the role of the Chief Registrar, Steve is now responsible for exercising statutory powers in accordance with the applicable Act, providing technical advice relating to Court processes and procedures and supportin...
TIP: ‘Created’ doesn’t always reflect the date of the document, you will need to download and open a document to confirm when it is dated.
Documents/Troubleshooting/Search-for-Documents-v5.pdf (1.7 mb)
māorilandcourt.govt.nz 1.4 Fill in the details to create your account Step 2 2.1 Enter the details in each field 2.2 Once completed, enter the CAPTCHA details located on the bottom right-hand side TIP: Keep in mind that sometimes you might not be able to see all the characters in the CAPTCHA box.
Documents/Troubleshooting/Registered-User-Guide-v2.pdf (956 kb)
This will prompt you to create a new password. mailto:te.tiratu@justice.govt.nz māorilandcourt.govt.nz Step 3 3.1 Enter your new Password, then click “Submit & Proceed” māorilandcourt.govt.nz 3.2 Check your email for the verification code, then enter the code and click “Verify” 3.3 Now you should be able to login:
Documents/Troubleshooting/Forgot-Password-Guide-v1.pdf (349 kb)
māorilandcourt.govt.nz 1 This step-by-step guide will help you through the steps to become a registered Pātaka Whenua user. Being a registered user means you can: • Create and submit applications online
How-do-I-user-guides/Become-a-registered-Pataka-Whenua-user-v1-9.pdf (1.1 mb)
Ngā Tuku Whakatau a Te Kooti Whenua Māori Māori Land Court Judgment Delivery A guide to the process by which parties to proceedings before the court may obtain information about the status of any reserved decision, and for information relating to outstanding judgments.