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Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993
Other acts and legislation
Our practice notes Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993
Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 (the Act) sets out the full authority, power and limitations of the Māori Land Court and the Māori Appellate Court.
Whakapā mai
Contact us
Contact us through our new online portal, Pātaka Whenua, or by phone, email, or post.
Tono tuihono
Apply online
Submit your application online in Pātaka Whenua.
I taua pūrongo hoki rā te kōrero
mō te kaupapa hou, mō “Hangaia te Whare” me
tana aro atu ki te aronga matawhānui o te Kooti
Whenua Māori, arā, kia tu hei Kooti Māori e
tawharau nei i te pae tangata, i te pae whenua, i te
whare kōrero.
The new mediation provisions give the Court and Māori land owners a grand opportunity to define how we will resolve differences for the benefit of whānau, hapū and iwi. Māte huruhuru ka rere te manu, (with feathers the bird will fly) Mauri ora
The new mediation provisions give the Court and Māori land owners a grand opportunity to
define how we will resolve differences for the benefit of whānau, hapū and iwi.
Māte huruhuru ka rere te manu, (with feathers the bird will fly)
Mauri ora
We heard from the Hon T F Bathurst AC, Chief Justice of The Supreme Court of New South Wales, Mr Kohei Nasu, former Judge of Supreme Court of Japan, Mr Wenxian Zhang, Vice President of the China Law Society, the Hon Geoffrey Tao-li Ma GBM QC SC, Chief Justice of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal, Dato' Mah Weng Kwai, former Judge of Court of Appeal of Malaysia and Dr Oliver Stolpe, Senior Program Officer, Corruption and Economic Crime Branch, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
You can find decisions or judgments of the Māori Appellate Court from 1993 onwards, and the Māori Land Court from 2001, in Pātaka Whenua, or by using our decision finder. Ngā whakataunga a te Kooti Whenua Māori
Māori Land Court judgments
Find judgments of the Māori Land Court in the Ministry of Justice decision finder.
