Former Chief Māori Land Court Judge, who then became a Justice of the High Court, ET Durie provided the following analyses of the nature of Māori rights to land; Maori see themselves not as masters of the environment but as members of it.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)
He is one of the resident Judges for the Tairāwhiti District of the Māori Land Court.
Under rule 6.6 of the Mäori Land Court Rules 2011, the following applications may have been decided without notice and without formal hearing.
To terminate a trust, you will need support from majority of the beneficiaries. In your application you’ll need to provide: written consents of the trustees written consents of the beneficiaries evidence of a properly notified meeting(s) held to terminate the trust, and a schedule of land to be removed from the trust and to who those shares will be transferred If you apply to terminate a trust which was set up under section 132(6) of Te Ture Whenua...
Many landowner journeys begin when a whānau member passes away and their land interests or shares in an incorporation are transferred to their whānau members.
For a full explanation, please refer to either the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 | Māori Land Act 1993 or the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 SECTION DESCRIPTION 4/55 Governor-General in council may declare land to be a Māori reserve 6/1983 Determine succession to Titi Islands lands (order) 12/75 Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found 18(1)(a)/93 Exercise general jurisdiction of court 18(1)(b)/93 Determine the relative int...
Documents/Panui/Maori-Land-Court-National-Panui-September-2025.pdf (2.5 mb)
Only applications and sittings that were confirmed at the time of this publication are listed. For more information, please contact your local Mäori Land Court office.
1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington July 2025 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 14th of May 2025, are hereby notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and have...
Documents/Panui/July-2025-Notification-of-Applications-in-Office-of-Chief-Registrar.pdf (428 kb)
1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington August 2025 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 11th of July 2025, are hereby notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and...
1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington June 2025 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 9th of April 2025, are hereby notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and hav...
Documents/Panui/June-2025-Notification-of-Applications-in-Office-of-Chief-Registrar.pdf (481 kb)
