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Greg Shaw | just wanted to say n the application filed | ve mentioned the intention was to begin inspections next week and your Honour we ve been working very hard to do that However the number of inspections has grown substantially with the inclusion of the unadministered land which 1s approximately 680 blocks In fact its over doubled the amount of inspection work and as a consequence its slightly complicated the organisation of the work | can advise your Honour we are looking at...

Documents/Landowner-notices/04145271_05549463_0060_0080_MIN.pdf (2.4 mb)

You’ll need to file your applications with us before the cut-off date to ensure that your matter is heard in the month you want your hearing to take place.

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Any member of the preferred classes of alienees who wishes to be considered by the owners as a prospective purchaser of the land must give written notice of their intention to pursue a right of first refusal at the hearing of the application. That written notice must be filed in the Māori Land Court not later than 18 February 2026 If no notice is filed by the date set out above, the Court may confirm the alienation of the land by way of sale.

Documents/Landowner-notices/1-v3.-Aotea-Notice-to-PCA.pdf (58 kb)

What does this mean for you? If you file an application to the Māori Land Court or the Māori Appellate Court on or after  1 July 2025 , you will notice an increase in the fee you need to pay.

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The main priorities for the Court now are first, to remedy errors in the lists, using s 86 of TTWMA, and second, to update the list of successors based on previous and new evidence, the latter of which requires hearings to be held so evidence can be heard. An application form based on the existing form for successions has been modified for the purposes of SILNA determinations, and individual applications are linked to a central file to ensure consistency.

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Pātaka Whenua gives you the ability to search and access Māori land information, submit an enquiry and file a Court application from anywhere at any time.

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Rule 5.11(2)(b) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 states that a report must be produced and made available to the public of all applications filed in the Māori Land Court that are six months or older and where a final decision has not yet been made on that application.

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If you can, please bring with you your whānau contact details and signatures, the required supporting documents, and the filing fee. You can pay the application fees by EFTPOS or cash.

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You can bring whānau with you to court to support you and your application.  If you are a whānau or hapū member who did not submit the application but would like to speak in Court, you can file a ‘ Notice of intention to appear upon application ’.

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If you have a current application in the Māori Land Court that is being delayed by a dispute, you can ask for your application to be put on hold while you attempt to settle the dispute outside of court.

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