Te Puna Manawa Whenua outlines what they may need to know, understand, and do when hearing applications in the Māori Land Court. The name Te Puna Manawa Whenua can be translated to mean ‘the spring from deep underground.’
TAIRĀWHITI
PĀNUI
Contact Details
Office Tairāwhiti
Address 37 Gladstone Road
Mailing address DX Box: PX10106, Gisborne
Phone 06 869 0370
Email mcltairawhiti@justice.govt.nz
Office hours 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
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How to make a formal complaint
If after talking with us you still have concerns, you can make a complaint:
by email to complaints@justice.govt.nz
in writing to the Māori Land Court:
Level 7, Fujitsu Tower Māori Land Court SX11203 141 The Terrace Wellington
Please include the following information with your complaint:
Your first and last name (including company name if relevant)
Your email address
The details of your complaint.
Appealing Māori Land Court decisions about access
• A person may appeal to the Māori Appellate Court on aquestion
of law in relation to a decision of the Māori Land Court made
under section 170(1).
Appealing Māori Land Court decisions about access
• A person may appeal to the Māori Appellate Court
on a question of law in relation to a decision of the
Māori Land Court made under section 170.
The 1882 statute brought all land used for burial – except urupā – under a common legal structure irrespective of how the land had come to be set aside.
Ngā kawenga a te kaitakawaenga i Te Ratonga Whakatau
Wenerau│The role of a mediator under Te Ratonga Whakatau
Wenerau
As a mediator under Te Ratonga Whakatau Wenerau, you will have some important responsibilities.
Most of the land set aside under the Act was transferred to the intended beneficiaries, but in 1909 the SILNA Act was repealed by the Native Lands Act before all the grants had been completed. 6 Also, the lands set aside under SILNA were of inferior quality, isolated, inaccessible, and often far distant from the traditional lands that had been taken under the earlier Crown purchasing. 7 Four of the SILNA blocks were not allocated and remain in...
The drafters of the Act clearly
understood the dynamics of Māori land and Māori land owners.
Accordingly, under the Act the engaged owners presently make decisions about their
land through the legal structures of trusts and incorporations.
