During the holiday period, Māori Land Court offices will be closed from 3pm, Wednesday 24 December 2025 and will reopen 10am, Monday 5 January 2026.
A national service for only urgent injunction applications is available Monday 29, Tuesday 30 and Wednesday 31 December. More details can be found here.
Due to limited access to the building, the Auckland Information Office is available by appointment only. Please contact us by email at mlctamakimakaurau@justice.govt.nz
In either case, however, any adopted child
(or that child’s children or grandchildren) is
not entitled to succeed to any interest in
the Wi Pere Trust greater than a life interest,
unless he or she is also related by blood to
Wi Pere (note that provisions of Section2 of
the Māori Purposes Act 1991, relating to the
Wi Pere Trust Estate, override the provisions
of the Adoption Act 1955).
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
November 2022
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 September 2022, 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 yet to be determined or set down for inquiry...
A20220018103 45/93 Kamaukiterangi Faulkner CJ 2023/5 - Oriwa Te Moananui also
known as Muriel Olive Ranga - and
vesting orders made at 8 Hauraki 107
on 19 August 1968 - Application to
the Chief Judge
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A20220018772 45/93 Cherie Violet Green (Dunn) CJ 2022/50 Estate of Walter Eugene
Seigle - and orders made at 61 SI 331
on 24 August 1982 - Application to
the Chief Judge
A20220018982 58/93 Timutetai Hoariri Paerata Appeal 2022/10 - Tuaropaki A
(Mokai Marae) - and a
determi...
For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the
appropriate application number at:
Physical address: Postal address:
L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203
WELLINGTON WELLINGTON
Phone: 04 914 3102
Fax: 04 914 3100
Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz
STEVEN DODD
Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
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APPLICATION NO:
SECTION
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
October 2023
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 August 2023, 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 yet to be determined or set down for inquiry or re...
For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz
APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL
FROM A PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION
Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993
Section 59
Form 14
Rule 8.13
Office use:
Application: ACCEPTED / REFUSED
Dated: ..............................................................
.
(2) The following matters must be set out in the application:
(a) in respect of the order or certificate of confirmation that is the subject of the application,—
(i) the date of the order or certificate; and
(ii) a description of the land affected; and
(iii) the names of the owners affected or, in the case of succession, the name of the deceased:
(b) in respect of the mistake or omission sought to be corrected,—
(i) a statement of the nature of the mistake or omission, who m...
(If the application is not under Te Ture Whenua Māori Act give details as to the Act)
(State number of section(s) under which application is made)
For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz
Form 01
Rule 4.2 (2)
WHAT IS THIS FORM FOR?
For example, selling land gives the new owner the ownership rights; leasing
land gives the lessee a limited right to occupy land in return for payment of rent
(and other conditions); mortgaging land gives the mortgagee the right to sell the
land if the mortgage is not repaid (refer to section 4 of Te Ture Whenua Māori
Act 1993). Alienation involves an alienee (the person who purchases or receives the
interest in the land) and an alienor (the person who sells or parts with the interes...