TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP4 10:00 AM AP-20230000031094 AP-20230000031098 241/93 Tai Wiremu Kerekere He whakamutunga atu i te Wiremu Kerekere Whānau Trust me Te Haumihiata Sarah Kerekere Whānau Trust Termination of the Wiremu Kerekere Whānau Trust and Te Haumihiata Sarah Kerekere Whānau Trust SP5 1:00 PM AP-20260000004861 19/93 Elias Juan Manuel Herupara A1D2 - Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threat...
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP19 10:10 AM AP-20260000008343 19/93 Joey Te Ao Tutahanga Wetea Faulkner Jnr Matapihi 1A3C2A2 Ahu Whenua Trust – Judicial Conference (Injunction (Respondents: Leighton John Faulkner and the Matapihi 1A3C2A2 Ahu Whenua Trust)) SP20 10:10 AM AP-20260000008370 18(1)(a)/93 Joey Te Ao Tutahanga Wetea Faulkner Jnr He whakataunga a te kooti mō tētahi kerēme e whakatauhia ana nō wai te whare ki runga i a Matapihi 1...
Documents/Panui/23.-Waikato-Maniapoto-16-July-2026.pdf (133 kb)
Respondents: Mr Duane Monk. Legislation: Section 19, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 Previous evidence: 293 Taitokerau MB 170-171 dated 25 July 2025 290 Taitokerau MB 297 dated 13 June 2025 288 Taitokerau MB 295-296 dated 3 April 2025 306 Taitokerau MB 115-130 dated 4 November 2025 Details of the applicant are as follows: Applicant Address Micheal Philip Greame Yorke 130 Featherston Street, Palmerston North,4410 T Wetere for Deputy Registrar: The above-named...
Documents/Panui/1.-321-Taitokerau-MB-127-128-dated-17-August-2026.pdf (105 kb)
Partition applications are covered under Part 14 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 (sections 285-306) and Part 13 of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011.
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-apply-for-Partition-of-Maori-freehold-land.pdf (490 kb)
There are two application types you can file under section 214 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 and rule 12.3 of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 to form a whānau trust.
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust.pdf (512 kb)
If you are wanting to convert Māori customary land into freehold land, you can apply to the Court under section 132 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act. Only a small number of customary land blocks remain in Aotearoa New Zealand and they total less than 700 hectares.
NGĀ KAPOREIHANA MĀORI TE TURE WHENUA MĀORI ACT 1993 MĀORI INCORPORATIONS TE TURE WHENUA MĀORI ACT 1993 Ko te whakakape I pau te manawa me te kaha ki te whai i te tika me te pono o tēnei puka pānui, i tuhia, i whakatikaina, ā, i pānuitia i runga tonu i te mōhiotanga ko…
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-incorporations-tereo.pdf (949 kb)
Highlights under each of our four strategic objectives included: Hei Kooti Māori ӹ developed and implemented a Mahi tahi policy, a set of principles agreed on by the judiciary and the Ministry of Justice to work jointly, as partners ӹ developed a court-wide Te reo me ngā tikanga Māori strategy, to be implemented between Matariki 2025 and Matariki 2026 Hei tāwharau i te pae tangata ӹ developed and implemented Hauora Plans for each office to support the wellbeing of judges, kaimahi,...
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)
Special Pānui are also included in this section. Special Pānui are court hearings that have been set down after the cut off date for the National Pānui.
A huge effort has also been made to deal with aged section 45 applications, resulting in most being ordered or subject to reserve judgment.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2023-Matariki-2024.pdf (11 mb)
