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The Chief Justices and Judges and their delegations attended the opening ceremony and first session of the LAWASIA Conference session at the New Otani Hotel.

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Registration has resulted in a significant workload as applications move to pre-court for processing.

Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2023-Matariki-2024.pdf (11 mb)

The region which experienced the first really rapid changes as a result of the work of the Native Land Court was Hawke’s Bay.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)

Trust records include those created under previous legislation, in particular those that resulted from applications under section 438 and 439 of the Māori Affairs Act 1953, which were the pre-cursors to the current Ahu Whenua Trust structure.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)

This produced some pleasing results in both spaces with an increase in new applications to Court in the earlier part of the reporting year and the closure of some of our older applications.

Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2022-Matariki-2023.pdf (11 mb)

If you have a current application before the Court, you will need to email your details to MLC.Trustee.Training@justice.govt.nz to ensure you complete the training before your Court hearing.

Located in:  Hui and court hearings

Our team committed many hours of overtime to entering new applications into Pātaka Whenua and progressing applications towards resolution.

Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)

A te reo Māori resource for words used in the Māori Land Court and the Waitangi Tribunal Ngā Kupu Māori mō te Kooti Whenua Māori me te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi ����������������� acting prudently mahi i runga i te āta tūpato acting reasonably mahi i runga i te āta whakaaro acting competently mahi i runga i te matatau ki ngā mahi acting in good conscience mahi i runga i te whakaaro pai acting impartially mahi i runga i te tōkeke active (as in inquiry) hohe add (as...

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Kuputaka-Reo-Maori-Comms.pdf (24 mb)

Paneke are an opportunity for court users based in smaller towns and centres to meet with our kaimahi and kōrero about: completing application forms submitting an enquiry searching the court record updates on current applications and enquiries updating information in Pātaka Whenua other services normally available at a Māori Land Court office.

Located in:  Hui and court hearings

We hold court sittings, paneke, outreach hui, and trustee training sessions, both kanohi ki te kanohi and online.