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

You can contact us through our new online portal, Pātaka Whenua, or by phone, email, or post.

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 A Special Sitting At Wellington online via Zoom Join via Zoom Meeting ID: 879 6913 4540 Friday 11 April 2025 Judge M J Doogan Presiding PĀNUI NO.

Documents/Panui/4.-Aotea-11-April-2025.pdf (146 kb)

  Whakapā mai Contact us Contact us online in Pātaka Whenua, or by phone, email or post.

Located in:  Hui and court hearings

The Māori Land Court moved to a new database, Pātaka Whenua, in late May 2023 replacing the Māori Land Information System (MLIS).

Documents/5-11-reports/2025-02-28-Notification-of-Applications-Over-6-months-old-in-MLC-MAC.pdf (6.7 mb)

The Māori Land Court moved to a new database, Pātaka Whenua, in late May 2023 replacing the Māori Land Information System (MLIS).

Documents/5-11-reports/2024-11-30-Notification-of-Applications-Over-6-months-old-in-MLC-MAC.pdf (4.8 mb)

They have now agreed to put those tensions behind them as it relates to the land (rather than personalities!) and have adopted this ahu whenua/whānau trust structure.

Located in:  Who we are Our judges Judges' corner articles

From 6 February 2021 The Māori Land Court can grant an occupation order to a beneficiary of a whānau trust.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Amendments-to-Te-Ture-Whenua-Maori-Act-1993-December-2020.pdf (891 kb)

(state full name), apply to the Court to constitute a whānau trust in respect of: tick as appropriate all my/our land interests the land interests listed in the schedule hereto Details of proposed whānau trust: 1.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-36-Application-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust-202104.pdf (201 kb)

This is the essence of a whānau trust. In that sense whakapapa and land rights are restored to the close relationship that they once had.

Located in:  Who we are Our judges Judges' corner articles