Māori Land Court Rules 2011 Read the Māori Land Court Rules 2011.
Chief Judge Fox was appointed as the Deputy Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court in 2010, and as the Chief Judge of the Court in 2023.
The changes affect all trusts, including Māori land trusts created through the Māori Land Court (such as ahu whenua, kaitiaki, and whānau trusts) and existing trusts established before the law came into force.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-for-landowners-Trustee-Act.pdf (68 kb)
The information in this booklet does not apply to Māori reserves. 2 Māori reservation land Any Māori freehold land or any general land 1 may be set aside as a Māori reservation.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-english.pdf (389 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 8 10:00 AM AP-20250000011113 43/93 Deputy Registrar Lot 1 Deposited Plan 128502 - Pipiwai A2 being part Lot 1 DP 12852 (3067 Pipiwai Road) and Riu Roa Niha Davies Whānau Trust - Rehearing of application AP-20250000004628 SP 9 10:00 AM AP-20250000004628 19/93 Koketai Hapi, Maude Helena Larissa Davies Lot 1 Deposited Plan 128502 - Pipiwai A2 being part Lot 1 DP 12852 (3067 Pipiwai Road) and Riu Roa Niha Davies Whānau T...
Documents/Panui/44.-Taitokerau-8-September-2025.pdf (126 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 10:00AM AP-20230000026602 A20230007403 19/93 Tracy Harrison Harataunga East No 4 Block (Waikoromiko Trust) - Injunction against construction of dwellings (Respondent: Martin Reedy Shultz) SP2 11:00AM AP-20240000002918 19/93 Anne Te Marie Leef Te Puke A, Te Puke B, 60-61 Goldfields Road - Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation (Respondent: Trace...
Documents/Panui/16.-Waikato-Maniapoto-Special-24-July-2024-Thames.pdf (154 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 10:00AM AP-20250000005948 19/93 Joey Te Ao Tutahanga Wetea Faulkner Matapihi 1A3C2A2 block (Matapihi 1A3C2A Ahu Whenua Trust) – Judicial Conference (Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation (Respondent: Leighton Faulkner)) SP2 10:00AM AP-20250000005949 240/93 Joey Te Ao Tutahanga Wetea Faulkner He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Matapih...
Documents/Panui/2.-Waikato-Maniapoto-23-September-2025.pdf (129 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 10:00AM AP-20250000005948 19/93 Joey Te Ao Tutahanga Wetea Faulkner Matapihi 1A3C2A2 block (Matapihi 1A3C2A Ahu Whenua Trust) – Judicial Conference (Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation (Respondent: Leighton Faulkner)) SP2 10:00AM AP-20250000005949 240/93 Joey Te Ao Tutahanga Wetea Faulkner He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Matapih...
Documents/Panui/2-v2.-Waikato-Maniapoto-23-September-2025.pdf (129 kb)
It’s not about the backlog, rather it’s the impact that the delays have had on Māori land owners, their whanau and their hapū, as ultimately justice delayed is justice denied.
Currently, the Māori Trustee administers as trustee or agent approximately 1,800 Māori Land Trusts and other Māori entities. This is about one third of all Māori Land Trusts.
