I am currently the judge for Te Waipounamu in the Māori Land Court. I am also presiding over a number of urgent inquiries in the Waitangi Tribunal, which has never been busier.
For more information, please contact your local Mäori Land Court offi ce. Individual districts may mail out separate Pänui where 14 clear days notice is not provided in the National Pänui / Te Pänui ä Motu.
Documents/Panui/0703522-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-August-20221.pdf (538 kb)
While individual titles according to shareholding remains the means by which Māori freehold land is administered under Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993, the Act has resulted in an improved approach to Māori aspirations for their land.
This article looks at the relationship between the existing laws relating to cemeteries and the powers of the Māori Land Court to constitute urupā reservations under Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
ROHE O TĀKITIMU NATIONAL PĀNUI | TE PĀNUI Ā-MOTU JANUARY | KOHI-TĀTEA 2025 Contents Applications for hearing in JANUARY | KOHI-TĀTEA 2025 2 - 3 Descriptions of Application types by Section 4 – 37 Te Rohe o Aotea 38 – 52 Te Rohe o Tairāwhiti 53 – 80 Te Rohe o Taitokerau 81 – 87 Te Rohe o Tākitimu 88 – 102 Te Rohe o Te Waipounamu 103 – 142 Te Rohe o Waiariki 143 –165 Te Rohe o Waikato-Mani...
CERTIFICATE OF TITLE Now known as a 'Record of Title', it is an official record for a block of land that has been clearly defined by a full survey and for which a title has issued by Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ).
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)
ROHE O TĀKITIMU NATIONAL PĀNUI | TE PĀNUI Ā-MOTU April | Āperira 2025 Contents Applications for hearing in April | Āperira 2025 2 - 5 Descriptions of Application types by Section 6 – 32 Te Rohe o Aotea 33 – 46 Te Rohe o Tairāwhiti 47 – 74 Te Rohe o Taitokerau 75 – 85 Te Rohe o Tākitimu 86 – 98 Te Rohe o Te Waipounamu 99 – 130 Te Rohe o Waiariki 131 –155 Te Rohe o Waikato-Maniapoto 156 –...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP5 14:45 PM AP-20250000011070 328/93 Raana Tuuta He ōta whakanoho mō Raana Tuuta ki runga ia Kekerione 37 ABC 2 Occupation order for Raana Tuuta on Kekerione 37 ABC 2 SP6 15:00 PM AP-20250000011058 133/93 Pamela Seymour He panonitanga ki te tūnga taitara o Otonga 1E2 mai i te whenua atu o te whenua Māori ki te whenua Māori Change the status of Otonga 1E2 from General land to Māori freehold l...
Documents/Panui/14.-Te-Waipounamu-15-October-2025.pdf (140 kb)
The Treaty of Waitangi, signed in 1840 between Māori and the Crown, is the founding document of Aotearoa New Zealand.
February 2010 Cover photograph by Adrian Heke The Māori Land Court (Te Kooti Whenua Māori) is the New Zealand court that hears matters relating to Māori land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-english.pdf (389 kb)
