Due to limited access to the building, the Auckland Information Office is available by appointment only. Please contact us by email at mlctamakimakaurau@justice.govt.nz
Before you submit an application to the Court, make sure you have had a kōrero with your whānau. Kaitiaki whenua (land guardianship) is about the collective and the wellbeing of whenua, whānau and whakapapa.
Ko
tēnei tikanga kore utu, e kīia ana ko te
‘Rangahau Part IV’.
• tirohia te kohinga Māori Land Online
(MLOL), ka taea i runga i te ipurangi a Te
Kooti Whenua Māori.
Apply online
Download the application form
Te tono ki te tohu i tētahi mema hou o te komiti (utu tāpae $228)
Apply to appoint a new committee member (filing fee $228)
When a vacancy in the committee remains unfilled following an annual general meeting or special general meeting (SGM), any shareholder can apply to appoint a new member.
If there is a disagreement about access to the land, there are provisions for an internal review, and for the water service provider or the landowner to appeal to the Māori Land Court.
Water services application types
Appeals to Māori Land Court - for issues about access to Māori land to work on water infrastructure
This kind of appeal is different from appealing orders made by the Māori Land Court.
It would be interesting to see the response if our Māori Land Court required the parties’ written submissions in upcoming cases to be uploaded to the Māori land Court website prior to hearings.
Ko te tikanga o tēnei
wāhanga o te ture, he whakamana i te Kooti
Whenua Māori hei kaiwhakahaere mō ngā
whenua o ngā kaipupuri Māori, e āhei ai te
whakapaipai, te hiki ake i te wāriu, me te
whakahou ake i te taitara, mō te painga o
te katoa.
māorilandcourt.co.nz
Over the holiday period, Māori Land Court offices will be closed from 3pm, Wednesday 24
December 2025 and will reopen 10am, Monday, 5 January 2026.
