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Fee increase summary
Current rate New rate
$22 $23
$66 $68
$220 $228
$385 $399
Detailed fee list
Māori Land Court Current rate (inc
GST)
New rate
(inc GST)
Filing an application in respect of the following:
(a) hearing and determining any claim to recover damages from trespass or any other
injury to Māori freehold land
(b) hearing and determining any proceeding founded on contract or tort where debt,
demand, or damage relates to Māori freehold la...
It can also order that:
• the land reverts tobeing held under the former title as if
the order hadn’t been made, or
• the land be vested in any other person it considers tobe
justly entitled to it.
The Court may, on considering your notification, arrange for the application tobe set down for a formal hearing
if the application has yet tobe determined or for a rehearing if the application has already been determined.
We are fortu-
nate he continues tobe part of our judicial team.
Judge Isaac was appointedas a Judge of the
Court on 20 December 1993, and subsequently
appointedas the Deputy Chief Judge of the Court
on 8 September 1999.
It was always the practice for a new
judge and assessor tobeappointed for the
rehearing. Rehearings were a very cumbersome
and expensive kind of appeal, as much of
the evidence had tobe heard afresh and new
evidence called.
The Court may, on considering your notification, arrange for the application tobe set down for a formal hearing
if the application has yet tobe determined or for a rehearing if the application has already been determined.
The Court may, on considering your notification, arrange for the application tobe set down for a formal hearing
if the application has yet tobe determined or for a rehearing if the application has already been determined.
As an example of the way things have shifted, the Māori Land Court staff at Rotorua have 31 members whose ages range from early 20s through tobeing close to retirement.
