During the holiday period, Māori Land Court offices will be closed from 3pm, Wednesday 24 December 2025 and will reopen 10am, Monday 5 January 2026.
A national service for only urgent injunction applications is available Monday 29, Tuesday 30 and Wednesday 31 December. More details can be found here.
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
LEASE OR OCCUPATION LICENSE:
Trusts over Māorireservation land may issue a lease or
occupation license to enable the land to be occupied or built
on for a period of time.
The expertise of Māori Land Court judges is better utilised.
Simple and uncontested
trust applications
Before
6 February 2021
Trust applications are decided by a Māori Land Court judge.
Use this form to add, reduce, replace or (in exceptional circumstances) remove trustees of a Whānau Trust, Kaitiaki Trust,
Ahu Whenua Trust, Whenua Tōpū Trust, Pūtea Trust or MāoriReservation.
Te Waipounamu
PĀNUI
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 ā muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Christchurch
Courtroom 1, Justice and Emergency
Services Precinct, 20 Lichfield Street,
Christchurch
Reference SP1
Wednesday 12 April 2023
Judge S Te A Milroy
Applications for Hearing
PĀNUI
NO:
TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
1 10:00AM A2022...
