2025 11 30 5.11 report
The Māori Land Court moved to a new database, Pātaka Whenua, in late May 2023 replacing the Māori Land Information System (MLIS).
The Māori Land Court moved to a new database, Pātaka Whenua, in late May 2023 replacing the Māori Land Information System (MLIS).
Their dedication to making the Māori Land Court a truly Māori space – where people are engaged respectfully and in culturally appropriate ways – is truly inspiring.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)
If the parties cannot come to an agreement, the mediator will notify the Māori Land Court. There will be options available when considering the next steps to resolve the dispute, including going to court or going back to mediation with the same or a different mediator.
When setting up a trust or incorporation, you need to give all owners and beneficiaries of the land the opportunity to be involved in decision-making.
They are held to high standards of conduct consistent with their duties.
When we came back from Singapore in 2006, my husband said “it’s your turn”.
Where land is vested in trustees, the trustees own the land as legal owners on behalf of the beneficiaries.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-english.pdf (389 kb)
For more information, please contact your local Mäori Land Court office. 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/1213222-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-February-2023-web2.pdf (752 kb)
If you have further questions, contact a Māori Land Court office. For office contact details, go to www.maorilandcourt.govt.nz/contact-us.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-for-landowners-Trustee-Act.pdf (68 kb)
The remedies phase of the Wairarapa ki Tararua inquiry ended in early 2023, but the Renewed Muriwhenua Land Inquiry has some way to go. Judge Wainwright’s latest Waitangi Tribunal inquiry is Te Rau o Te Tika: the Justice system inquiry.