Māori women judges in Aotearoa
01 Mar 2016 | NewsCurrently Aotearoa New Zealand has 11 women judges of Māori ancestry who serve on the High Court, District Court and Māori Land Court.
Search results for "Who has a say in the land"
Discussion on Māori Governance
01 Feb 2013 | NewsApproximately 42 per cent of Māori land is not under any governance entity. In some instances this is because the land has only one or just a few owners, or because the land is unsuitable for any form of development and owners have decided to leave it in its natural state.
MLC Form 21 Application for succession2
Has the whāngai child already received an interest in Māori land from either of their birth parents?
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-21-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (370 kb)
LAWASIA and Conference of Chief Justices of Asia and the Pacific
15 Feb 2018 | NewsThe rep for the Chief Justice of Pakistan made the comment that their judiciary has made a major move this year in that they now publish their decisions.
Te whakatū i tētahi tarati, kaporeihana whenua rānei
Set up a trust or incorporation
A whenua tōpū trust: can include one or more Māori land blocks, or general land owned by Māori can include a wide range of beneficiaries, for example, a community, hapū or iwi in a specific area makes the land trustees legally responsible for managing the land has a Court-approved trust order that sets out the rights and responsibilities of the trustees requires that any funds received...
1105523 Ministry of Justice Panui December 2023 web
The Court may, on considering your notification, arrange for the application to be set down for a formal hearing if the application has yet to be determined or for a rehearing if the application has already been determined.
Documents/Panui/1105523-Ministry-of-Justice_Panui-December-2023-web.pdf (985 kb)
Ngā Kaiwhakawā
Our judges
The Law firm has been a finalist in the NZ Law Awards three times and has won two NZ Māori language awards.
Discussion on the (now completed) Māori Freehold Land Registration Project
01 Feb 2012 | NewsThe project was a joint one involving the Māori Land Court administration, LINZ and a sector sometimes forgotten in the literature on the project, the Māori Land Court judiciary.
0305124 Ministry of Justice Panui April 2024
The Court may, on considering your notification, arrange for the application to be set down for a formal hearing if the application has yet to be determined or for a rehearing if the application has already been determined.
Documents/Panui/0305124-Ministry-of-Justice_Panui-April-2024.pdf (1.7 mb)
Factsheet Legislative changes affecting trusts
Your application will be considered ‘uncontested’ when: • it has been notified according to the Māori Land Court Rules; and • it has been published in the Māori Land Court’s National Pānui; and • no one has objected to the application.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Legislative-changes-affecting-trusts.pdf (303 kb)