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
Tākitimu
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 a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Hastings
Via Zoom
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/8564298176
Meeting ID: 856 429 8176
Thursday 28 September 2023
Judge D H Stone
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SP1 10:00AM AP-20230000032674 220/93,
222/93,
244/93
William Koro
H...
Waiariki
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 a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Ōpōtiki
Māori Land Court, 1143 Haupapa
Street, Hauora House, Rotorua
Wednesday 6 September 2023
Judge T M Wara Presiding
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SSep3/1 11:00 AM AP-20230000021566 113/93,
118/93
Thompson
Quinton Tapsell
William B...
Ko te whakakape
i pau te manawa me te kaha ki te whai i te tika me te pono
o tēnei puka pānui, i tuhia, i whakatikaina, ā, i pānuitia
i runga tonu i te mōhiotanga ko ōna kaituhi me ōna
kaiwhakatika, kaipānui hoki kei te wātea mai i ngā herenga
i mahia, kāhore rānei i oti i tētahi tangata te katoa, ētahi
wāhanga rānei, ngā kupu me ngā kaupapa kōrero o tēnei
puka pānui te mahi.
Judge Te Kani Williams analyses how New Zealand's laws protect indigenous cultural heritage and customary rights, and poses the question - are they adequate?
A primary function of succession for Māori is to maintain whakapapa connections
to their whenua (land), whānau(family), tupuna (ancestors) and atua (gods).
51 Joseph Williams “Lex Aotearoa: An Heroic Attempt to Map the Māori Dimension in Modern New Zealand Law” (2013)
21 Waikato L Rev 1 at 4.
52 Joseph Williams “Lex Aotearoa: An Heroic Attempt to Map the Māori Dimension in Modern New Zealand Law” (2013)
21 Waikato L Rev 1 at 4.
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MANA
As identified earli...
And speaking of the Supreme Court, it would be remiss of me not to acknowledge the recent appointment of Justice Joe Williams to the Supreme Court bench. He is the first Maori to be appointed to our highest court.
For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the
appropriate application number at:
Physical address: Postal address:
L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203
WELLINGTON WELLINGTON
Phone: 04 914 3102
Fax: 04 914 3100
Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz
STEVEN DODD
Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
2
APPLICATION NO:
SECTION:
APPLICA...
TE MANA TUKU
TE TURE WHENUA MĀORI ACT 1993
Ko te whakakape
I pau te manawa me te kaha ki te whai i te tika me te pono
o tēnei puka pānui, i tuhia, i whakatikaina, ā, i pānuitia
i runga tonu i te mōhiotanga ko ōna kaituhi me ōna
kaiwhakatika, kaipānui hoki kei te wātea mai i ngā herenga
i mahia, kāhore rānei i oti i tētahi tangata te katoa, ētahi
wāhanga rānei, ngā kupu me ngā kaupapa kōrero o tēnei
puka pānui te mahi.
