New Near Match search videos now available
18 Mar 2026 | NewsThese videos are part of our ongoing work to improve access to information and support our people to use Pātaka Whenua confidently.
These videos are part of our ongoing work to improve access to information and support our people to use Pātaka Whenua confidently.
The Māori Land Court is one of the oldest courts in New Zealand and the work it does is central to the fabric of the Māori community, and the Māori economy.”
Documents/Articles/23-07-20-Media-Statement-Chief-Maori-Land-Court-Judge-appointment.pdf (400 kb)
For office contact details, go to www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz/contact-us To download a form from our website, go to www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz/application-forms You can also find out more online at www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz/disputes When we roll out our new technology system, you will be able to make this application online via the Māori Land Court website.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Dispute-resolution-service-web-version.pdf (132 kb)
(Address to which documents or correspondence in connection with the application can be posted or delivered) PHONE NUMBER(S): Home: Work: Mobile: Fax: Email Address: NOTE: Where fax or email addresses are given these may be used as a means of notice and service.
For more information about The South Island Landless Natives Act (SILNA) and the work of Te Kooti Whenua Māori and updating the lists of potential owners for the four remaining SILNA Blocks Hāwea-Wanaka, Whakapoai, Port Adventure and Toitoi, please see our SILNA page.
Māori women judges have agreed to work with a group of Māori women lawyers to provide networking and mentoring support, so as to encourage young Māori women lawyers to take their careers as far as possible.
Yes, Te Kura Kaiwhakawā is working to publish the Sexual Violence Trials Bench Book and Kia Mana te Tangata | Judging in Context: A Handbook later in 2025.
Disestablished in 1989, the former Department had support staff located at many offices around New Zealand who maintained minute book series for judicial officers and/or bodies working in their respective areas or for specific departmental or land board activities.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-Minute-Book-Abbreviations.pdf (470 kb)
Trustees are appointed by the Māori Land Court under the jurisdiction set out in s 222 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993. In making appointments two crucial criteria must be considered.
Blocks pending internal review In addition there is also a subset of blocks that are currently under review by the Court having been identified as part of ongoing bi-monthly data matching work between Land Information New Zealand and the Court.
Documents/Maori-Land-Updates/Maori-Land-Update-2014.pdf (572 kb)