TE KOOTI WHENUA MĀORI / MĀORI LAND COURT Te wāhi: Rotorua Te hunga kooti i reira: T M Wara, Te Kaiwhakawā M Witoko, Te Karaka o Te Kooti Te rangi: 11 September 2024 Te nama o te pānui: Chambers Te nama o te tono: AP-20240000009966 Te kaupapa: RESCHEDULING OF WAIARIKI COURT SITTING DATE Te Ture: Rule 3.8(1)(b), Māori Land Court Rules 2011 The Court: I have considered the 2024 December Waiariki District court sitting date for Ōpōtiki that has been gazetted by...
The Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025 came into force on 27 August 2025 introducing new ways for Māori landowners to take action around water service matters affecting whenua Māori. These include appealing decisions that allow water service providers to enter Māori land to do their work, and applying for charging orders if landowners have paid more than their share of water services charges on Māori freehold land held in multiple ownership.
In August 2020, the Government passed targeted changes to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 to simplify the legal processes for owning, occupying and using Māori land.
20 July 2023 MEDIA STATEMENT Chief Justice welcomes the appointment of new Chief Māori Land Court Judge The Chief Justice welcomes the announcement by Associate Minister of Māori Development, the Hon Nanaia Mahuta, of Judge Caren Fox’s appointment as Chief Judge of Te Kooti Whenua Māori | Māori Land Court. Chief Judge Fox (Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata, Te Whānau a Apanui) is the 17th Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court, and the first wahine Māori to hold the role....
Documents/Articles/23-07-20-Media-Statement-Chief-Maori-Land-Court-Judge-appointment.pdf (400 kb)
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.
Maukuku Taituha Pata Waikawa 49. Maukuku Te Whenua Pati Waikawa 50. Morera Teone Wanikau Tapiha Oaro 51.
Documents/SILNA/Original-Grantees-of-the-Toitoi-SILNA-Block-word.pdf (118 kb)
I whakatakotohia e Ngā Kaiwhakapūmau i te Reo te pētihana Reo Māori he hiahia nō rātou kia kitea te reo Māori ki ngā kura katoa o te motu me tō rātou whakapono, he manawa whenua tō tātou reo Māori, mā te reo Māori te iwi Māori e whakaora.
This result only matches your search query when viewed in Te Reo Māori.Me noho mōhio mā ngā rongokōrero me ngā pānuitanga hou rawa a te Kooti Whenua Māori.
This result only matches your search query when viewed in Te Reo Māori.Whakahaerehia ai e mātou ngā tūmomo huihuinga me ngā rangatira whenua me ngā kaiwhakamahi kooti i ia marama, ā-kanohi ki te kanohi me runga ipurangi.
This result only matches your search query when viewed in Te Reo Māori.Nō te rā nei i pānuitia e te Minita Tuarua mō te Whakawhanaketanga Māori, e Nanaia Mahuta ko Kaiwhakawā Caren Fox te Kaiwhakawā Matua hou o te Kooti Whenua Māori.
This result only matches your search query when viewed in Te Reo Māori.
