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
Tairāwhiti
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mohiotia ai ka tu Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
Special Hearing
Courtroom 4
Hastings District Court
106 Eastbourne Street West
Hastings
Friday, 8 December 2023
Judge M J Doogan presiding
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
Sp2 10:00am AP-20230000026803 18(1)(a)/93 Tim Smith Francis Guthrie Smith -
determine a claim to rights to
M...
Tairāwhiti
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mohiotia ai ka tu Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
Special Hearing
Courtroom 4
Hastings District Court
106 Eastbourne Street West
Hastings
Thursday, 7 December 2023
Judge M J Doogan presiding
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
Sp2 10:00am AP-20230000026803 18(1)(a)/93 Tim Smith Francis Guthrie Smith -
determine a claim to rights to...
Kaiwhakawā Nathan Milner
Ngāti Porou, Kai Tahu
Judge Milner was appointed to the Māori Land Court on 22 May 2024.
Judge Milner is one of the resident judges for the Tairāwhiti District of the Māori Land Court hearing cases in Gisborne and Ruatoria.
Me tāpiri rawa atu he pikitia o te poraka
katoa, o te wāhi, o ngā whare kei runga i te
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Māori Land Court offices
Te Taitokerau District
registry office
2nd Floor, Manaia house, rathbone Street
aX10086, Whangārei 0140
T (09) 983 9940
F (09) 983 9941
E mlctaitokerau@justice.govt.nz
Auckland Information Offi ce
135 Kolmar road
eX10912, Papatoetoe 2155
T (09) 279 5850
F (09) 279 5852
E mlcpapatoetoe@justice.govt.nz
Waikato Maniapoto District
registry office
Level 2, BnZ centre,...
Include these details in this clause.
10 (k) Insert the names of the landowners of the block. If there is a trust, name
the trustees and the trust.
10 (n) Name the parent block.
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OCCUPATION ORDER
Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993, Section 328
In the Māori Land Court
of New Zealand
[Rohe] District
IN THE MATTER of [Block name] being all the
land contained in [LINZ
identifier], [Registry]
AT a sitting of the Court...
Much like a partition, an amalgamated block is dependent on:
agreement or sufficient degree of support from the owners
the value of each landblock and the shares (before amalgamation)
the value of the new landblock (after amalgamation)
access arrangements to the new landblock, and
new shareholding, based on the value of the pre-amalgamation shares, in the new landblock.
Other status types
As this update is specifically for Māori Customary Land and Māori Freehold Land it excludes the
following land status types that fall within the jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court:
Crown Land
Crown Land Reserved for Māori
General Land (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust)
General Land Owned by Māori (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust);
Ownership Only (ownership interes...
Other status types
As this update is specifically for Māori Customary Land and Māori Freehold Land it excludes the
following land status types that fall within the jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court:
Crown Land
Crown Land Reserved for Māori
General Land (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust)
General Land Owned by Māori (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust);
Ownership Only (ownership interes...
