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
DEPUTY CHIEF JUDGE – CRAIG COXHEAD I am delighted to advise that Judge Craig Coxhead has been appointed as the new Deputy Chief Judge of our Court. Judge Coxhead was appointed to the Māori Land Court in 2008 and is one of the resident judges in Waiariki, as well as a Presiding Officer in the Waitangi Tribunal, Chief Justice of the High Court of Niue and a Justice of the High Court of Cook Islands.
To access the Māori Land Court User Survey, please click the following link:
Māori Land Court User Survey 2025
If you have any questions, please contact us by email at te.tiratu@justice.govt.nz
Further information about the application may be obtained from the Taitokerau Māori Land Court – mlctaitokerau@justice.govt.nz (please quote reference AP-20250000009606 )
Don Cameron Registrar Taitokerau Māori Land Court AX10086 WHANGĀREI Phone 09-983-9940
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Where the relevant tikanga does not recognise a relationship
that entitles whāngai to succeed, the Māori Land Court may
issue a court order giving whāngai a lifetime right to receive
income or grants from the land or the right to occupy the
family home on the land, or both.
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.
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.