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Kapohia ki te tuhirau, ki te reehuiringa Preservation of the integrity of the record, the record will prevail As a court of record, our key purpose is to accurately document the succession and management of Māori land. That information makes up the Māori Land Court record, which is the legal and official documentation of land ownership of whenua Māori.

1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington Ākuhata | August 2026 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 10th of June 2026, are hereby notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and have yet to be determined...

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If you’ve been dealing directly with a Māori Land Court staff member, we suggest you get in touch with them first.

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Upon mortgagee sale the land remains as Māori freehold land. He aha te mana o te Kooti i raro i te ture Property Law 2007 mō te whenua Māori?

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He has also served as a former president of Te Hunga Rōia Māori o Aotearoa – the New Zealand Māori Law Society.

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  Kaitakawaenga Māori Speak to a Kaitakawaenga Māori at IRD.

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TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP9 11:30AM AP-20250000005320 239/93 338(7)/93 Joseph John Davis He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Kuaotunu 6C2B2 Trust - Replace Peter Johnston with Bridget Duffey, Raukawa Balsom, Joseph Davis, Robert McLean and Rakai Puha as trustees of the Kuaotunu 6C2B2 Trust SP10 11:30AM AP-20250000005323 239/93 338(7)/93 Kelly Kaimanu MacPherson He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Kuaotunu 6C2B1 part...

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She also acted as legal counsel for Treaty claimants and Māori land clients. She holds a LLM from Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, and in 2023 received her PhD at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi for her thesis "Ko te mana te utu: Narratives of sovereignty, law, and tribal citizenship in the Pōtikirua ki te Toka-a-Taiau District".

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In Pātaka Whenua, you can find information about your whenua, search the court record, make an application or enquiry online and pay the application filing fee.

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Te Puna Manawa Whenua Māori Land Court Bench Book Te Puna Manawa Whenua has been developed by judges for judges, and outlines what they may need to know, understand, and do when hearing applications in the Māori Land Court.

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