Banking Practice Note
This practice note has been issued as a guide to assist landowners, lawyers and the banking sector with lending against Māori freehold land (“whenua Māori”).
This practice note has been issued as a guide to assist landowners, lawyers and the banking sector with lending against Māori freehold land (“whenua Māori”).
If you think that you have been adversely affected by this process and wish to make representations on the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4 pm on the 1st day of May 2025 and specify brief details of your concerns. The Court may, if it cannot otherwise address those concerns, order that the application be reheard.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP2 11:00 AM AP-20260000001688 189/93 191/93 John Koning, Trustees of Murimotu 5B1 Ahu Whenua Trust Part Murimotu 5B1 Ahu Whenua Trust - Call for account, termination of agency, delivery of books of account and records and payment of money (Respondent: Māori Trustee) The Court may convene to make orders TE ROHE O AOTEA TE ROHE O AOTEA NATIONAL PĀNUI July | Hūrae 2026 24 At Whanganui | Māori Land Court, Ingestre...
Documents/Panui/July-2026-National-Panui-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (3.2 mb)
assets rironga authorise whakamana authorised kua whakamanatia award hoatu Aa Bb barrister rōia tūtahi balance of probabilities te whakamātautau taupae beneficiary kaiwhaipānga beneficiaries hunga whai pānga bequeath waiho iho bias mahi rītaha bind (as in bind the Tribunal) herea binding recommendation tūtohutanga whai mana binding powers mana paihere 1 breach (of te Tiriti) takahi brief of evidence kōrero taunaki block poraka borrow tono utu building hanganga...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Kuputaka-Reo-Maori-Comms.pdf (24 mb)
If you think that you have been adversely affected by this process and wish to make representations on the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4 pm on the 1st day of January 2026 and specify brief details of your concerns. The Court may, if it cannot otherwise address those concerns, order that the application be reheard.
This practice note has been issued as a guide to assist landowners, lawyers and the banking sector with lending and borrowing against Māori freehold land.
If you think that you have been adversely affected by this process and wish to make representations on the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4 pm on the 1st day of July 2025 and specify brief details of your concerns. The Court may, if it cannot otherwise address those concerns, order that the application be reheard.
Documents/Panui/Maori-Land-Court-National-Panui-July-2025-Edition.pdf (2.9 mb)
If you think that you have been adversely affected by this process and wish to make representations on the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4 pm on the 1st of May 2023 and specify brief details of your concerns. The Court may, if it cannot otherwise address those concerns, order that the application be reheard.
Documents/Panui/0323323-Ministry-of-Justice_National-Panui-May-2023-PROOF.pdf (823 kb)
1 Notification of applications that have not been finally determined (over 6 months old) 29 February 2024 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications are hereby notified pursuant to rule 5.
Apart from the general principles underlying the statute, and the general objectives that the Court must take account of, there is very little guidance in Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 as to the matters the Court should consider when deciding whether to set aside land as a new urupā.