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Māori incorporations are designed to manage whole blocks of land and are the most commercial of all Māori land management structures.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)

S Overall, an average Māori land block has a size of 52.64 ha and 111 owners. S The total number of allocated ownership records recorded in all blocks is 3,136.458.

Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)

In my first year the Boys II Men song “End of the Road” spent over 3 months at number 1! That will explain why I purchased a bright green suit at the time.

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On Friday 29 November, the old Māori Land Court on Lowe Street Gisborne was closed, and the new court opened on Gladstone Road. A crowd of approximately 100 people gathered to witness this transition through the blessing and official opening by Sir Derek Lardelli and his team of kaikarakia of Te Rā Tū, the new Tairāwhiti Māori Land Court.

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From 6 February 2021 The Māori Land Court can make rulings about Māori land under the Family Protection Act 1955, Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act 1949, Government Roading Powers Act 1989, Local Government Act 1974 and the Property Law Act 2007.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Amendments-to-Te-Ture-Whenua-Maori-Act-1993-December-2020.pdf (891 kb)

The framework measures breaches of tikanga that require certain action to be taken in order to resolve the matter. 56 Ibid 17 KAITIAKITANGA Kaitiakitanga means the exercise of guardianship by the tangata whenua (the home people) of an area in accordance with tikanga Māori in relation to natural and physical resources, includes the ethic of stewardship.57 Kaitiakitanga is also an obligation on those who have mana to act unselfishly, with right mind and heart and wi...

Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)

WAIARIKI PĀNUI Contact Details Office Waiariki Māori Land Court Address 1143 Haupapa Street, Rotorua 3010 Mailing address DX Box JX10529, Rotorua Phone Office 07 921 7402 Email Office mlcwaiariki@justice.govt.nz Office hours Monday to Friday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (Closed on Public Holidays) He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū 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 Court Sitting...

Documents/Panui/8.-Waiariki-27-January-2026.pdf (125 kb)

SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 9 11:30 AM AP-20240000010745 Protected Objects Act 1975 – sections 11 and 12 Stephen John Walker Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found at 20 Levers Road, Otumoetai, Tauranga SP 10 12.00 PM AP-20230000033561 231/93 Karen Stowers Tukere and Grace Rehu Whānau Trust - Review of Trust SP 11 12.00 PM AP-20230000033563 238/93 Karen Stowers Tukere and Grace Rehu Whānau Trust - Enforcement of obligations of a Whānau Trust SP...

Documents/Panui/13.-Waikato-Maniapoto-26-February-2026.pdf (126 kb)

Unlocking finance is an important part of facilitating the occupation, development, and utilisation of whenua Māori for the benefit of owners, their whānau, and their hapū and this practice note is another step on the road to realising this vision.

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Me tāpiri rawa atu he pikitia o te poraka katoa, o te wāhi, o ngā whare kei runga i te 12 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,...

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-title-improvement-tereo.pdf (349 kb)