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What does this mean for you? If you file an application to the Māori Land Court or the Māori Appellate Court on or after  1 July 2025 , you will notice an increase in the fee you need to pay.

Located in:  Hui and court hearings News

The Māori Land Court invites you to share your thoughts on the service you have received from us.

Located in:  Hui and court hearings News

Time: ............................................................. am / pm You are entitled to appear at the hearing. If you wish to appear you should contact the Court and file a Notice of Intention to Appear on Form 5 and serve a copy on the applicant.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-3-Accompany-application.pdf (107 kb)

Time: ............................................................. am / pm A full copy of the application may be obtained from the Court office. You are entitled to appear at the hearing. If you wish to appear you should contact the Court and file a Notice of Intention to Appear on Form 5 and serve a copy on the applicant.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-4-Notice-application.pdf (157 kb)

At this point in te pā whenua, you should have gathered all the information you need, and you should be ready to file an application with the Court.

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Inquiry about delayed judgments If you are concerned about a delay in delivering a reserved judgment in the Māori Land Court in a case in which you have an interest (or are the legal representative for someone with an interest), an inquiry should be made to Chief Registrar.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Maori-Land-Court-Judgment-Delivery.pdf (128 kb)

To date, the Court has determined the successors of 125 original owners and are now seeking whakapapa information for the remaining owners from around 1895 who have not yet been succeeded to. If you see any of your tīpuna listed below and know of their whakapapa lines, we would love to hear from you.

Located in:  Hui and court hearings News

For the Māori Land Court, our focus is on being able to progress the successions as quickly as we can in order to update the lists of successors so that meetings of successors can be called.

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During this period a national service for only urgent injunction applications is available on Monday 29, Tuesday 30 and Wednesday 31 December 2025.

Documents/Misc/Urgent-injunction-holiday-process-2025-26.pdf (658 kb)

Second notice • Will be advertised on 31 July ▪ Confirming the date, times, and venue for all the hui, and include ▪ The names of the nominees for each of the blocks Nomination Forms: Can be accessed at https://we.tl/t-WNi2NsAMTe or by request to the case manager.

Documents/Landowner-notices/Final-advert-Whakapoungakau-hui-final.pdf (115 kb)