Other status types As this update is specifically for Māori Customary Land and Māori Freehold Land it excludes the following land status types that fall within the jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court: Crown Land Crown Land Reserved for Māori General Land (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust) General Land Owned by Māori (which maybe vested in a Māor...
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/Maori-Land-Update-2014.pdf (572 kb)
Māori Land Court judges will also need to consider connections through whakapapa.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Maori-Land-Court-Recusal-Guidelines.pdf (226 kb)
Kaikohe From: Kaikohe, at Ngawha Innovation & Enterprise Park, 5449A State Highway 12, Kaikohe 0405: 10:00AM, Tuesday, 15 July 2025 To: Kaikohe, at Ngawha Innovation & Enterprise Park, 5449A State Highway 12, Kaikohe 0405: 10:00AM, Tuesday, 29 July 2025 These changes have occurred due to the unavailability of Judge W W Isaac on the dates set out above This direction is issued pursuant to rule 3.8(1)(b) Māori Land Court Rules 2011 and a...
Documents/Panui/291-Taitokerau-MB-186-dated-28-May-2025.pdf (109 kb)
To support these changes, the Ministry of Justice is updating its advice to those who are summoned for jury duty.
Chief Judge Caren Fox and Pae Matua Steve Gunson are very happy to release the first Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court Annual Report, covering the period from Matariki 2022 – Matariki 2023.
Its purpose was to register all outstanding Māori Land Court orders relating to Māori land ownership in LINZ.
1 Māori Land Update – Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua May 2023 | Haratua 2023 This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government agencies about the characteristics of Māori Customary and Māori Freehold Land.
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/2023-05-19-MoJ-MLC-Maori-Land-Update-ver-1.pdf (227 kb)
That information makes up the Māori Land Court record, which is the legal and official documentation of land ownership of whenua Māori.
To date, the programme delivered business transformation for the Māori Land Court, including legislative changes, a new operating model, and streamlined business processes.
14. Where the title to the land is held by a Māori land trust or a Māori Incorporation, the mortgage has to be sent to the Māori Land Court’s Registrar for noting (ss 150A and 150B of the Act).
