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Documents/Troubleshooting/Guest-User-Guide-v4.pdf (1.9 mb)

Approximately 42 per cent of Māori land is not under any governance entity. In some instances this is because the land has only one or just a few owners, or because the land is unsuitable for any form of development and owners have decided to leave it in its natural state.

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1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington Noema | November 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 9th of September 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 or set dow...

Documents/Panui/November-2026-Notification-of-Applications-in-Office-of-Chief-Registrar.pdf (620 kb)

1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington Hepetema | September 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 8th of July 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 or set down...

Documents/Panui/Notification-of-Applications-in-Office-of-Chief-Registrar-September-2026.pdf (638 kb)

Steve Gunson - Pae Matua Māori Land Court and Waitangi Tribunal  Ngāti Toarangatira, Te Ātiawa Steve Gunson brings a wealth and breadth of experience to the role of Pae Matua | Director Waitangi Tribunal and Māori Land Court.

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Kia mōhio, ka taea te whakamahi te General Form of Application ki te kore tō tono e hāngai ki ngā momo e whakaaturia ana.

How-do-I-user-guides/Te-reo-Maori/Submitting-an-application-v1-6-Maori-web.pdf (3.8 mb)

1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington Tīhema | December 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 7th of October 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 or set down...

Documents/Panui/Notification-of-Applications-in-Office-of-Chief-Registrar-December-2026.pdf (584 kb)

  Judges acting as mediators Kaiwhakawā Wilson Isaac Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Kahungunu Judge Wilson Isaac was appointed to the Māori Land Court in March 1994. He was appointed as Deputy Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court in 1999 and the Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court, and Chair of the Waitangi Tribunal in August 2009.

1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington September 2025 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, received up to the pānui closing date of 9th of July 2025, 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 or set down for inquir...

Documents/Panui/Notification-of-Applications-in-Office-of-Chief-Registrar-2025-09-.pdf (450 kb)

This package forms part of the funding towards the recovery for whenua Māori owners affected by Cyclone Gabrielle.

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