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Sitting period Closing date for lodgements  10 - 14 November 2025 Wednesday, 6 August 2025 9 - 13 February 2026 Wednesday, 5 November 2025 11 - 15 May 2026 Wednesday, 5 February 2026 10 - 14 August 2026 Wednesday, 6 May 2026 9 - 13 November 2026 Wednesday, 5 August 2026   Ngā tono ki te Kooti Pīra Māori Māori Appellate Court applications to be heard Pānui Māori Appellate Court sitting 14 August 2026 Māori Appellate Court sitting 14 Au...

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The Honourable Willie Jackson, Minister for Māori Development made a formal announcement on 22 March 2023:   New appointment to Māori Land Court bench | Beehive.govt.nz My congratulations, and congratulations on behalf of the Māori Land Court, to Judge Thomas.

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Te ū Adherence You must act lawfully and for a: Māori land trust, you must act in accordance with the powers and responsibilities of the trust order Māori Incorporation, you must act in accordance with the Māori Incorporations Constitution Regulations 1994 Māori Reservation, you must act in accordance with the Māori Reservation Regulations 1994 Tōkeketanga Impartiality You must be impartial in your approach and treat all beneficiaries with t...

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The Māori Land Court is notifying all owners of the above blocks about the following hui: WHENUA: Karikarirau, Huruaute, Te Kaha No 31, Te Koau 1 and Te Koau 2 blocks TRUST: Te Koau Lands Trust DATE: 30 May 2026 TIME: 9:30 AM registration 10:00 AM start VENUE: Te Kaha Beach Hotel 3 Hotel Road Te Kaha ZOOM: Meeting ID: 851 0825 3828 Passcode: 024235 Kaupapa: • Elect new (5) trustees • Consider proposal for an occupation order...

Documents/Landowner-notices/Te-Koau-Lands-Trust-Notice.pdf (308 kb)

Chief Judge Fox was appointed as the Deputy Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court in 2010, and as the Chief Judge of the Court in 2023.

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Updated interim list of owners of the Toitoi SILNA Block Crown Land Block VIII Lords River Survey District (South Island Landless Natives Act 1906) The Māori Land Court has released an updated working list of potential owners entitled to the Toitoi Land (Crown Land Block VIII Lords River Survey District) under Section 15 of Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement 1997.

Documents/SILNA/Updated-interim-list-of-owners-of-the-Toitoi-Crown-Land-Block-VIII-Lords-River-Survey-District2.pdf (1.2 mb)

The Māori Land Court is notifying all interested parties of the above block about the following hui: Whenua: Puna-O-Maru Section 96 DATE: Saturday 27 September 2025 TIME: 12:30 pm.

Documents/Landowner-notices/2.-Te-Waipounamu-Puna-o-maru-Hui-Panui-September.pdf (197 kb)

Māori Land Court Counter Relocation Te Waipounamu (Christchurch)

Documents/Misc/Reception-panui.pdf (355 kb)