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DEPUTY CHIEF JUDGE – CRAIG COXHEAD I am delighted to advise that Judge Craig Coxhead has been appointed as the new Deputy Chief Judge of our Court. Judge Coxhead was appointed to the Māori Land Court in 2008 and is one of the resident judges in Waiariki, as well as a Presiding Officer in the Waitangi Tribunal, Chief Justice of the High Court of Niue and a Justice of the High Court of Cook Islands.
Current practice notes include: Ngā whakahuatanga o ngā whakatau a te Kooti Whenua Māori me te Kooti Pīra Māori
Citation of decisions of the Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
A guide to how decisions of the Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court should be cited.
To access the Māori Land Court User Survey, please click the following link:
Māori Land Court User Survey 2025
If you have any questions, please contact us by email at te.tiratu@justice.govt.nz
Further information about the application may be obtained from the Taitokerau Māori Land Court – mlctaitokerau@justice.govt.nz (please quote reference AP-20250000009606 )
Don Cameron Registrar Taitokerau Māori Land Court AX10086 WHANGĀREI Phone 09-983-9940
View the notice here .
HOW TO FILE AND COMPLETE THIS APPLICATION FORM
(i) This form must be accompanied with the
appropriate application fee and may be filed at any
office of the Court;
(ii) Please ensure that all information required on the
form is completed;
(iii) Where tick boxes are provided please
ensure you tick all those boxes that apply to your
application, unless you are required to select one
box, then only select the box that applies;
(iv) If there is insufficient room on the form to provi...
Nominations:
▪ Must be received on the official Māori
Land Court nomination form
▪ Forms can be obtained by either
contacting the Māori Land Court or by
way of the link, details for both are below
▪ Must be received by the Māori Land
Court on or before 4pm Friday, 21 July
2023
▪ Nominations must clearly identify the
block to which the person is being
nominated to.
