March 2026 National Pānui
The Court may, on considering your notification, arrange for the application to be set down for a formal hearing if the application has yet to be determined or for a rehearing if the application has already been determined.
The Court may, on considering your notification, arrange for the application to be set down for a formal hearing if the application has yet to be determined or for a rehearing if the application has already been determined.
Following an urgent Māori Land Court hearing held on Wednesday, 2 August 2023, the Court has directed that the five separate hui scheduled on Saturday, 5 August 2023 for the following Māori Reservations is CANCELLED: Whakapoungakau No.7A Māori Reservation; Whakapoungakau No.7B 2 Māori Reservation; Whakapoungakau No.7C Māori Reservation; Whakapoungakau No.7F Māori Reservation; and Whakapoungakau No.7G Māori Reservation.
Any member of the preferred classes of alienees who wishes to be considered by the owners as a prospective purchaser of the land must give written notice of their intention to pursue a right of first refusal at the hearing of the application. That written notice must be filed in the Māori Land Court not later than 18 February 2026 If no notice is filed by the date set out above, the Court may confirm the alienation of the land by way of sale.
The judges of the Māori Land Court expect that 90% of Court decisions will be delivered within three months of the last day of hearing or receipt of the last submission in the case in question.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Maori-Land-Court-Judgment-Delivery.pdf (128 kb)
Any member of the preferred class of alienees who wishes to be considered by the owners as a prospective purchaser of the land must give written notice of his or her intention to pursue the right of refusal at the hearing of the application. That written notice must be filed in the Māori Land Court not later than 4.00pm, Friday 23rd January 2026.
Any member of the preferred class of alienees who wishes to be considered by the owners as a prospective purchaser of the land must give written notice of his or her intention to pursue the right of refusal at the hearing of the application. That written notice must be filed in the Māori Land Court no later than 4.00pm 22 September 2025 .
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Developed by judges for judges and published by Te Kura Kaiwhakawā (Institute of Judicial Studies), the bench book offers guidance on what judges may need to know, understand, and do when hearing applications in the Māori Land Court (the Court).
Aotea PĀNUI He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te Whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā tikanga o ngā tono ā muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai A Special Sitting At Whanganui Māori Land Court, Ingestre Chambers, 74 Ingestre Street, Whanganui Wednesday 16 August 2023 Judge A H C Warren Applications for hearing PĀNUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: - 2:00PM A20220014529 113/93, 118/93 Brian Te Watene Te Huia Te Wat...
Documents/Panui/Special-Panui-Aotea-August-2023.pdf (255 kb)
The Māori Land Court is conducting an inquiry into the entitled successors of the Toitoi SILNA block as part of the Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement.