Like other regional courts, judicial officers and their support staff travel to different locations across New Zealand to hear and determine applications.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-Minute-Book-Abbreviations.pdf (470 kb)
If this is not done, the Court may direct that formal notice be given to the beneficiaries. 6 Whāngai Where it is desired to include whāngai as successors, the Court will normally require evidence of their acceptance by the family, either by signed consents or orally at the hearing. 7 Succession by will Where a testator died after 1 July 1994, the right to succeed under a will is limited by section 108 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 to certain classes of peo...
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-22-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (216 kb)
Publication of recordings in this manner “enables the public to view entire, unedited proceedings” and at the same time “enables the Court to retain control of the recordings”. It would be interesting to see the response if our Māori Land Court required the parties’ written submissions in upcoming cases to be uploaded to the Māori land Court website prior to hearings.
MĀORI RESERVATIONS Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court For more information, go to maorilandcourt.govt.nz Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court (MLC) is the New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māori land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)
The whānau trust AGMs follow the ahu whenua trust AGM i.e. they choose their representative away from the ahu whenua trust meeting, after hearing how it is being administered.
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.
Documents/Panui/National-Panui-February-2026-Revised.pdf (2.5 mb)
In addition, there were requirements in Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 and previous legislation for the transmittal of Māori Land Court orders as to title, which had not been consistently applied.
ROHE O TĀKITIMU NATIONAL PĀNUI | TE PĀNUI Ā-MOTU March | Poutūterangi 2025 Contents Applications for hearing in March | Poutūterangi 2025 2 - 5 Descriptions of Application types by Section 6 – 25 Te Rohe o Aotea 26 – 34 Te Rohe o Tairāwhiti 35 – 52 Te Rohe o Taitokerau 53 – 62 Te Rohe o Tākitimu 63 – 70 Te Rohe o Te Waipounamu 71 – 96 Te Rohe o Waiariki 97 – 111 Te Rohe o Waikato-Maniapoto 112 – 115 Chief Judge Court Sittings 116 Te Koot...
Documents/Panui/FINAL-Panui-National-March-2025.pdf (1.8 mb)
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