Māori Land Court hearing The person applying for a partition order will need to attend a hearing of the Māori Land court to explain how the partition will provide for better use of the land. if all requirements of the act have been met and the Māori Land court agrees, an order will be made to partition the land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-title-improvement-english.pdf (385 kb)
I had previously set the re-hearing application and application pursuant to Section 9 of the Family Protection Act 1995 down for hearing at the conclusion of the ordinary list of the sitting of the Court at Palmerston North on this Thursday September the 3rd 2026. 3.
Documents/Panui/8.-544-Aotea-MB-215-216-dated-31-August-2026.pdf (164 kb)
No or insufficient evidence has been identified for the deceased and the Court will now hear evidence as to the successors for the deceased.
Documents/SILNA/S113-29-93-Appln-to-Determine-Successors-for-SILNA-Lands-Hawea-Wanaka.pdf (407 kb)
Māori Land Court Rules 2011 Read the Māori Land Court Rules 2011.
TITLE IMPROVEMENT 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/MOJ0217.5E-OCT21-Title-Improvement.pdf (357 kb)
Kaiwhakawā Michael Doogan Judge Michael Doogan was appointed to the Māori Land Court in January 2013. Based in Wellington, he is one of three resident judges in the Aotea District of the Māori Land Court hearing cases in Palmerston North, Tūrangi, and Taumarunui.
For more information, please contact your local Māori Land Court office. Individual districts may mail out separate Pānui where 14 clear days notice is not provided in the National Pānui / Te Pānui ā Motu.
AOTEA PĀNUI Contact Details Office Aotea Māori Land Court, Ingestre Chambers Address 74 Ingestre Street Mailing address DX Box PX10207, Whanganui Phone 06-3490770 Email mlcaotea@justice.govt.nz Office hours Monday to Friday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (Closed on Public Holidays) 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 a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai Special Court Sitt...
The applicant should produce evidence of that notice at the hearing. 3 The CV for proposed trustees need not be comprehensive.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-37-Constitute-Ahu-Whenua-Trust.pdf (272 kb)
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court (MLC) is the New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māori land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 kb)
