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The application to the Court
The application was not contentious, however there were two issues for the Court to
determine:
(1) The area of land had no LINZ title, nor any current title in the Court’s records.
This form should not be used if the decision or determination of the Māori Land Court is an interim or preliminary
decision in which there remain outstanding matters for the Court to address.
It also holds information about the whakapapa of landowners. It includes:
Court files (the physical and electronic application file that holds all documents and correspondence about a matter in the Court)
Minute books (the physical copy of all conversations and decisions made by the Court)
Court orders (the decisions made by a Registrar or the Court)
Instruments of alienation (the legal tool used to make changes to a land block)
Block order files (the phy...
(b) A mortgagee sale does not have to be confirmed by the Court.
(c) Generally, the Court is not involved in a mortgagee sale unless an application
is made per Part 3 of the Property Law Act 2017.
Currently Aotearoa New Zealand has 11 women judges of Māori ancestry who serve on the High Court, District Court and Māori Land Court. That figure represents about 4.8% of the judiciary.
If you’re making a whenua timeline you can access historical information of that whenua as recorded in the Māori Land Court (or our predecessor, the Native Land Court).
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The Māori Land Court of New Zealand / The Māori Appellate Court of New Zealand
(Please select the name of the Māori Land Court District in which some or all of the lands or the subject matter of the application is located)
Please select one District Taitokerau Waikato-Maniapoto Waiariki
Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Aotea Te Waipounamu
1.
Please provide an address if this venue is not a Māori Land Court location.
MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS
Applications may be lodged in the Māori Land Court district in which some or all of the lands or the subject matter of the application is located.
Chief Judge Caren Fox and Pae Matua Steve Gunson are pleased to release the second Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court Annual Report, covering the period from Matariki 2023 – Matariki 2024.
Te Kooti Whenua Māori
Māori Land Court
Te wāhi: Rotorua
Te hunga kooti i reira:
Present
C T Coxhead, Te Kaiwhakawā Matua Tuarua
D Witoko, Te Karaka o Te Kooti
Te rangi: 18 December 2024
Te nama o te tono:
Application number
AP-20240000014114
Te kaupapa: He whakarerekētanga ki ngā rā nohoanga i te rohe o
Waiariki
Rescheduling of Waiariki court sitting date
Te ture: Te ture o Ngā Ture o Te Kooti Whenua Māori 2011:
3.8(1)(b)
Ngā kōrerorero:...