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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.

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FEE: $ 233.00 CHECKLIST OF DOCUMENTS REQUIRED: List of owners, trustees and their addresses Statement setting out how the alienee is a member of one of the preferred classes of alienees (if applicable), including any necessary whakapapa details Roll valuation or special valuation of the land and any improvements to it by a registered valuer (as applicable) MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS Applications should be lodged with the Registrar in the Māori Land Court District in wh...

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-32-Application-to-call-meeting.pdf (182 kb)

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...

Use this form to apply to the Court for a partition of Māori Land or the combined partition of Māori and General Land to separate out owner’s shares into new land titles.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-39-Application-for-a-partition.pdf (811 kb)

TE KOOTI WHENUA MĀORI / MĀORI LAND COURT Te wāhi: Ōtautahi / Christchurch Te hunga kooti i reira: S Te A Milroy, te kaiwhakawā M K Hickey, te karaka o te kooti Te Rangi: 15 Ākuhata 2024 Te nama o te tono: AP - 20240000007603 Te kaupapa: RESCHEDULING OF TE WAIPOUNAMU COURT SITTING DATE Te ture: Rule 3.8(1)(b), The Māori Land Court Rules 2011 Te Kooti: I have considered the 2024 October Te Waipounamu District court sitting dates for...

Documents/Panui/3.-89-Te-Waipounamu-MB-155.pdf (117 kb)

TE KOOTI WHENUA MĀORI / MĀORI LAND COURT Te wāhi: Wakatū / Nelson Te hunga kooti i reira: S F Reeves, te kaiwhakawā M K Hickey, te karaka o te kooti Te Rangi: 15 Ākuhata 2024 Te nama o te tono: AP - 20230000033429 Te kaupapa: RESCHEDULING OF TE WAIPOUNAMU COURT SITTING DATE Te ture: Rule 3.8(1)(b), The Māori Land Court Rules 2011 Te Kooti: I have considered the 2024 September Te Waipounamu District court sitting date for Christchur...

Documents/Panui/2.-89-Te-Waipounamu-MB-156.pdf (120 kb)

345 Waiariki MB 80 Te Kooti Whenua Māori Māori Land Court Te wāhi: Rotorua Te hunga kooti i reira: Present C T Coxhead, Te Kaiwhakawā Matua Tuarua R Kingi-Albert,Te Karaka o te Kooti N Emery, Te Kairēhita Te rangi: 21 Ākuhata 2025 Te nama o te tono: Application number AP-20240000014114 Te kaupapa: He whakakorenga ki ngā rā nohoanga i te rohe o Waiariki Cancellation of a Waiariki court sitting date Te ture: Te ture o Ngā Ture o Te Kooti Whenua...

Documents/Panui/1.-345-Waiariki-MB-80-dated-22-August-2025.pdf (90 kb)

That written notice must be filed in the Māori Land Court not later than 4pm, Friday 23rd January 2026.

Documents/Landowner-notices/1-v2.-Takitimu-Notice-to-PCA.pdf (96 kb)

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 N Emery, Te Kairēhita Te rangi: 8 Oketopa 2025 Te nama o te tono: Application number AP-20240000014114 Te kaupapa: He whakakorenga ki ngā rā nohoanga i te rohe o Waiariki Cancellation of a Waiariki court sitting date Te ture: Te ture o Ngā Ture o Te Kooti Whenua Māori 2011: 3.8(1)(c)...

Documents/Panui/348-Waiariki-MB-279-dated-8-October-2025.pdf (98 kb)

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 N Emery, Te Kairēhita Te rangi: 12 Tīhema 2025 Te nama o te tono: Application number AP-20240000014114 Te kaupapa: He whakakorenga ki ngā rā nohoanga i te rohe o Waiariki Rescheduling of a Waiariki court sitting date Te ture: Te ture o Ngā Ture o Te Kooti Whenua Māori 2011: 3.8(1)(b)...

Documents/Panui/1.-353-Waiariki-MB-131-dated-12-November-2025.pdf (106 kb)