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Sitting Date
10 March 2026
18 March 2026
9 June 2026
11 June 2026
7 September 2026
17 September 2026
8 December 2026
10 December 2026
Unless otherwise notified, sittings will be held by Zoom Ngā tono ki te Kaiwhakawā Matua
ChiefJudge applications to be heard
Pānui
Sitting of the ChiefJudge 18 March 2026
Sitting of the Cheif Judge 10 March 2026
Sitting of the ChiefJudge 16 December 2025
Sitting of the ChiefJud...
While the Māori Land Court provides an essential service, the majority of its proceedings were not priority proceedings during Alert Level 4. On 23 March 2020, ChiefJudge Isaac released a protocol advising that all scheduled Māori Land Court hearings and other events would be adjourned, to be rescheduled once we ceased to be at Level 4. 2 Any applications for urgent injunctive or other relief filed with the Court during this period were directed to the ChiefJudge...
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 Sitting
The followin...
For further clarification please contact:
Office: Level 7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace, Wellington, DX Box SX 11203, WELLINGTON PH:
(04) 914 3102 Fax: (04) 914 3100
Office of the
Chief Registrar
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 a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
ChiefJudge application
To be heard at Hamilton
Māori Land Court,
Level 2, BNZ Centre
354 Victo...
For further clarification please contact:
Office: Level 7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace, Wellington, DX Box SX 11203, WELLINGTON PH:
(04) 914 3102 Fax: (04) 914 3100
Office of the
Chief Registrar
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 a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
ChiefJudge applications
To be heard at Hamilton
Māori Land Court,
Level 2, BNZ Centre
354 Vict...
The Special Aid Fund is administered by the Chief Registrar, any complaints about the
administration and operation of the Special Aid Fund should be made to the Chief
Registrar of the Māori Land Court and copied to the ChiefJudge of the Māori Land Court.
Use this form to file an application to the ChiefJudge of the Māori Land Court to exercise their power under
section 44 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 to correct a mistake, error or omission on the part of the Court or
in the presentation of the facts of a case to the Court.
Justice Joe Williams himself was the ChiefJudge of the Maori Land Court before his appointment to the higher courts, and indeed the ChiefJudge before him, the Honourable Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie, is also an alumnus.
AOTEA
PĀNUI
Contact Details
Office
Address
Mailing address
Phone
Email
Office hours
Aotea Māori Land Court, Ingestre Chambers
74 Ingestre Street
DX Box PX10207, Whanganui
06-3490770
mlcaotea@justice.govt.nz
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 Sitting
The fol...
