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If you don’t agree with a decision made by the Māori Land Court, you can consider appealing the outcome of your application.

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I cast my memory back to a hui of the Māori Law Society that was held not far from here, in Waitangi in 2015, when Sir Justice Joe Williams posed the question to the Society, Can you see the island? He was speaking of an island in which he dreamed there to be a justice system in which Pākehā law and tikanga Māori would sit side-by-side, and his challenge to the Society at that time was to be steadfast and resolute in our pursuit to reach that island, as in his opinion we were not...

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Te Kooti Whenua Māori – the Māori Land Court is part of Tāhū o te Ture – the Ministry of Justice.

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The diagram below represents this kaupapa. Māori Land Court dispute resolution service 1 He rauemi tēnei, kia tuhia e koe, ōu whakaaro, i mua i te hui kia tika ai to whakatakoto i ōu kōrero i te hui.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/3.7-MLC-Mediation-Workbook.pdf (343 kb)

1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington March 2026 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 14th of January 2026, are hereby notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down for inquir...

Documents/Panui/March-2026-Notification-of-Applications-in-Office-of-Chief-Registrar-20260116-v2.pdf (451 kb)

1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington March 2026 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 14th of January 2026, are hereby notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down for inquir...

Documents/Panui/March-2026-Notification-of-Applications-in-Office-of-Chief-Registrar-20260116.pdf (451 kb)

If you’ve been dealing directly with a Māori Land Court staff member, we suggest you get in touch with them first.

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On 14 December 2022, the Māori Land Court issued its first fully bilingual judgment in both te reo Māori and English.

Located in:  Hui and court hearings News

Information about whenua is generally held by the district office that is located closest to that land block. You can visit one of our offices to view: current and historic ownership lists for whenua Māori minutes of hearings of Court and Registrar decisions current and historic memorial schedule information recording leases, occupations and other land uses orders made by the court or a Registrar – including: title orders (creating Māori land) trust orders (names of tr...

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Pātaka Whenua, the Māori Land Court’s new online portal, launched in June 2023.

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