Appealing access decisions
• Water service providers may enter land to carry out water
infrastructure work with the landowner’s written consent or
following an internal review decision.
If there is a dispute about access or no
response to an access notice, an internal reviewer
will assess the situation.
• Where the land is Māori-owned and the landowner
does not participate in the internal review, the water
service provider can appeal to the Māori Land Court
under section 118C(4)(b)
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Te Kooti Whenua Māori o Aotearoa
The Māori Land 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.
Step 3- Determination by the Māori Land Court
(h) If mediation does not resolve the dispute, or the mediation is not completed
within the stated timeframe for Step 2, then the parties may file relevant
applications with the Māori Land Court.
In this edition of the Judges’ Corner, I have decided to elaborate further on the Māori Freehold Land Registration Project that was substantively completed in 2010 with tidy up work still being completed.