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1 Māori Land Update – Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua June 2025 | Hune 2025 This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori to provide key statistics on Māori land, including the number and total area of Māori Customary Land (MCL) and Māori Freehold Land (MFL) blocks, and how many of these are managed by trusts or incorporations versus those that are not.

Documents/Maori-Land-Data/2025-10-28-MLC-Maori-Land-Update-2025.pdf (229 kb)

The way whenua was taken care of and how Māori lived on the land changed with the introduction of laws to allow for settler ownership.

māorilandcourt.co.nz Over the holiday period, Māori Land Court offices will be closed from 3pm, Wednesday 24 December 2025 and will reopen 10am, Monday, 5 January 2026.

Documents/Misc/Urgent-injunction-holiday-process-2025-26.pdf (658 kb)

Ngā Karere News 18 March 2026 | News New Near Match search videos now available To support our people using Pātaka Whenua, we’ve added new Near Match search videos to our guidance page. 19 December 2025 | News Te Kooti Whenua Māori Pūrongo ā tau Matariki 2024 - Matariki 2025 Māori Land Court Annual Report Matariki 2024 - Matariki 2025 Chief Judge Caren Fox and Pae Matua Steve Gunson are pleased to release the third Māori Land Court Annual Report reflecting on the period...

Special fixtures are arranged and advertised in accordance with the provisions of the Mäori Land Court Rules and they may not necessarily be listed in this publication.

Documents/Panui/0724622-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-September-20221.pdf (541 kb)

Special fixtures are arranged and advertised in accordance with the provisions of the Mäori Land Court Rules and they may not necessarily be listed in this publication.

Documents/Panui/0825522-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-October-2022-web22.pdf (589 kb)

This form may be used by the executor(s)/administrator(s) of an estate to certify those persons entitled to the Māori freehold land interests held by the estate, and/or in the case of a deceased Māori, any General Land intrests.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-20-Certificate-by-administrator.pdf (378 kb)

Kapohia ki te tuhirau, ki te reehuiringa Preservation of the integrity of the record, the record will prevail As a court of record, our key purpose is to accurately document the succession and management of Māori land. That information makes up the Māori Land Court record, which is the legal and official documentation of land ownership of whenua Māori.

Special fixtures are arranged and advertised in accordance with the provisions of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 and they may not necessarily be listed in this publication.

Documents/Panui/Panui-National-January-2026.pdf (2.2 mb)

Special fixtures are arranged and advertised in accordance with the provisions of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 and they may not necessarily be listed in this publication.

Documents/Panui/March-2026-National-Panui.pdf (2.6 mb)