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1 Notification of applications that have not been finally determined (over 6 months old) 30 November 2025 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications are hereby notified pursuant to rule 5.

Documents/5-11-reports/2025-11-30-5.11-report.pdf (4.5 mb)

This is the narrative of a piece of land in Te Tau Ihu – Aorere. It sets out how Judge Reeves dealt with an application for accretion and for determination of ownership, where ownership records had not been maintained for over 100 years.

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Ngā Karere News 1 September 2025 | News He uiuinga whānui mā ngā kaiwhakamahi o Pātaka Whenua 2025 Pātaka Whenua (our online portal) – Court User Survey We want to hear about your experience using Pātaka Whenua and your views on how it's working for you. 28 August 2025 | News Ngā ara ture hou mā ngā kaipupuri whenua Māori i raro i te ture hou New legal pathways for Māori landowners under the Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025 New legislation allows Māori landowners to...

Changes to the Act clarify how succession involving whāngai will be dealt with in a consistent tikanga-based way.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Succession-for-whangai-web-version.pdf (172 kb)

To celebrate this significant occasion a special evening event was organised where women judges of the Māori Land Court and the District Court talked to Māori women practitioners about their career paths and how they became judges. The practitioners were given a chance to mingle with the judges, to ask questions of them and, just as importantly, to form connections with other women lawyers.

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In such cases form 14 should be completed. HOW TO FILE AND COMPLETE THIS APPLICATION FORM (i) This form must be accompanied with the appropriate application fee and be filed in the Office of the Chief Registrar; (ii) Please ensure that all information required on the form is completed; (iii) You must supply a list of Respondents and/or affected parties and their contact details; (iv) Where tick boxes are provided please ensure you tick all those boxes that apply to your applicati...

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-13-Notice-appeal.pdf (72 kb)

am interested in or affected by this application and I give notice that I intend to appear at the hearing to: (Please tick the statement that applies ) Support the application; or Oppose the application; or Listen to the application and see how I might be affected For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPEAR UPON APPLICATION Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 Form 5 Rule 5.9(2)(a) For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz Page 2 M...

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-5-Notice-appear.pdf (169 kb)

In such cases form 13 should be completed. HOW TO FILE AND COMPLETE THIS APPLICATION FORM (i) This form must be accompanied with the appropriate application fee and be filed with the Registrar in the District in which the provisional or preliminary determination of the Court was made; (ii) Please ensure that all information required on the form is completed; (iii) You must supply a list of Respondents and/or affected parties and their contact details; (iv) Where tick boxes are pr...

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-14-Leave-to-appeal-prelim.pdf (67 kb)

You can send your application to any of our district offices, though we recommend you send your application to the district where your whenua is located. For information on how to pay by internet banking Can't afford the fee?

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The whānau trust AGMs follow the ahu whenua trust AGM i.e. they choose their representative away from the ahu whenua trust meeting, after hearing how it is being administered. The exception, of course, is the election of their representative on the ahu whenua trust before its inaugural AGM.

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