The Court’s investigation of title began on 15 March 1866 and was heard initially in the Masonic Hall at Napier, with Judge Smith presiding and Te Keene and Te Hemara sitting as Assessors.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
For example: if you enter Te Five One karka Brown Phenua Trust it will bring back results for Te Five One Karakia Brown Whanau Trust Search fields Note: 'Management Structure' and 'Organisation' are the same - the two can be used interchangeably.
Within te ao Māori, rangatiratanga can embody the authority of a rangatira (a Chief) but importantly also that of the people, being the whānau (family), hapū (sub-tribe) and iwi (tribe).
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)
Waiariki 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 A Special Sitting At Ōpōtiki Ministry of Justice, District Court, 117 Church Street, Ōpōtiki Tuesday 5 September 2023 Judge T M Wara Presiding PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: SSep1/1 10:20 AM AP-20230000023532 158/93, 164/93 Anthony Selwyn Insley Awanui Haparapar...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 1 10:30 AM AP-20250000006748 315(1)(b)/93 Rose Dudley Te Konoti B4A3B2B - Create an easement for a roadway SP 2 10:30 AM AP-20250000006830 240/93 Rose Dudley Te Konoti B4A3B2B Ahu Whenua Trust - Removal of Taukiri Dudley, Mathew Dudley, Bella Samuels & Flo Faith Samuels as responsible trustees of Te Konoti B4A3B2B Ahu Whenua Trust.
In April 2025, Claire Stirling-Hawkins (Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kauwhata, Ngāti Raukawa ki Te Tonga, Ngāi Tahu me Kāti Mamoe), supported by her whānau, friends, and kaimahi from Te Rāwhiti, stepped into the Pae Ārahi o Te Rito role, bringing her leadership strengths and a shared purpose and vision for Te Rito to the District.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP3 10:00 AM AP-20230000027344 113/93 118/93 Martha Joy Taylor He tauatanga ki a Olive Ann Rose Taylor Olive Ann Rose Taylor also known as Olive Ann Rose Hogg or Olivene Ann Rose Taylor or Olive Rose Ihia - Succession SP4 10:00 AM AP-20230000022858 113/93 118/93 Terry Bevan Taylor, Pauline Marcelle Taylor and Matanuku Kirihini Mahuika He tauatanga ki a Olive Ann Rose Taylor Olivene (Olive)...
1 An index of past and present judicial officers of the Māori Land Court and Native Land Court 1 May 2018 Judicial officers of the Native Land Court from 1864 to 1947 Judge Date appointed John Rogan 25 June 1864 (President) 9 January 1865 (Judge) Wiremu Tipene 25 June 1864 Matikikuha 25 June 1864 Te Keene of Orakei 25 June 1864 Tamati Reweti 25 June 1864 George Clarke 25 October 1864 (President) 9 January 1865 (Judge) Hone Mohi Tawhai 25 October 1864 P...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2018-05-01-FS-Past-and-present-judges.pdf (356 kb)
Tākitimu 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 A Special Sitting At Hastings Hastings District Court, 106 Eastbourne Street West, Hastings Tuesday 10 October 2023 Judge D H Stone PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: SP1 11:10AM AP-20230000021778 113/93, 118/93, Rose-Marie Mihimai Otene Tawhiwhi Otene also...
Documents/Panui/SP1-Panui-Tawhiwhi-Otene-10.10.2023.pdf (35 kb)
The most significant of these was the Mackay Commission of 1886-1887, which found that Ngāi Tahu as an iwi and its members had been left without a sufficient land base. 2 In 1892, the Crown agreed to make certain lands available to South Island landless Māori. 3 Judge Mackay and Percy Smith, the Surveyor-General, compiled a list of landless Māori in the South Island and assigned sections of land to them, assisted by Tame Parata. 4 By 1905, 142,463 acres had been allocated to 4,064 peop...
