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Kei ngā reo pāorooro o ngā pari kārangaranga puta noa i te motu, tēnā rā koutou katoa! The Māori Land Court is pleased to announce the public launch of Te Puna Manawa Whenua , the Māori Land Court Bench Book, which is now available on the Courts of New Zealand website.

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For more information, please contact your local Mäori Land Court office.

Documents/Panui/1105523-Ministry-of-Justice_Panui-December-2023-web.pdf (985 kb)

For more information, please contact your local Mäori Land Court office.

Documents/Panui/0903423-Ministry-of-Justice_Panui-October-2023-CONFIRMED-FOR-WEBSITE.pdf (615 kb)

Māori freehold land is the most common type of Māori land. Today, there is around 1.47 million hectares of freehold land, about six percent of all land in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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If an application for succession includes a whāngai child, we will refer to the tikanga of the relevant hapū or iwi to which the land and whānau are connected.

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For more information, please contact your local Mäori Land Court office.

Documents/Panui/0517423-Ministry-of-Justice_National-Panui-July-2023-web.pdf (838 kb)

Te Puna Manawa Whenua, the Māori Land Court Bench Book, serves as a reference for Māori land law and Māori Land Court decisions.

Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)

For more information, please contact your local Mäori Land Court office.

Documents/Panui/0805823-Ministry-of-Justice_Panui-September-2023-web.pdf (832 kb)

Only applications and sittings that were confirmed at the time of this publication are listed. For more information, please contact your local Māori Land Court office.

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

Judge Te Kani Williams analyses how New Zealand's laws protect indigenous cultural heritage and customary rights, and poses the question - are they adequate?

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