No record of these conversations will be publicly available on the Māori Land Court record. If an agreement is reached through mediation, the mediator will record the terms of the agreement and provide this to the Māori Land Court.
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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.
Following an urgent Māori Land Court hearing held on Wednesday, 2 August 2023, the Court has directed that the five separate hui scheduled on Saturday, 5 August 2023 for the following Māori Reservations is CANCELLED:
Whakapoungakau No.7A Māori Reservation;
Whakapoungakau No.7B 2 Māori Reservation;
Whakapoungakau No.7C Māori Reservation;
Whakapoungakau No.7F Māori Reservation; and
Whakapoungakau No.7G Māori Reservation.
Hāngai ana ki te kopounga, i kī te Tumu Whakawā:
“He kawenga tino nui te kawenga ka whai a Kaiwhakawā Matua Fox i nāianei, i roto i
tōna tūranga hei Kaiwhakawā Matua o Te Kooti Whenua Māori. Ko Te Kooti Whenua
Māori tētahi o ngā kōti tawhito rawa atu i Aotearoa nei, ā, he pūmau hoki āna mahi
ki te āhuatanga o te hāpori Māori me te ōhanga Māori”.
Appeals to Māori Appellate Court - in relation to a decision of the Māori Land Court
Under section 171 of the Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025, parties may appeal to the Māori Appellate Court on a question of law only in relation to a decision of the Māori Land Court around access to Māori land for water infrastructure.
In August 2020, the Government passed targeted
changes to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 to simplify
the legal processes for owning, occupying and using
Māori land.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP28 10:10 AM AP-20260000000207 231/93 Māori Trustee He arotakenga i te Pukekohatu 7B
Ahu Whenua Trust
Review of the Pukekohatu 7B Ahu
Whenua trust
SP29 10:10 AM AP-20260000000266 231/93 Māori Trustee He arotakenga i te Kaitangata 12E
Trust
Review of the Kaitangata 12E Trust
SP30 10:10 AM AP-20260000000269 231/93 Māori Trustee He arotakenga i te Parihaka 22B
Trust
Review of the Parihaka 22B Trust
SP31 10:10 AM AP-20260...
Chief Judge Fox announces the appointment of a Deputy Chief Judge and a new Judge to our Court, as confirmed by Minister for Māori Development Tama Potaka.
You can visit one of our offices to view:
current and historic ownership lists for whenua Māori
minutes of hearings of Court and Registrar decisions
current and historic memorial schedule information recording leases, occupations and other land uses
orders made by the court or a Registrar – including:
title orders (creating Māori land)
trust orders (names of trustees and terms of trust)
succession orders (names of successors to an estate)
vesting orders (transfers of shares...
