The Māori Land Court is New Zealand’s oldest and longest established specialist court.
The Court may, if it cannot otherwise address those concerns, order that the application be reheard.
Documents/Panui/Special-Panui-Te-Waipounamu-April-2023.pdf (209 kb)
S315 - masters APPLICATION FOR AN EASEMENT Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993, Section 315 In the Maori Land Court of New Zealand Aotea District APPLICATION is hereby made for an easement laying out access as shown on the plan filed herewith over the land known as being: (a) Maori freehold land; or (b) European land that ceased to be Maori L...
1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington July 2023 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 11th of May 2023, are hereby notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down f...
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...
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/2025-10-28-MLC-Maori-Land-Update-2025.pdf (229 kb)
NOTICE CONCERNING A MEETING OF OWNERS OF MĀORI LAND Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993, Section 173 In the Māori Land Court of New Zealand Aotea District 23 January 2025 TAKE NOTICE that Jennifer Faye Haupapa has made application to the Māori Land Court at Whanganui for a meeting of Section 61B Block IV Waitara S.D (Wairoa Block) seeking: RESOLUTION FOR THE FOLLOWING: 1.
Documents/Landowner-notices/4.-Aotea-Notice-to-owners.pdf (231 kb)
Chief Judge Caren Fox and Pae Matua Steve Gunson are very happy to release the first Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court Annual Report, covering the period from Matariki 2022 – Matariki 2023.
On 14 December 2022, the Māori Land Court issued its first fully bilingual judgment in both te reo Māori and English.
Fraser Carter Deputy Registrar Aotea Māori Land Court DX Box PX10207 WHANGANUI Phone 06 3490770
Documents/Landowner-notices/2.-Aotea-Notice-to-owners.pdf (246 kb)
Taitokerau PĀNUI He pānuitanga tenei kia mohiotia ai ka tu Te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te whakawa, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai A Judicial Conference At Whangārei (via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/99314293400) Courtroom 1, Māori Land Court, Second Floor, 16 Rathbone Street, Whangārei Tuesday 10 October 2023 Judge T K T A R Williams PĀNUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: W...
Documents/Panui/WHSP-Judge-Williams-Judicial-Conferences.pdf (122 kb)
