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1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington December 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 October 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...

Documents/Panui/December-2023-Notification-of-Applications-in-Office-of-Chief-Registrar-20231019.pdf (440 kb)

The Māori Land Court moved to a new database, Pātaka Whenua, in late May 2023 replacing the Māori Land Information System (MLIS).

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

The Māori Land Court moved to a new database, Pātaka Whenua, in late May 2023 replacing the Māori Land Information System (MLIS).

Documents/5-11-reports/2026-02-28-Notification-of-Applications-Over-6-months-old-in-MLC-MAC.pdf (3.9 mb)

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

Documents/Panui/0526122-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-July-2022-web1.pdf (493 kb)

That Court agreed with the Māori Land Court and ordered a further meeting of owners but endorsed the Māori Appellate Court’s decision that all of the trustees were eligible for reappointment.

Located in:  Who we are Our judges Judges' corner articles

As a result, from time to time the Māori Land Court receives applications to extend existing urupā, or to set aside Māori freehold land, or sometimes General land owned by Māori, as new urupā reservations.

Located in:  Who we are Our judges Judges' corner articles

Only roughly five percent of Aotearoa is now Māori land. Most Māori land is rural and much of it is remote.

Located in:  Who we are Our judges Judges' corner articles

Updated interim list of owners of the Toitoi SILNA Block Crown Land Block VIII Lords River Survey District (South Island Landless Natives Act 1906) The Māori Land Court has released an updated working list of potential owners entitled to the Toitoi Land (Crown Land Block VIII Lords River Survey District) under Section 15 of Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement 1997.

Documents/SILNA/Updated-interim-list-of-owners-of-the-Toitoi-Crown-Land-Block-VIII-Lords-River-Survey-District2.pdf (1.2 mb)

They are now recognised as representative of Māori owners utilising land for residential purposes in dealings with local authorities and have achieved fairer provision in district plans for the residential development of Māori land.

Located in:  Who we are Our judges Judges' corner articles

  1 Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Māori Agribusiness in New Zealand: A study of the Māori Freehold Land Resource, March 2011; and Te Puni Kokiri, Ko ngā Tūmanako o ngā Tāngata Whai Whenua Māori – Owner Aspirations Regarding the Utilisation of Māori Land, April 2011.

Located in:  Who we are Our judges Judges' corner articles