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MāoriLandUpdate –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2022 | Pipiri 2022
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, MāoriLand Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government
agencies about the characteristics of Māori Customary and Māori Freehold Land.
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MāoriLandUpdate –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2022 | Pipiri 2022
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, MāoriLand Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government
agencies about the characteristics of Māori Customary and Māori Freehold Land.
A list of recent MāoriLandUpdates can be downloaded as follows:
Document
Date
MāoriLandUpdate 2025
28/10/2025
MāoriLandUpdate 2024
23/09/2024
MāoriLandUpdate 2023
19/05/2023
MāoriLandUpdate2022
16/07/2022
MāoriLandUpdate 2021
09/02/2022
MāoriLandUpdate 2020
09/02/2021
MāoriLandUpdate
Te Kooti Whenua Māori/ Te Kooti Pīra Māori Pūrongo-Ā-Tau Matariki 2022 – Matariki 2023
Te Kooti Whenua MāoriMāoriLand Court
Te Kooti Pīra MāoriMāori Appellate Court
ANNUAL
REPORT
Matariki 2022 – Matariki 2023
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MāoriLand Court / Māori Appellate Court Annual Report Matariki 2022 – Matariki 2023
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MINUTE BOOK
The written record of all proceedings of the MāoriLand Court.
MLIS
MāoriLand Information System: The MāoriLand
Court’s data base system operating from 1999 to
2022, containing land and owner information and
historic imaged documents.
The working list of potential owners was updated at a sitting of the MāoriLand Court in Te
Waipounamu on 26 April 2022, minute book 76 Te Waipounamu 246-311.
Former Chief MāoriLand Court Judge, who then became a
Justice of the High Court, ET Durie provided the following analyses of the nature of Māori rights to land;
Maori see themselves not as masters of the environment but as
members of it.
Te Kooti Whenua Māori/ Te Kooti Pīra Māori Pūrongo-Ā-Tau Matariki 2022 – Matariki 2023
Te Kooti Whenua MāoriMāoriLand Court
Te Kooti Pīra MāoriMāori Appellate Court
PŪRONGO
Ā-TAU
Matariki 2022 – Matariki 2023
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MāoriLand Court / Māori Appellate Court Annual Report Matariki 2022 – Matariki 2023
Nau mai e te ao
Haere mai i te pō
Kuhu mai e te wairua
Tū mai e te aroha
Tū atu e te pono
Hei...
Special fixtures are arranged and advertised in accordance
with the provisions of the MäoriLand Court Rules and they
may not necessarily be listed in this publication.