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Ngā tono ki te Kooti Pīra MāoriMāori Appellate Court applications to be heard
Pānui
Māori Appellate Court sitting 12 February 2026
Māori Appellate Court sitting 12 Februar...
The Māori Land Court In 2003, the Minister of Māori Affairs applied to the Māori Land Court for an inquiry pursuant to s 29 TTWMA as to successors to the four remaining SILNA blocks.
Download the Māori Land Court glossary of terms.
He rauemi reo Māori mō ngā kupu e whakamahia ana i te Kooti Whenua Māori me te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi
A te reo Māori resource for words used in the Māori Land Court and the Waitangi Tribunal
Māori words for the Māori Land Court and the Waitangi Tribunal prepared by Judge Alana Thomas.
The new Mediation regime establishes a dispute resolution process based on tikanga Māori
to assist owners of Māori Land to resolve disagreements and conflict about their land.
ANY FINAL TERMS OF AN OCCUPATION ORDER ARE THEREFORE SUBJECT TO
APPROVAL AND CONFIRMATION BY THE MĀORI LAND COURT IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SECTION 328 OF TE TURE WHENUA MĀORI ACT 1993.
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Personally, being able to serve by assisting Māori to achieve their aspirations for their whenua and presiding over claims by Māori under the Treaty of Waitangi is a great honour.
The new Mediation regime establishes a dispute resolution process based on tikanga Māori to assist owners of Māori Land to resolve disagreements and conflict about their land.
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.
E mārama ana Te Kooti Whenua
Māori ki te hononga motuhake a te Māori ki
te whenua, nā reira kei te puritia e tēnei kooti
ngā kōrero kāmehameha e pā ana ki ngā
whakapapa o ngā Māori katoa.
Ngā tono $68
$68 applications
Succession to Māori land
Transfer of shares in Māori land
Establishment of a trust over Māori land
Adding, reducing, or removing trustees of a trust which manages Māori land
Determining the ownership of structures on Māori land
Occupation of Māori land
Ngā tono $228
$228 applications
Partition, subdivision, amalgamation and aggregation of Māori land
Anything related to a Māori incorporation
Roadways...
