Legislation Governing the Court’s Records
The Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court are continued as courts of record under the Te
Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 and are administered in accordance with this Act and the associated
rules and regulations issued under this Act which include the:
MāoriReservations Regulations 1994;
Māori Occupation Orders Regulations 1994;
Māori Incorporations Constitution Regulations
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
Oketopa | October 2026
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 12th of August 2026, 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...
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
Hepetema | September 2026
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 8th of July 2026, 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...
The MLC operates under the provisions of Te Ture Whenua
Māori Act 1993 (‘the Act’).
Important changes to the rules governing Māori
incorporations were brought about by the Act and the
Māori Incorporations Constitution Regulations 1994 (‘the
Regulations’).
VOTING
Only the responsible trustees can vote at a trustee meeting.
If the trust is a Māorireservation, and a vote on an issue
is evenly split, the chairperson has the deciding vote in
accordance with Regulation 17(h) of the MāoriReservations
Regulations 1994.
Letters and
Jounrlas, 1841-1854, MS 2053-2054, Nelson Provincial Museum, p 222.
9 Helen Murdoch, “Māori Mull Land Options” Nelson Mail, 19 July 2012.
10 When Te Tau Ihu Māori agreed to the settlement of Nelson, it was subject to two important
conditions, one of which was that one-tenth of all land used for the Nelson settlement would
be reserved in perpetuity for the benefit of the families of the customary landowners and their
descendants.
