The Māori Land Court is New Zealand’s oldest and longest established specialist court.
The Minister’s media release can be read here Judge Craig Coxhead and Nathan Milner newest Māori Land Court appointments | Beehive.govt.nz.
Judge Terena Wara discusses how the Māori Land Court responded to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Te Rā Tū, the new Tairāwhiti Māori Land Court opened in November, with some 100 people gathering for the official event.
This form may be used by the executor(s)/administrator(s) of an estate to certify those persons entitled to the Māori freehold land interests held by the estate, and/or in the case of a deceased Māori, any General Land intrests.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-20-Certificate-by-administrator.pdf (378 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)
I am currently the judge for Te Waipounamu in the Māori Land Court. I am also presiding over a number of urgent inquiries in the Waitangi Tribunal, which has never been busier.
If you don’t agree with a decision made by the Māori Land Court, you can consider appealing the outcome of your application.
Māori Land Court fees are increasing from 1 July 2025.
NOTICE CONCERNING A LEASE OF MĀORI LAND Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993, Section 173 In the Māori Land Court of New Zealand Aotea District TAKE NOTICE that the Directors of St Georges By the Sea Limited (Directors being Dorothy Jane Newton, Edward Harold Brassey Newton and Linda Susan Newton) has made application to the Māori Land Court at Whanganui for a meeting of PARIHAKA NO 20 BLOCK seeking: 1.
Documents/Landowner-notices/2.-Aotea-Notice-to-owners.pdf (246 kb)
