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Sitting period Closing date for lodgements  10 - 14 November 2025 Wednesday, 6 August 2025 9 - 13 February 2026 Wednesday, 5 November 2025 11 - 15 May 2026 Wednesday, 5 February 2026 10 - 14 August 2026 Wednesday, 6 May 2026 9 - 13 November 2026 Wednesday, 5 August 2026   Ngā tono ki te Kooti Pīra Māori Māori Appellate Court applications to be heard Pānui Māori Appellate Court sitting 14 August 2026 Māori Appellate Court...

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Associate Minister of Māori Development Nanaia Mahuta today announced Judge Caren Fox as the new Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court.

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The Māori Land Court, alongside our partner agencies, are here to support you and your whānau throughout your whenua journey.

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SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP18 11:00 AM AP-20260000005720 43/93 Katherine Jane Raue, Henare (Henry) Heta Hauai 2D8 Block (Hauai Ahu Whenua Trust) – Rehearing of application (AP-20250000006617 - Hauai 2D8 - Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation. Respondents: Victoria Ellen Heta)

Documents/Panui/44.-Taitokerau-12-June-2026.pdf (115 kb)

SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP4 10:00AM AP-20250000014438 19/93 Victoria Carroll C/- Holm Majurey Ltd Asher Block Lot A & other blocks (The Proprietors of Mangatawa Papamoa Māori Incorporation) – Injunction against any person in respect of any actual or threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation.

Documents/Panui/35.-Waikato-Maniapoto-4-May-8-May-2026.pdf (142 kb)

SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP57 2:00 PM AP-20230000035726 67/93 Peter-Barry Smith, Launa-Anne Smith, Whetu-Iti Doreen Silver, Vance Samuel Smith, Terrence Twigg Smith, Rick Riccardo Smith Pupuke M Lot 1 DP 81424 (Nuki o te Hapu Tahawai ki Rataroa Whanau Trust) - Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation (Respondents: Bryce Peda Smith, Fulton Hogan Limited, Russe...

Documents/Panui/18.-Taitokerau-28-July-2026.pdf (116 kb)

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HĀWEA/WĀNAKA SUBSTITUTE SILNA LAND WORKING LIST OF POTENTIAL OWNERS AS AT 23 MAY 2025 The Māori Land Court has released an updated working list of potential owners entitled to the Hāwea/Wānaka Substitute Land (Section 2 of 5 Block XIV Lower Wānaka Survey District) under Section 15 of the Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement 1997.

Documents/SILNA/Working-List-of-Potential-Owners-Hawea-Wanaka-SILNA-as-at-25-May-2025.pdf (1.1 mb)

In 1993, the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act was introduced with the purpose of preventing the loss of any more Māori land – which currently makes up approximately 6% of all land in Aotearoa New Zealand.