This annual update was produced by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court, Ministry of Justice, Wellington, New Zealand on 23 July 2014 and is intended to provide general information only.
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/Maori-Land-Update-2014.pdf (572 kb)
They have the media contacts for the Māori Land Court and New Zealand’s judges. New media guidelines issued by Chief Judge are now available for journalists and media organisations covering Māori Land Court, Māori Appellate Court, and Waitangi Tribunal proceedings.
Being a registered user means you can: • Create and submit applications online. • Save and return to your incomplete applications
How-do-I-user-guides/Become-a-registered-Pataka-Whenua-user-v1-9.pdf (1.1 mb)
1 An index of past and present judicial officers of the Māori Land Court and Native Land Court 1 May 2018 Judicial officers of the Native Land Court from 1864 to 1947 Judge Date appointed John Rogan 25 June 1864 (President) 9 January 1865 (Judge) Wiremu Tipene 25 June 1864 Matikikuha 25 June 1864 Te Keene of Orakei 25 June 1864 Tamati Reweti 25 June 1864 George Clarke 25 October 1864 (President) 9 January 1865 (Judge) Hone Mohi Tawhai 25 October 1864 P...
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Applications are grouped by District and include the application reference number, the date on which the application was received by the Court, the subject of the application, the authority under which the application is made and the applicant(s).
Yes, most of the legislation and cases cited in the bench book are linked to publicly available databases, including the New Zealand Legislation website, NZLII and the Ministry of Justice’s decision finder.
Mēnā kāore koe i te whakaae ki te putanga If you disagree with the outcome If you don’t agree with a decision made by the Māori Land Court, you can consider appealing the outcome of your application. Whakapā mai Contact us Contact us through our new online portal, Pātaka Whenua, or by phone, email, or post.
The Māori Land Court is notifying all owners of the above block about the following meeting of assembled owners: Whenua: Otonga 3 DATE: Saturday 16 August TIME: 2 pm Chatham Islands time (1:15pm New Zealand time) VENUE: The Den, Norman Kirk Memorial Reserve, Chatham Islands Kaupapa: The Seymour whānau resolve to seek the full partition of the Otonga 3 block into 2 separate titles, as represented on the sketch plan provided.
The Māori Land Court is notifying all owners of the above block about the following meeting of assembled owners: Whenua: Otonga 3 DATE: Saturday 16 August TIME: 2 pm Chatham Islands time (1:15pm New Zealand time) VENUE: The Den, Norman Kirk Memorial Reserve, Chatham Islands Kaupapa: The Seymour whānau resolve to seek the full partition of the Otonga 3 block into 2 separate titles, as represented on the sketch plan provided.
Those elections will follow the new process that has been established in the marae charter 5.
