You can contact us through our new online portal, Pātaka Whenua, or by phone, email, or post.
Associate Minister of Māori Development Nanaia Mahuta today announced Judge Caren Fox as the new Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court.
Those elections will follow the new process that has been established in the marae charter 5.
They have the media contacts for the Māori Land Court and New Zealand’s judges. Ministry of Justice media centre Contact the media centre by phone on 04 918 8836 or email media@justice.govt.nz.
Whakapā mai Contact us Contact us through our new online portal, Pātaka Whenua, or by phone, email, or post.
The Māori Land Court is New Zealand’s oldest and longest established specialist court.
The judiciary and the staff of the seven Māori Land Court registries have been working hard to move through the backlog of cases before the Court, there have been new judicial appointments and a host of activity has been undertaken to improve the service provided to Māori landowners.
Rohe # Structures # Blocks with Structures Area with structures (ha) # Blocks without Structures Area without structures (ha) Taitokerau 1,152 1,499 84,383.3834 (61%) 4,084 54,820.5056 (39%) Waikato-Maniapoto 1,273 1,698 96,332.9114 (77%) 2,165 29,377.1078 (23%) Waiariki 2,156 2,456 290,865.6680 (94%) 2,801 17,771.0417 (6%) Tairāwhiti 1,393 1,845 239,550.8687 (85%) 3,610 41,332.8604 (15%) Tākitimu 542 653 73,612.3493 (84%) 813 14,538.8091 (16%) Aotea 1,227 2,198 442,51...
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/2025-10-28-MLC-Maori-Land-Update-2025.pdf (229 kb)
Ka tuhia te tono ki roto ki ngā rīkoata o te kooti mēnā e pā ana ki te whenua, ā, ka tonoa ki te tangata, ki te rōpū rānei kia mahia ngā mahi o te tono, pēnei i te kaitiaki rawa o te Māori, arā Māori trustee, kia utua ngā moni kei te puritia e ia, ā, me te kaporeihana Māori mēnā e pā atu ana ki ngā hea o te kaporeihana.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-applications-tereo.pdf (326 kb)
We hold court sittings, paneke, outreach hui, and trustee training sessions, both kanohi ki te kanohi and online.
