MĀORI LAND COURT JUDGMENT DELIVERY Judgment delivery expectations All judges of the Māori Land Court aim to deliver decisions as promptly as possible.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Maori-Land-Court-Judgment-Delivery.pdf (128 kb)
Currently Aotearoa New Zealand has 11 women judges of Māori ancestry who serve on the High Court, District Court and Māori Land Court.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP15 10:00 AM AP-20260000001322 239/93 67/93 Derna Trifilo He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitiī mō Parengaroa Ahu Whenua Trust Replace Martin Kingi & Derna Trifilo with Henry Tango, Davenna Penney & John Kingi as responsible trustees of the Parengaroa Ahu Whenua Trust – Judicial Conference SP16 11:00 AM AP-20260000007011 19(1)(a)/93 Shervorne Tango, Derna Trifilo, Tumanako Munro, Martin Kingi, Davena Penney, John Kin...
Te Rā Tū, the new Tairāwhiti Māori Land Court opened in November, with some 100 people gathering for the official event.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 10 11:00 AM AP-20260000006900 19/93 Wharepouri Heke Awarua A25 (Awarua A25 Ahu Whenua Trust) – Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation Respondents: The Trustees of the Awarua A25 Ahu Whenua Trust SP 11 11:00 AM AP-20260000006901 238/93 Wharepouri Heke Awarua A25 (Awarua A25 Ahu Whenua Trust) – Enforcement of obligatio...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 7 10:00 AM AP-20250000014275 58/93 Stewart Robert Coulson Appeal 2025/27 - Lot 3 Deposited Plan 37325 (SA989/287) and a refusal to grant applications for injunction and determine status of land made at 283 Waikato Maniapoto MB 256-259 dated 15/9/2025 – Notice of Appeal (Respondent: Māori Land Court)
Documents/Panui/SP-7-Appeal-2025-27-Coulson-Lot-3-Deposited-Plan-37325.pdf (123 kb)
Office of the Chief Registrar PĀNUI Contact Details Office Office of the Chief Registrar / Māori Appellate Court Address Level 7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace, Wellington 6011 Mailing address DX Box SX11203, Wellington Phone 04 914 3102 Email mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz Office hours Monday to Friday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (Closed on Public Holidays) He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti Pīra Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiu...
Documents/Panui/5.-Appeal-Rotorua-13-November-2025.pdf (122 kb)
The survey will close at midnight on Sunday 20 July 2025 . To access the Māori Land Court User Survey, please click the following link: Māori Land Court User Survey 2025 If you have any questions, please contact us by email at te.tiratu@justice.govt.nz
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.
If there is no quorum, the meeting may not proceed. Māori Land Court 3.21 The trustees must advise the Māori Land Court of the names of the trustees elected at any general meeting. 3.22 The election of trustees is subject to confirmation by the Māori Land Court. 4.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/05-08-2025-Marae-Charter-Template.pdf (632 kb)
