Whānau who agree to enter mediation to resolve disputes can do so out of court, pay no filing fee and can practice the tikanga of your whānau and hapū in that mediation.
The completed application, with the meeting’s
minutes and the application fee, should be sent to the MLC.
COURT ORDER
The MLC will conduct a hearing about the application.
The application must contain the details of
why the inquiry by the Māori Land Court
is sought. The Court may determine who
pays any costs associated with the inquiry.
In Pātaka Whenua, you can find information about your whenua, search the court record, make an application or enquiry online and pay the application filing fee.
If you’re making a whenua timeline you can access historical information of that whenua as recorded in the Māori Land Court (or our predecessor, the Native Land Court).
The expectation was that they could also
apply and pay for their applications online.
The Court’s redesigned website is the gateway
for landowners/users to access Pātaka Whenua.
(f) The mediation (regardless of whether the mediator is appointed by the parties
or the Court) will be held in accordance with the Māori Land Court mediation
process, rules and/or protocols as set out in Part 3A of the Act and by any
specific rules of the Māori Land Court for conducting mediations.
No formal appellate body was set up
until the establishment of the Native Appellate
Court in 1894. This Court, today the Māori
Appellate Court, was established to hear appeals
from the Native Land Court.
