An application was filed in the Court by Johnson Raumati, a descendant of Mary Naera for a Judicial Conference under section 67 Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993. The applicant filed the application to seek solutions to prevent the sale by Council and to secure the future of the land for Mary’s whānau.
Documents/Landowner-notices/NOTICE-OF-HUI-OF-DESCENDANTS-OF-MARY-NAERA.pdf (135 kb)
Prior to her appointment to the bench, Chief Judge Fox was a Lecturer in law at Victoria University and a Senior Lecturer in law and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Waikato. She also acted as legal counsel for Treaty claimants and Māori land clients.
There are two application types you can file under section 214 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 and rule 12.3 of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 to form a whānau trust.
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust.pdf (512 kb)
Any person appearing in the Māori Land Court, or in any court in New Zealand, can speak or file written documents in te reo Māori as a right under the Māori Language Act 2016. To support the use of te reo Māori in court, Judge Alana Thomas has created a kuputaka of legal terms in te reo Māori.
Applications are grouped by District and include the application reference number, the date on which the application was filed, the subject of the application, the section of the Act under which the application is made and the name of the applicant(s).
Currently, Māori Land Court judges act as mediators. While judges are acting as mediators, they will not be able to sit on the court proceeding related to that specific case.
1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington August 2024 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 12th of June 2024, are hereby notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down for inquiry or rep...
to change the status of the above Māori customary land have applied to the Māori Land Court at Māori freehold land (select type of land) HE PĀNUI WHAKAMŌHIO MŌ TĒTAHI TONO KIA PANONITIA TE TŪNGA TAITARA MAI I TE WHENUA MĀORI KI TE WHENUA ATU I TE WHENUA MĀORI NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF STATUS FROM MĀORI LAND TO GENERAL LAND Section 135, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz Form 24A Rule 11.2(5)(a) For more information...
You can then add additional details, such as a section of the Act (e.g. 118/93), in the Must include field. Be sure to select the option from the drop-down menu that appears, to confirm it has been correctly applied to the field.
How-do-I-user-guides/Search-for-a-document-v1-8.pdf (2.2 mb)
Awaiting Client Action or Information Application is waiting for further information from the client/applicant or for them to complete any actions (either as directed/ordered or as required by any Act, Regulation or Rule). 4. Awaiting Other Party Action or Information Application is waiting for further information from another party or respondent or for them to complete any actions (either as directed/ordered or as required by any Act, Regulation or Rule). 5.
