These updates, made through the Māori Land Court Amendment Rules 2026, are designed to make it easier for Māori landowners and whānau to engage with the Court and have their matters dealt with efficiently and fairly.
Te Ratonga Whakatau Wenerau is a free, tikanga-informed dispute resolution service that uses mediation to work with whānau, trustees, and landowners to progress whenua related disputes.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 11 10:00AM AP-20240000012520 19/93 Leanne
Anania
Opanake 1C 3A – Injunction
against any person in respect
of any actual threatened
trespass or other injury to any
Māori land or Māori
Reservation (Respondents:
Peramari Mikaire Anania
(senior), Peramari Mikaire
Anania (Junior), Lynn Anania,
George Anania and their
whanau)
TE
TAITOKERAU
PĀNUI
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP13 11:45 AM AP-20240000014210 19/93
18(1)(a)/93
18(1)(b)/93
Christian Martin
Webber
Motungarara A1B - Injunction against
any person in respect of any actual
threatened trespass of other injury to
any Māori land or Māori Reservation
(Respondents: Martin Webber and
Webber Whānau Trustees)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 9 11:30 AM AP-20250000008210 19/93 Tai Oterangi
(Lucia) Mathews
Whaanga 1D1B2 – Injunction against
any person in respect of any actual
threatened trespass or other injury to
any Māori land or Māori Reservation
Respondents: Hemi Family/LOFA
Trustee Limited
SP 10 11:30 AM AP-20250000008219 19/93 Tai Oterangi
(Lucia) Mathews
Whaanga 1D1B2 – Injunction against
any person in respect of any actual
threatened trespass or other injury to
any Māori...
Chief Judge Fox (Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata, Te Whānau a Apanui) is the 17th
Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court, and the first wahine Māori to hold the role.
It’s not about the backlog, rather it’s the impact that the delays have had on Māori land owners, their whanau and their hapū, as ultimately justice delayed is justice denied.
The new mediation provisions give the Court and Māori land owners a grand opportunity to
define how we will resolve differences for the benefit of whānau, hapū and iwi.
Mā te huruhuru ka rere te manu, (with feathers the bird will fly)
Mauri ora
