During the holiday period, Māori Land Court offices will be closed from 3pm, Wednesday 24 December 2025 and will reopen 10am, Monday 5 January 2026.
A national service for only urgent injunction applications is available Monday 29, Tuesday 30 and Wednesday 31 December. More details can be found here.
Due to limited access to the building, the Auckland Information Office is available by appointment only. Please contact us by email at mlctamakimakaurau@justice.govt.nz
Waiariki
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Ōpōtiki
Māori Land Court, 1143 Haupapa
Street, Hauora House, Rotorua
Wednesday 6 September 2023
Judge T M Wara Presiding
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SSep3/1 11:00 AM AP-20230000021566 113/93,
118/93
Thompson
Quinton Tapsell
William B...
Taitokerau
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tenei kia mohiotia ai ka tu Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawa, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Judicial Conference
At Whangārei
(via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/99314293400)
Courtroom 1, Māori Land Court, Second Floor,
16 Rathbone Street, Whangārei
Tuesday 10 October 2023
Judge T K T A R Williams
PĀNUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
WHSP 1 10:00AM AP-2023...
For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993
Form 4
Rule 4.15(2)
For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz
Page 2 MLC 07/24 - 4
This order is sought under (Please tick the statement that applies )
Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993, section(s) ...................................................................................................................................................; or
Another Act/Regu...
Under Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993, section(s) ...................................................................................................................................; or
Under another Act/Regulation (please specify): ...................................................................................................................................................................................................
I whiwhi ahau i tētahi whakatau, whakataunga whakamutunga rānei…
I received a final decision or determination…
If you wish to appeal against a final decision or determination of the Māori Land Court, you can apply to the Māori Appellate Court to under section 58 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act.
An application to appeal a decision must be submitted within two months of the final decision of the Māori Land Court.
A person may be disqualified from becoming a member if they are:
subject to an order appointing a manager under section 31 of the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1998 ; or a trustee corporation managing the persons' property under section 32 or 33 of this Act
an undischarged bankrupt, or
convicted of crimes punishable by imprisonment for a period of six months or more, unless they have served the sentence or have otherwise suffered the penalty.
Both conferences were jointly hosted by the Supreme Court of Japan and the Judicial Section of the Law Association for Asia and the Pacific (LAWASIA). 30th Conference of the Law Association for Asia and the Pacific Founded in 1966, LAWASIA is the Law Association for Asia and the Pacific and was initiated at an inaugural conference held in Australia, with attendance of representatives from Australia, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka (then Ceylon), Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran,...
Further succession applications were brought in relation to my great-grandmother and grandparents. I also filed two section 45 applications in relation to those succession applications which were made in the 1970s.
What can be done, for example, for owners who wish to form governance structures so they can get a lease of their land to utilise it, but have difficulty notifying the owners to inform them of the proposals as required by section 215 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act? Clearly, the most basic assistance that can be given to owners is to make it easier for them to obtain important and relevant information about their land and the owners of that land.