Any member of the preferred class of alienees who wishes to be considered by the owners as a prospective purchaser of the land must give written notice of his or her intention to pursue the right of refusal at the hearing of the application. That written notice must be filed in the Māori Land Court no later than 4.00pm 22 September 2025.
Documents/Landowner-notices/1.-Taitokerau-Alienation-Notice.pdf (117 kb)
Accordingly, I direct the following applications that were scheduled to be heard in the Wairoa Māori Land Court on Thursday 27 June 2024 are adjourned and rescheduled to be heard at a Special hearing of the Māori Land Court: APPLICATION NO.
In Ellis v R [2020] NZSC 89, submissions were sought on the application of tikanga on the question of whether the Court has jurisdiction to hear an appeal against conviction after the death of the appellant.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)
Ngā Pānui Mai i Te Whakamāene – Special Applications The earlier part of the reporting year saw a team focus on progressing new applications to Court in a timely fashion in conjunction with progressing our oldest on hand applications (being those applications on the team filed in 2013 or earlier).
Documents/Articles/Te-Kooti-Whenua-Maori-Purongo-a-tau-Matariki-2022-Matariki-2023.pdf (11 mb)
Simple and uncontested trust applications Before 6 February 2021 Trust applications are decided by a Māori Land Court judge.
If the problems cannot be resolved, the landowners can apply to the Māori Land Court to: • review the terms, operation, or other aspect of the trust • add, replace, or remove trustees • investigate the trust • enforce the terms of the trust • vary the terms of the trust • terminate the trust. An application to the Māori Land Court needs to be filed on the relevant application form and accompanied by the application fee, which is shown on the form.
Uploads/MOJ0217.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)
If the problems cannot be resolved, the landowners can apply to the Māori Land Court to: • review the terms, operation, or other aspect of the trust • add, replace, or remove trustees • investigate the trust • enforce the terms of the trust • vary the terms of the trust • terminate the trust. An application to the Māori Land Court needs to be filed on the relevant application form and accompanied by the application fee, which is shown on the form.
Uploads/MOJ0217-v2.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)
If the problems cannot be resolved, the landowners can apply to the Māori Land Court to: • review the terms, operation, or other aspect of the trust • add, replace, or remove trustees • investigate the trust • enforce the terms of the trust • vary the terms of the trust • terminate the trust. An application to the Māori Land Court needs to be filed on the relevant application form and accompanied by the application fee, which is shown on the form.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)
You can bring whānau with you to court to support you and your application. If you are a whānau or hapū member who did not submit the application but would like to speak in Court, you can file a ‘ Notice of intention to appear upon application ’.
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP7 3:00 PM AP-20250000011058 133/93 Pamela Seymour He panonitanga ki te tūnga taitara o Otonga 1E2 mai i te whenua atu ki te whenua Māori Change the status of Otonga 1E2 from General land to Māori freehold land.
Documents/Panui/14-v2.-Te-Waipounamu-15-October-2025.pdf (145 kb)
