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
If you file an application to the Māori Land Court or the Māori Appellate Court on or after 1 July 2025 , you will notice an increase in the fee you need to pay.
For example:
Our $22 fee will increase to $23
Our $66 fee will increase to $68
Our $220 fee will increase to $228
Our $385 fee will increase to $399
The full list of updated fees is available here.
PREFERRED PLACE OF HEARING:
SIGNATURE OF APPLICANT Dated: / /
For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz
APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION
FROM PROVIDING A SPECIAL VALUATION
Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993
Section 158
Form 26
Rule 11.4
Page 2 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 07/25 - 26
CONTACT DETAILS
Contact Address: ..........................................................................................................................................
MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS
This notice must be lodged in with the Registrar in the District in which the application has been lodged
TAITOKERAU
Level 1
16 Rathbone Street
WHANGĀREI
DX Box AX 10086
WHANGĀREI
PH: (09) 983 9940
Fax: (09) 983 9941
mlctaitokerau@justice.govt.nz
TAITOKERAU
Auckland Information Office
Avanti Finance Building
65B Main Highway
Ellerslie, AUCKLAND
DX Box EX10912
AUCKLAND
PH: (09) 279 5850
Fax: (09) 279 5852
mlctamakimakaurau@justice.govt.nz
WAIKATO-MANI...
That written notice must be filed in the Māori Land Court no later than 4.00pm 22 September 2025 .
Any member of the preferred class of alienee who wishes to submit a tender for the purchase of the said land can do so by contacting the vendors solicitor, being:
Paula J Wilson Henderson Reeves 96 Bank Street Whangārei Email: paulawilson@hendersonreeves.co.nz Tel: 09-430-4350
If no notice is filed by the date set out above, the Court may proceed to consider the proposed application for...
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Trustees and committee members
Read about the role and responsibilities of trustees and committee members.
The thread of discussions from presenters and conference attendees is that arbitration is the preferred form of dispute resolution in many overseas jurisdictions.
Trusts
(Note: The term trusts includes all types of management structure, including Ahu Whenua Trusts, Whenua Tōpū Trusts, Pūtea Trusts,
Māori Incorporations and non-Māori Land Court created structures or organisations but it does not include agencies or agents)
Rohe # Trusts # Blks with
Trusts
# Blks
no Trusts
Area vested(ha) Area not vested(ha)
Taitokerau 1,095 1,492 3,918 88,814.9986 (60%) 59,152.3975 (40%)
Waikato Maniapoto 1,304 1,651 2,088 95,558.6...