For further clarification please contact: Office: Level 7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace, Wellington, DX Box SX 11203, WELLINGTON PH: (04) 914 3102 Fax: (04) 914 3100 Office of the Chief Registrar 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 Chief Judge application To be heard via Zoom 26 March 2024 Chief Judge C L Fox PĀ NUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: S...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 10:00AM AP-20230000026602 A20230007403 19/93 Tracy Harrison Harataunga East No 4 Block (Waikoromiko Trust) - Injunction against construction of dwellings (Respondent: Martin Reedy Shultz) SP2 11:00AM AP-20240000002918 19/93 Anne Te Marie Leef Te Puke A, Te Puke B, 60-61 Goldfields Road - Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation (Respondent: Tracey Green...
Documents/Panui/16.-Waikato-Maniapoto-Special-24-July-2024-Thames.pdf (154 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 14 2:30PM AP-20230000019732 A20200004007 45/93 Reihana Ronald Te Rangiwhakaewa Kingi CJ 2020/13 - Te Punga Barclay or Glenville Punga Barclay or Punga Pakere - and a succession order made at 29 Tauranga MB 368 on 20 June 1969 - Application to the Chief Judge SP 15 2:45PM AP-20230000019689 A20190003008 45/93 Marylyn Hurley CJ 2019/16 - Mary Holden or Mary Atkins or Mere Hiria or Mary Hiria - and orders made at 2012 Chief...
Documents/Panui/15.-Te-Whakamaene-Chief-Judge-Specials-18-June-2024.pdf (146 kb)
From its beginnings as a mechanism that enabled the acquisition by Pākehā of huge tracts of Māori land, the Court has continued to evolve to the present day when it enables and assists with the retention and utilisation of Māori land by its owners, whānau and hapū. The Māori Land Court has been here for 150 years and if Māori have their way, it is here to stay.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the appropriate application number at: Physical address: Postal address: L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON Phone: 04 914 3102 Fax: 04 914 3100 Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz STEVEN DODD Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court 2 APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICA...
Documents/Panui/July-2026-Notification-of-Applications-in-Office-of-Chief-Registrar.pdf (547 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP13 11:30 AM AP-20250000015871 239/93 Māori Trustee He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Rua o Te Moko 1B Trust Replace Gary James Ngatai and Zack Sullivan with Belinda Kimiora Katene as advisory trustee of Rua o Te Moko 1B Ahu Whenua Trust SP14 11:35 AM AP-20260000002550 239/93 Patricia Watson He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Rangipuawahia Whānau Trust Reduce the responsible trustees of the Rangipuawahia Whānau Tru...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 10:00 AM AP-20240000005892 239/93 June Lambeth Hamilton Whānau Trust - Replace May Mariner and appoint Erin Quinlan, Leonie Hall, Deborah Mcleod, Renee Mariner-Solomon, Graham McIlroy, Simon Bennett and Jemma Johnston as responsible trustees SP2 10:15 AM AP-20240000007500 239/93 Nigel Galbraith Takaumu Henrietta Galbraith Whānau Trust - Replace Robert Leslie Galbraith and appoint Nigel Craig Galbraith as responsible trustee...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP18 11:15 AM AP-20250000002199 45/93 Stacey Tawhai, Jessie Tawhai, James Withers, Kahurangi Tawhai, Phillip Tawhai, Jason Tawhai, Zivana Tawhai CJ 2025/11 - Watene Tawhai and succession orders made at 89 Opotiki 235-240 on 2/11/2005 SP19 11:30 AM AP-20240000013679 45/93 Wiremu Rudolph CJ 2024/89 - Pakinga C1 block - Hone Rurawhe also known as Jack Rudolph and a vesting order made at 13 Kaitaia MB 44 on 16/5/1983 - Applicat...
Documents/Landowner-notices/11-June-2026-Panui-CJ.pdf (154 kb)
Within te ao Māori, rangatiratanga can embody the authority of a rangatira (a Chief) but importantly also that of the people, being the whānau (family), hapū (sub-tribe) and iwi (tribe).
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)
For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the appropriate application number at: Physical address: Postal address: L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON Phone: 04 914 3102 Fax: 04 914 3100 Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz STEVEN DODD Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court 2 APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICA...
