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Located in:  Hui and court hearings News

In 1993, the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act was introduced with the purpose of preventing the loss of any more Māori land – which currently makes up approximately 6% of all land in Aotearoa New Zealand.

For more information about The South Island Landless Natives Act (SILNA) and the work of Te Kooti Whenua Māori and updating the lists of potential owners for the four remaining SILNA Blocks Hāwea-Wanaka, Whakapoai, Port Adventure and Toitoi, please see our SILNA page.

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This will assist the Court in dealing with the hearing and enable it to contact you over the hearing should the need arise.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-3-Accompany-application.pdf (107 kb)

You must file your notice of intention to appear in the Court, and also serve it on the applicant at the address for service given in the attached application, within 14 days after the date on which you are served with this notice. 3.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-16-Notice-proceedings.pdf (143 kb)

Chief Judge Fox was appointed as the Deputy Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court in 2010, and as the Chief Judge of the Court in 2023.

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In August 2020, the Government passed targeted changes to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 to simplify the legal processes for owning, occupying and using Māori land.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Simple-and-uncontested-succession-applications-web-version.pdf (183 kb)

Currently, Māori Land Court judges act as mediators. While judges are acting as mediators, they will not be able to sit on the court proceeding related to that specific case.

Located in:  Māori land

The Māori Land Court Bench Book (Bench Book) is a 'quick reference' resource containing information about our Act and Court decisions, primarily used by our judges.

Located in:  Who we are Our rules and legislation

All applications should be lodged with the Registrar in the District in which some of all of the land is located Fee: $23.00 If there is insufficient room on the form to provide the required infomation you should continue your application on a separate sheet of paper MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS This application mat be lodged with the Registrar at your local Māori Land Court office Office use: Application: ACCEPTED / REFUSED Dated: .....

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-19-Application-search.pdf (112 kb)