Our Vision
The Māori Land Court is jointly operated by
administrative staff from the Ministry of Justice
and judicial officers, working towards a shared
vision:
Māori Land Court business profile
Kia tū hei Kooti Māori e tāwharau nei i te pae tangata, i te pae whenua, i te whare kōrero
To be a Māori Court that provides a shelter for the people, their land and their kōrero
He Aronga Matawhānui / Vision
Hei Kooti Māori
Hei tāwharau i te pae tangata
Hei tāwharau i te pae whenua
Hei tāwhara...
AOTEA
PĀNUI
Contact Details
Office Aotea Māori Land Court, Ingestre Chambers
Address 74 Ingestre Street
Mailing address DX Box PX10207, Whanganui
Phone 06-3490770
Email mlcaotea@justice.govt.nz
Office hours Monday to Friday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
(Closed on Public Holidays)
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
Special Court Sitting
The followin...
AOTEA
PĀNUI
Contact Details
Office Aotea Māori Land Court, Ingestre Chambers
Address 74 Ingestre Street
Mailing address DX Box PX10207, Whanganui
Phone 06-3490770
Email mlcaotea@justice.govt.nz
Office hours Monday to Friday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
(Closed on Public Holidays)
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
Special Court Sitting
The followin...
WAIKATO-MANIAPOTO
PĀNUI
Contact Details
Office Waikato-Maniapoto District
Address Level 2 BNZ Building, 348-354 Victoria Street, Hamilton
Mailing address DX Box GX10101, Hamilton
Phone 07 957 7780
Email mlcwaikato@justie.govt.nz
Office hours Monday to Friday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
(Closed on Public Holidays)
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
Sp...
He became, as far as I know, the first
Māori to own a schooner and he traded under his wife’s name Erena. He traded as
Thomas [Freeman], that was his Pākehā name.”7 Tāmati Pirimona Marino’s generosity
and hospitality to surveyors and officials is often commented on.8 In 1857 with the
Collingwood goldrush he welcomed and fed hundreds of Māori miners.
Waikato-Maniapoto
PĀNUI
Contact Details
Office Waikato-Maniapoto District
Address Level 2 BNZ Building, 348-354 Victoria Street, Hamilton
Mailing address DX Box GX10101, Hamilton
Phone 07 957 7780
Email mlcwaikato@justie.govt.nz
Office hours Monday to Friday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
(Closed on Public Holidays)
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
Spe...
W
hakaahua nā Laurissa Beckham
Te tōnga o te rā o Matariki
Kaiwhakawā Aidan Warren
Rangitāne, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi
Tahu, Pākeha, Cherokee Nation
◆ I kopounga i te 27 Whiringa-ā-
nuku 2021 (Ko te Kaiwhakawā
tua116 o Te Kooti Whenua Māori)
◆ Te Kaiwhakawā Takiwā, Aotea
◆ Kei te pupuri wārati hoki ia hei
Kaiwhakawā Hohoko o Te Kooti
Taiao o Aotearoa
Kaiwhakawā Te Kani Williams
Tūhoe, Whakatōhea, Ngāi Tai
ki Torere, Ngāti Manawa, Ngāti
Maniapoto, Tainui, Te Aupouri
◆ I kopounga i t...
The main claimant for the block was the
Hawke’s Bay rangatira Karaitiana Takamoana,
who had earlier formed part of a group of chiefs
who had leased the land to a consortium of
Pākehā runholders led by Thomas Tanner. The
Court’s investigation of title began on 15 March
1866 and was heard initially in the Masonic
Hall at Napier, with Judge Smith presiding and
Te Keene and Te Hemara sitting as Assessors.
