Filing the application You can file your completed application in person at any office of the Māori Land Court. If you choose to post the application, send it to the office for the district in which the land is situated.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-applications-english.pdf (327 kb)
You will be notified of the outcome of your request in writing. The Māori Land Court of New Zealand / Māori Appellate Court of New Zealand [Please select the name of the Māori Land Court District in which your application will be lodged] Select one District Taitokerau Waikato-Maniapoto Waiariki Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Aotea Te Waipounamu Subject of application – block / deceased / other matter [Please state name and block number of land, Māori inco...
Documents/Forms/MLC-Document-A1-request-remittal.pdf (1.4 mb)
Page 1 MLC 05/26 - 52B I Te Kooti Pīra Māori o Aotearoa The Māori Appellate Court of New Zealand (Please select the name of the Māori Land Court District in which the application was lodged) Please select one District Taitokerau Waikato-Maniapoto Waiariki Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Aotea Te Waipounamu HE PĀNUI WHAKAMŌHIO MŌ TĒTAHI TONO PĪRA KIA WHAKAHĒ I TE WHAKATAUNGA A TE KŌMITI (MĀORI PLANT VARIETIES COMMITTEE) KI RARO I TE TURE E KĪA NEI KO TE PLANT VARIETY RIGH...
Where alternative statements are indicated, select the statement that applies If there is insufficient room on the form to provide all the required information you should continue your application on a separate sheet of paper; and Additional information – in addition to completing this form, if the application requires you to provide further information you must include all documents, information or evidence you wish the Court to consider. The Māori Land Court of New Z...
Documents/SILNA/S113-29-93-Appln-to-Determine-Successors-for-SILNA-Lands-Hawea-Wanaka.pdf (407 kb)
Waiariki 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 A Special Sitting At Rotorua Māori Land Court, 1143 Haupapa Street, Hauora House, Rotorua Friday 1 September 2023 Judge T M Wara Presiding PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: SSep2/1 09:30 AM AP-2023000003073 19/93 Dorothy Maud Hayes, Tui Edwards Opape 1...
Documents/Panui/SSep2-Opape-1A15A-and-1A15B2-injunction-1-Sept-2023-TMW.pdf (102 kb)
HĀWEA/WĀNAKA SILNA WORKING LIST OF POTENTIAL OWNERS AS AT 9 SEPTEMBER 2021 The Māori Land Court has released an updated working list of potential owners entitled to the Hāwea/Wānaka Substitute Land (Section 2 of 5 Block XIV Lower Wanaka Survey District) under Section 15 of the Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement 1997.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP28 10:00 AM AP-20230000024479 (A20220007473) 240/93 Rachell Vivian Mio Waipupumahana A No 6 Trust and Horohoro Survey District Section 6 Block XII - Removal of Rawiri Daniels as trustee WAIARIKI PĀNUI
Documents/Panui/19.-Special-Waiariki-31-October-and-1-November-2024.pdf (140 kb)
Waiariki 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 A Special Sitting At Ōpōtiki Māori Land Court, 1143 Haupapa Street, Hauora House, Rotorua Wednesday 6 September 2023 Judge T M Wara Presiding PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: SSep3/1 11:00 AM AP-20230000021566 113/93, 118/93 Thompson Quinton Tapsell Wi...
Steve has held multiple roles within the Court, including as a case manager, team leader, district manager, Principal Liaison Officer and Service Manager, before being appointed as the Chief Registrar of the Māori Land Court in February 2021.
1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington January 2026 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 12th of November 2025, are hereby notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down for inq...
Documents/Panui/January-2026-Notification-of-Applications-in-Office-of-Chief-Registrar.pdf (468 kb)
