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.
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
Aotea
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 ā muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Whanganui
Māori Land Court, Ingestre Chambers,
74 Ingestre Street,
Whanganui
Wednesday 16 August
2023
Judge A H C Warren
Applications for hearing
PĀNUI
NO:
TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
- 2:00PM A20220014529 113/93,
118/93
Brian Te Watene
Te Huia...
Tākitimu
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 Hastings
Via Zoom
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/8564298176
Meeting ID: 856 429 8176
Thursday 28 September 2023
Judge D H Stone
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SP1 10:00AM AP-20230000032674 220/93,
222/93,
244/93
William...
Tākitimu
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 Masterton
Via Zoom
Thursday 7 September 2023
Judge D H Stone
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/8564298176
Meeting ID: 856 429 8176
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SP1 10:10am AP-20230000020846 214/93
219/93
220/93
22...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP3 10:00 AM AP-20250000015277 241/93 Leighton John
Faulkner
He whakamutunga atu i te Te Ao
Tutahanga Wetea Faulkner
WhānauTrust
Termination of the Te Ao Tutahanga
Wetea Faulkner WhānauTrust
You may see applications referred to as:
CJ YYYY/NN
Where:
• CJ = prefix to indicate the application is one
made to the Chief Judge
• YYYY = year in which the application was
received (starts from 1965-)
• NN = A sequential number which is incremented
as a new application is received.
The Act stipulates that the Court's objective is to keep Māori lands in Māori hands, protect wāhi tapu, and assist landowners in living on, developing, and using their land for the benefit of all owners, their whānau, and their hapū. Our rules and regulations
The Māori Land Court Rules 2011 set out how we operate, including how we receive, review, notify, process, and conclude applications.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 2 10:00 AM AP-20250000014217 59/93 Catherine Sixtus Appeal 2025/26 - Determination of
ownership of taonga tūturu and a
decision made at 97 Te Waipounamu
MB 243-248 on 12 September 2025 -
Notice of Appeal (Respondents:
Trustees of the Hokotehi Moriori Trust,
Trustees of the Moriori IMI Settlement
Trust, Ministry for Culture and Heritage,
Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri Iwi Trust
and Dix Whānau)