v The Act: • promotes the retention and use of Māori land • facilitates the occupation, development and use of that land • ensures decisions made about Māori land are fair and balanced, taking into account the needs of all the owners and their beneficiaries.
Assessment will also take account of the skills and experience of current mediators and factors such as location, gender, age, and iwi affiliation to ensure that parties to a dispute are able to select from a diverse pool of mediators where possible. Applicants will also need to demonstrate that they can manage a mediation process that is procedurally and substantively tika and one which seeks to achieve the purposes of Part 3A (Dispute resolution) of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993....
Documents/Articles/MLC-DRS-expression-of-interest-information-booklet.pdf (922 kb)
Special fixtures are arranged and advertised in accordance with the provisions of the Mäori Land Court Rules and they may not necessarily be listed in this publication.
Documents/Panui/0111324-Ministry-of-Justice_Panui-March-2024.pdf (1 mb)
(i) For the avoidance of doubt, if the parties agree to adopt the ADR process they must complete Steps 1 and 2 of the ADR process, before the dispute can be determined by the Court, unless both parties mutually agree in writing to opt out before completion of the ADR process or there is a need for urgent injunctive relief by any party to the dispute. 11.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/2021-03-12-Example-Occupation-Order.pdf (150 kb)
For some applications, landowners will need to notify other owners of their application to the Court ahead of time so they can attend hui, support the application, make a payment offer, or object to the application.
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At this point in te pā whenua, you should have gathered all the information you need, and you should be ready to file an application with the Court.
They will complete an initial assessment of your needs and help you to a develop a plan.
Special fixtures are arranged and advertised in accordance with the provisions of the Mäori Land Court Rules and they may not necessarily be listed in this publication.
Documents/Panui/0525724-Ministry-of-Justice_Panui-July-2024-web.pdf (880 kb)
It contains a schedule of court sittings, as well as notifications of applications that have been received since the last pānui but are not ready for court, or will be completed without the need for a hearing. Special Pānui are also included in this section.
