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1 September 2025 | News
He uiuinga whānui mā ngā kaiwhakamahi o Pātaka Whenua 2025
Pātaka Whenua (our online portal) – Court User Survey
We want to hear about your experience using Pātaka Whenua and your views on how it's working for you.
28 August 2025 | News
Ngā ara ture hou mā ngā kaipupuri whenua Māori i raro i te ture hou
New legal pathways for Māori landowners under the Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025
New legislation allows Māori landow...
The Court has had to deal with a number of situations where an existing urupā is full and disputes have occurred where neighbours adjacent to the urupā object to an extension or encroachment onto their land.
While the immediacy of the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown restrictions raised challenges for the Māori Land Court, it has presented an opportunity to examine our processes, our use of technology, and consider how they can be improved to ultimately assist Māori land owners.
Ko te amorangi ki mua ko te hāpai ō ki muri
Understanding how we can help you to have a positive experience Just like the marae and how we organise ourselves to carry out the relevant rituals, nau mai is where information gathering and preparation takes place before you file an application.
Provisions regarding landlocked land have also been updated. The Court can take account
of a broader range of factors when granting an order for reasonable access to landlocked
Māori land, which can help whānau gain access to their whenua.
This model for the utilisation of multiply-owned Māori land had its origins in Taitokerau in 1989 where, under s 438 of the Māori Affairs Act 1953, a block was vested in a trust with exclusive use areas identified in a schedule to the trust order for whānau shareholding groups.
Ma te mōhio ka mārama
Understanding the importance of collaboration and working in unison Like the marae, kuhu mai is where whaikōrero takes place. It is the exchange of ideas, the recital of whakapapa to make connections, and where challenges can be laid down.
Please provide an address if this venue is not a Māori Land Court location.
MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS
Applications may be lodged in the Māori Land Court district in which some or all of the lands or the subject matter of the application is located.
For more information,
please contact your local Māori Land Court office.
Individual districts may mail out separate Pānui where 14
clear days notice is not provided in the National Pānui / Te
Pānui ā-Motu.
