To do so, the Māori Land Court must be a truly Māori Court, where people are engaged respectfully and in a culturally appropriate way.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2023-Matariki-2024.pdf (11 mb)
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Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Kuputaka-Reo-Maori-Comms.pdf (24 mb)
Ngā whakataunga a te Kooti Whenua Māori Māori Land Court judgments Find judgments of the Māori Land Court in the Ministry of Justice decision finder.
Court sittings are scheduled for the next available date at the court venue you have advised us you wish to have your application heard at. If you would prefer to attend remotely, you can seek approval from the judge to attend by video or telephone.
NOTICE OF MEETING OF ASSEMBLED OWNERS Part IX Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 In the Māori Land Court of New Zealand Aotea District TAKE NOTICE that applications have been made to the Māori Land Court at Whanganui for a meeting of the owners of Waimarino 3F No 4 Block to consider lease proposals and other governance matters in respect of the land, including competing proposals properly before the Court. 1.
Documents/Landowner-notices/4.-Aotea-Notice-of-hui.pdf (64 kb)
Pātaka Whenua, the Māori Land Court’s new online portal, launched in June 2023.
These guidelines are provided to assist judges of the Māori Land Court in considering any question of recusal. 2.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Maori-Land-Court-Recusal-Guidelines.pdf (226 kb)
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.
To sum up then, we have reached a position where Māori land is no longer being lost into the general land system, or fragmented by partition.
1 CJ Media statement, “Note from Chief Justice Winkelmann” released 25 March 2020. 2 Māori Land Court COVID-19 Court protocol as at 23 March 2020. 3 Māori Land Court COVID-19 Court protocol as at 20 April 2020. 4 Māori Land Court COVID-19 Court protocol as at 12 May 2020.
