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.
A national service for only urgent injunction applications is available Monday 29, Tuesday 30 and Wednesday 31 December. More details can be found here.
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
And speaking of the Supreme Court, it would be remiss of me not to acknowledge the recent appointment of Justice Joe Williams to the Supreme Court bench. He is the first Maori to be appointed to our highest court.
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Rihipeti Waerea also known as Betty
Waerea or Rihipeti Smith or Rihipeti
Meto or Rihipeti Te Mete and a
succession order made at 252
Rotorua MB 201-202 on 1/12/1999 -
Application to the Chief Judge
AP-20240000013249 45/93 Charles Gerard Williams CJ 2024/88 - Susan Elizabeth Hunt
also known as Susan Wybrow
(Finnerty) and a succession order
made at 51 South Island MB 320-321
on 10/2/1976 - Application to Chief
Judge
AP-20240000014152 45/93 Pompey Junior Brown CJ 2024/92...
...H C Warren
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SAug17/1 10:30AM AP-20230000030498
A20230002385
239/93 Linda
Georgina
Elgar
Ngatihaua 16 Trust and
Ngatihaua 16 Maori Reservation
- Replace Sharelle Brooke-
Williams and Ani Patene
Whakatutu-Kupe with Rubina
Pine and Joseph Dunn as
trustees
For further clarification please contact:
District Office: Ingestre Chambers, 74 Ingestre Street, DX Box PX 10207, WHANGAN...
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
Ministry of Justice, District Court, 117
Church Street, Ōpōtiki
Tuesday 5 September 2023
Judge T M Wara Presiding
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SSep1/1 10:20 AM AP-20230000023532 158/93,
164/93
Anthony
Selwyn
Insley
Awanui Haparapar...
She is the fifth judge to be appointed as Chairperson of the Waitangi Tribunal, following Chief Judge Kenneth Gillanders Scott, Tā Justice Taihakurei Durie, Tā Justice Joe Williams and Chief Judge Wilson Isaac. Chief Judge Fox was appointed as a Māori Land Court judge on 1 October 2000, and shortly thereafter was appointed as the Presiding Officer of the Waitangi Tribunal’s Central North Island district inquiry in 2001.
Sean’s commitment to his whānau, hapū and iwi, at home remain strong and connected.
Daniel Williams - Pae Ārahi o Te Tiratū
Dan joined the Māori Land Court in February 2022, as Pae Arahi o Te Tiratū.
Te Waipounamu
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 Christchurch
Courtroom 1, Justice and Emergency
Services Precinct, 20 Lichfield Street,
Christchurch
Reference SP1
Wednesday 12 April 2023
Judge S Te A Milroy
Applications for Hearing
PĀNUI
NO:
TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
1 10:00AM A20220014529...
In addition to formal engagements, Judge
Armstrong and Judge Williams hosted the dele-
gation for dinner and took part in sightseeing
activities across Taitokerau, further deepening
the cultural exchange and fostering meaningful
relationships between both communities.