A landmark High Court case on Māori freshwater rights is set to begin next month, with the Wai Manawa Whenua coalition ...

An application for injunction on Lake Horowhenua consents has been dismissed due to the Maori Land Court not holding jurisdiction over the Resource Management Act. A resource consent hearing on the ...

The Maori Land Court is seeking feedback on its proposals to make current Maori Land information available on its website. "Maori Land On Line or MLOL" is a programme designed to give website users ...

"With respect, I do not consider it is plausible on the basis of information currently before the Court that this waka ...

The seabed and foreshore debate remains one of the most significant and emotionally charged chapters in Aotearoa New ...

The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Nikora v Kruger has ruled the Māori Land Court – Te Kooti Whenua Māori – has jurisdiction over post-settlement governance entities (PSGEs) that hold “general ...

The deputy chief judge of the Māori Land Court, Caren Fox, has been promoted to chief judge. Fox (Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata) replaces former Chief Judge Wilson Isaac, who retired in April. Associate ...

The case of the Nelson Tenths, one of the largest litigations against the Crown in New Zealand’s history, is set to go back to the High Court this month. In 1839 Māori landowners around Nelson sold ...

New Zealand’s oldest and longest-running specialist court turned 159 years old yesterday. On October 30, 1865, the Native Land Court was created, a product of the Native Lands Act 1865. People today ...

Last month the New Zealand Labour government, under intense pressure from business and the media, introduced into parliament legislation designed to cut off claims by the country’s indigenous ...

MANA IN MAHI: From left, Maori Land Court director Grace Smit, Aunty Hine Kohn, mokopuna Haromi Pohatu-Keelan, Terei Michael Godfrey Pohatu, mokopuna Tamati Knight and MLC Tairawhiti manager Liz South ...