Phillips v Scott - Ōuri 1A3
[2026] Māori Appellate Court MB 165
6 March 2026
Application for costs following an appeal against a costs decision made by the Māori Land Court.
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Round Corner Limited v Deputy Registrar - Moutere 8B2 Sec 1 Lot 3 Deposited Plan 20707 and Moutere 8B2 Sec 1 Lot 5 Deposited Plan 20707
[2026] Māori Appellate Court MB 190 (2026 APPEAL 190)
19 March 2026
Appeal against a decision of the Māori Land Court confirming the status of two blocks of land as Māori freehold land and dismissing an application to change the status of the land to General land.
Download Round Corner Limited v Deputy Registrar - Moutere 8B2 Sec 1 Lot 3 Deposited Plan 20707 and Moutere 8B2 Sec 1 Lot 5 Deposited Plan 20707 (280 KB PDF).
Miru v Te Awa - Te Komiti 2A1A
(2026) 309 Taitokerau MB 300 (309 TTK 300)
9 March 2026
Decision on whether some of the trustees of the Te Komiti 2A1A Māori Reservation also known as Waiotea Aotea Marae breached their trustee obligations by inappropriately authorising payment of trust funds.
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Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu v Minister of Conservation
Te Kōti Matua o Aotearoa - High Court
[2026] NZHC 722
25 March 2026
Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu sought declarations relating to the Government's proposed changes to conservation legislation with the Conservation Act (Land Management and Other Matters) Amendment Bill. The Minister of Conservation sought a stay of proceedings on the basis that such declarations would breach Parliamentary privilege and the principle of non-interference.
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Reihana v Judicial Conduct Commissioner
Court of Appeal [2026] NZCA 76
18 March 2026
Unsuccessful appeal against a decision of the High Court declining an application for judicial review.
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Reihana v Reihana
[2026] NZHC 568
12 March 2026
Application for judicial review referred to the Court by the Registrar under s 164A of the Senior Courts Act 2016 as an abuse of the process of the Court.
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Status of land - registration of change of status - Malcolm v Hahipene - Te Karaka 1B2B1 [2025] Māori Appellate Court MB 603 - Craig Linkhorn
Costs - Special Aid Fund - Malcolm v Hahipene - Te Karaka 1B2B1 [2026] Māori Appellate Court MB 108 - Elizabeth Derby
Trustees - retirement of reservation trustees - Watson v Van der Broek [2025] Māori Appellate Court MB 470 - Craig Linkhorn
2026 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index
2025 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index
Trusts - refusal to remove interests from trust - Bryers v Broughton - Rotorangi No. 2 and Others (2026) 525 Aotea MB 249 - Arthur Linkhorn
Alienation - invalid lease - injunction - Toatoa v Toatoa - Wharerangi 5B1 and 6B2 Lot A and Lot B (2025) 125 Tākitimu MB 38 - Arthur Linkhorn
Procedure - judicial recusal - Mio - Tōrere Pā Reserve and Others (2026) 363 Waiariki MB 47 (363 WAR 47) - Elizabeth Derby
Injunction - occupation of house - removal of trustees - Povey v Diamond - Otakanini L (2026) 308 Taitokerau MB 155 (308 TTK 155) - Elizabeth Derby
2026 Māori Land Court judgments - index
2025 Māori Land Court judgments - index
Malcolm v Hahipene - Te Karaka 1B2B1
[2026] Māori Appellate Court MB 108 (2026 APPEAL 108)
25 February 2026
Application for costs from the Court's Special Aid Fund. These proceedings came about due to the failure of the Māori Land Court to register a 1996 status order determining Te Karaka 1B2B1 as Māori land.
Download Malcolm v Hahipene - Te Karaka 1B2B1 (285 KB PDF). read more
Povey v Diamond - Otakanini L
(2026) 308 Taitokerau MB 155 (308 TTK 155)
24 February 2026
Application for an injunction to prevent the respondents from occupying the applicant's house on the Otakanini L block.
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Mio - Tōrere Pā Reserve and Others
(2026) 363 Waiariki MB 47 (363 WAR 47)
12 February 2026
Application for judicial recusal on the grounds of apparent bias and conflict of interest.
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Bryers v Broughton - Rotorangi No. 2 and Others
525 Aotea MB 249 (525 AOT 249)
28 January 2026
Unsuccessful application to remove Māori land interests from a trust. The principles of the relevant legislation and the interests of the trust outweighed the Applicant's wishes.
Download Bryers v Broughton - Rotorangi No. 2 and Others (182 KB PDF). read more
Status of land - registration of change of status - Malcolm v Hahipene - Te Karaka 1B2B1 [2025] Māori Appellate Court MB 603 - Craig Linkhorn
Trustees - retirement of reservation trustees - Watson v Van der Broek [2025] Māori Appellate Court MB 470 - Craig Linkhorn
2025 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index
Trusts - trustee duties - MacDonald v Gibson - Ngāti Tāwhirikura Hapū Charitable Trust (2025) 521 Aotea MB 240 - Elizabeth Derby
Alienation - invalid lease - injunction - Toatoa v Toatoa - Wharerangi 5B1 and 6B2 Lot A and Lot B (2025) 125 Tākitimu MB 38 (2025 125 TKT MB 38) - Arthur Linkhorn
2025 Māori Land Court judgments - index
MacDonald v Gibson - Ngāti Tāwhirikura Hapū Charitable Trust
(2025) 521 Aotea MB 240 (521 AOT 240)
12 December 2025
The Ngāti Tāwhirikura Hapū Charitable Trust administers hapū business on behalf of Ngāti Tāwhirikura. The Trust has been in a period of internal dysfunction since 2023, with the trustees splitting into two factions. The two factions applied to the Court for determination on a number of issues. The Court has opted to take a two-stage approach to these proceedings, with this decision detailing the findings of the Court on the issues raised. A subsequent decision will address remedies.
Download MacDonald v Gibson - Ngāti Tāwhirikura Hapū Charitable Trust (280 KB PDF). read more
This table lists the 2026 judgments of the Māori Appellate Court and contains links to reports about the decisions once decisions are released.
For other years: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025. Follow this link for the 2026 Māori Land Court judgments index.