Media enquiries
Contact the Ministry of Justice media centre (external link)
Regional offices
You can call, email or visit us in person.
We have 9 offices across New Zealand. Our offices are open between 10am and 4pm on normal week days. You don’t need to make an appointment.
Whangārei – Taitokerau District
Judges: Judge David Ambler | Judge Miharo Armstrong
Registrar / Manager: Don Cameron
Street address:
3rd Floor, Manaia House
Rathbone Street
Whangārei
Postal address:
AX10086
Whangārei
Write the address as written above and send it the same way as any other mail. You can use an NZ Post mail box. If you use a DX mail box your mail will get to us faster (external link)
Phone: 09 983 9940
Email: mlctaitokerau@justice.govt.nz
Auckland – Taitokerau District
Our Auckland office is an information office that is open to the public.
You can:
- get application forms and advice
- get help with locating Māori land
- search our electronic database.
We don’t have any court records in Auckland but we’ll be able to help you identify which office you need to contact.
Office Manager: Mana Te Kanawa
Street address:
Avanti Finance Building
65B Main High Way
Ellerslie
Auckland
Postal address:
EX10912
Auckland
Write the address as written above and send it the same way as any other mail. You can use an NZ Post mail box. If you use a DX mail box your mail will get to us faster (external link)
Phone: 09 279 5850
Fax: 09 279 5852
Email: mlctamakimakaurau@justice.govt.nz
Hamilton – Waikato-Maniapoto District
Judges: Judge Stephanie Milroy | Judge Stephen Clark
Registrar / Manager: Graeme Vercoe QSM
Street address:
Level 2, BNZ Centre
354 Victoria Street
Hamilton
Postal address:
GX10101
Hamilton
Write the address as written above and send it the same way as any other mail. You can use an NZ Post mail box. If you use a DX mail box your mail will get to us faster (external link)
Phone: 07 957 7880
Fax: 07 957 7881
Email: mlcwaikato@justice.govt.nz
Rotorua – Waiariki District
Judges: (Acting) Judge Patrick Savage | Judge Craig Coxhead
Registrar / Manager: Graeme Vercoe QSM
Street address:
Hauora House
1143 Haupapa Street
Rotorua
Postal address:
JX10529
Rotorua
Write the address as written above and send it the same way as any other mail. You can use an NZ Post mail box. If you use a DX mail box your mail will get to us faster (external link)
Phone: 07 921 7402
Fax: 07 921 7412
Email: mlcwaiariki@justice.govt.nz
Gisborne – Tairāwhiti District
Judge: Deputy Chief Judge Caren Fox
Registrar / Manager: Graeme Vercoe QSM
Street address:
Ngā Wai e Rua Building
Corner of Reads Quay & Lowe Street
Gisborne
Postal address:
PX10106
Gisborne
Write the address as written above and send it the same way as any other mail. You can use an NZ Post mail box. If you use a DX mail box your mail will get to us faster (external link)
Phone: 06 869 0370
Fax: 06 869 0371
Email: mlctairawhiti@justice.govt.nz
Hastings – Tākitimu District
Judge: Judge Layne Harvey
Registrar: Caroline Green
Street address:
2nd Floor, Heretaunga House
Corner of Lyndon Road East & Warren Street
Hastings
Postal address:
MX10024
Hastings
Write the address as written above and send it the same way as any other mail. You can use an NZ Post mail box. If you use a DX mail box your mail will get to us faster (external link)
Phone: 06 974 7630
Fax: 06 974 7631
Email: mlctakitimu@justice.govt.nz
Whanganui – Aotea District
Judge: Judge Layne Harvey
Registrar: Caroline Green
Street address:
Ingestre House
74 Ingestre Street
Whanganui
Postal address:
PX10207
Whanganui
Write the address as written above and send it the same way as any other mail. You can use an NZ Post mail box. If you use a DX mail box your mail will get to us faster (external link)
Phone: 06 349 0770
Fax: 06 349 0771
Email: mlcaotea@justice.govt.nz
Christchurch – Te Waipounamu District
Judge: Judge Sarah Reeves
Registrar: Caroline Green
Street address:
30 Sheffield Crescent
Christchurch
Postal address:
WX11124
Christchurch
Write the address as written above and send it the same way as any other mail. You can use an NZ Post mail box. If you use a DX mail box your mail will get to us faster (external link)
Phone: 03 962 4900
Fax: 03 962 4901
Email: mlctewaipounamu@justice.govt.nz
Wellington – National Office & Office of the Chief Registrar
Our Wellington office is an information office that is open to the public.
You can:
- get application forms and advice
- get help with locating Māori land
- search our electronic database.
We don’t have any court records in Wellington but we’ll be able to help you identify which office you need to contact.
Judges: Chief Judge Wilson Isaac | Judge Sarah Reeves | Judge Michael Doogan
Chief Registrar : Kura Barrett
Street address:
Level 7, Fujitsu Tower
141 The Terrace
Wellington
Postal address:
SX11203
Wellington
Write the address as written above and send it the same way as any other mail. You can use an NZ Post mail box. If you use a DX mail box your mail will get to us faster (external link)
Phone: 04 914 3000
Fax: 04 914 3100
Email: mlcnationaloffice@justice.govt.nz
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