This brought the Māori Land Court record into the computer age with details of Māori land blocks and their owners being accessible nationwide, without owners having to travel to the Māori Land Court where the land was located to get information.
TITLE IMPROVEMENT Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court For more information, go to maorilandcourt.govt.nz Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court (MLC) is the New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māori land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.5E-OCT21-Title-Improvement.pdf (357 kb)
Only roughly five percent of Aotearoa is now Māori land. Most Māori land is rural and much of it is remote.
Changes also strengthen the protections for Māori land. For example, when whenua is changed from Māori customary land to Māori freehold land, the interests of the owners will not be individualised.
From 1 July 2025, the Māori Land Court fees will increase by 3.65%. The details are set out below.
Documents/Articles/Detailed-list-of-fee-changes.pdf (287 kb)
In 2017, an application was made to the Māori Land Court to determine the status of the land, the ownership of the land and the relative interests of the owners.
Its purpose was to register all outstanding Māori Land Court orders relating to Māori land ownership in LINZ.
As a result, from time to time the Māori Land Court receives applications to extend existing urupā, or to set aside Māori freehold land, or sometimes General land owned by Māori, as new urupā reservations.
AP-20240000013830 70(3)(a)/93 98(9)(c)/93 Deputy Registrar Kai Iwi 1G2 Block (Kai Iwi 1G2 Māori Reservation) - Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation.
Documents/Panui/Maori-Land-Court-National-Panui-June-2025.pdf (2.8 mb)
The Māori Land Court (Te Kooti Whenua Māori) is the New Zealand court that hears matters relating to Māori land.
Uploads/MOJ0217.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)
