For Te Kooti Whenua Māori this is a time of uncertainty. We await confirmation of the details and programme for the Government’s review of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act, and so now is not the time for comment from the judiciary.
1 Māori Land Update – Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua June 2025 | Hune 2025 This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori to provide key statistics on Māori land, including the number and total area of Māori Customary Land (MCL) and Māori Freehold Land (MFL) blocks, and how many of these are managed by trusts or incorporations versus those that are not.
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/2025-10-28-MLC-Maori-Land-Update-2025.pdf (229 kb)
In your application you’ll need to provide: written consents of the trustees written consents of the beneficiaries evidence of a properly notified meeting(s) held to terminate the trust, and a schedule of land to be removed from the trust and to who those shares will be transferred If you apply to terminate a trust which was set up under section 132(6) of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act (Māori customary land being managed by another Māori land trust), the land must be vested i...
TE KOOTI WHENUA MĀORI MĀORI LAND COURT RECUSAL GUIDELINES 1.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Maori-Land-Court-Recusal-Guidelines.pdf (226 kb)
Te Puna Manawa Whenua, the Māori Land Court Bench Book, serves as a reference for Māori land law and Māori Land Court decisions.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)
To transfer Māori incorporation shares, the transferor (the person transferring the shares) must file a transfer of shares form (form 5 of the Māori Incorporations Regulations 1994) with the secretary of the Māori incorporation.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)
To transfer Māori incorporation shares, the transferor (the person transferring the shares) must file a transfer of shares form (form 5 of the Māori Incorporations Regulations 1994) with the secretary of the Māori incorporation.
Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)
To transfer Māori incorporation shares, the transferor (the person transferring the shares) must file a transfer of shares form (form 5 of the Māori Incorporations Regulations 1994) with the secretary of the Māori incorporation.
Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english-v2.pdf (333 kb)
Once your incorporation is up and running, you can apply to make a variety of changes.
Permission from trustees or Māori incorporation Māori land is often managed by a trust or incorporation on behalf of the owners or shareholders.
