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MĀORI LAND TRUSTS
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court
For more information, go to maorilandcourt.govt.nz
1. See Part 12 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
2.
The website also
contains a link to Māori Land Online, a tool
that provides web based information on
the current ownership and title information 1
for all Māori Land Court blocks.
Where to obtain application forms
Collect an application form from a Māori
Land Court office or download from
www.maorilandcourt.govt.nz.
On 21 and 23 September 1887, on the application of representatives of
Ngāti Tūwharetoa, the Native Land Court partitioned the Tongariro No
1 Block into Tongariro 1A, 1B and 1C, Ruapehu 1 into Ruapehu 1A and 1B,
and Ruapehu 2 into Ruapehu 2 into Ruapehu 2A and 2B.
Fee increase summary
Detailed fee list
Detailed fee list
Rārangi Utu
From 1 July 2024, Māori Land
Court fees increase. Details of the
increases are set out below.
A vesting order can be used to transfer Māori land shares:
• from one person to another on the sale or gift of the
shares
• to the trustee(s)6 of the landowners
• from a trustee, or representative, to the person beneficially
entitled to the shares
• to provide a dwelling site for an owner
• between owners to facilitate a partition of the land.
1. Alienation is when landowners grant certain rights of their land to another
person.
Applications for injunctive relief process over the holiday
period 2023/24
KIA MATAARA
Only urgent applications for injunctive relief will be considered over the holiday period,
only between 27 – 29 December, and only from 9am-5pm.
1. Please email your application to te.tiratu@justice.govt.nz first.
2.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 8 1:00 PM AP-20240000004836 19/93 Waiari Matiu
and Pani Hemi
Foster
Te Kao 73B - Injunction against any
person in respect of any actual
threatened trespass or other injury to
any Māori land or Māori Reservation
(Respondent: Irone Matiu
Changes to the constitution
Section 253A of the Act and Rule 4(1)
(h) of the constitution allow shareholders
to alter the constitution by putting further
restrictions on the powers of the committee
of management.
Changes to the constitution
Section 253A of the Act and Rule 4(1)
(h) of the constitution allow shareholders
to alter the constitution by putting further
restrictions on the powers of the committee
of management.
The Māori Land Court is notifying all owners of the above block about the following hui:
Whenua: Section 9 Block XVI Waikawa Survey District
Date: Saturday, 7 June 2025
Time: 1 PM
Venue: South Otago Creative Arts Centre 142 Clyde St Balclutha
Kaupapa:
Election of new trustees to replace the existing trustees who have resigned or died.