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Our key purpose is to promote the retention of Māori land in Māori hands, and to support landowners to use, occupy and develop their whenua for the benefit of all landowners, and their whānau and hapū.

Our role as Te Kooti Whenua Māori is to facilitate and promote the retention and use of Māori land, and support whānau to occupy, develop and use their whenua.

If you’re not sure which application form to complete, you can find more information about different types of applications in our Whenua section.

Located in:  Our application process Apply to the court

The Court may, if it cannot otherwise address those concerns, order that the application be reheard. PĀNUI NO. APPLICATION NO.

Documents/Panui/July-2026-National-Panui-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (3.2 mb)

Under Rule 8.1AAA of the Māori Land Court Rules 2026, all review applications must be made using this form, Form 11B.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-11B-Application-for-review-of-Registrars-determination-or-order.pdf (415 kb)

In such cases form 14 should be completed. HOW TO FILE AND COMPLETE THIS APPLICATION FORM (i) This form must be accompanied with the appropriate application fee and be filed in the Office of the Chief Registrar; (ii) Please ensure that all information required on the form is completed; (iii) You must supply a list of Respondents and/or affected parties and their contact details; (iv) Where tick boxes are provided please ensure you tick all those...

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-13-Notice-appeal.pdf (148 kb)

In such cases form 13 should be completed. HOW TO FILE AND COMPLETE THIS APPLICATION FORM (i) This form must be accompanied with the appropriate application fee and be filed with the Registrar in the District in which the provisional or preliminary determination of the Court was made; (ii) Please ensure that all information required on the form is completed; (iii) You must supply a list of Respondents and/or affected parties and their contact detail...

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-14-Leave-to-appeal-prelim.pdf (132 kb)

HOW TO FILE AND COMPLETE THIS APPLICATION FORM (i) This form must be accompanied with the appropriate application fee and can should be filed with the Registrar in the District in which some or all of the land is located; (ii) Please ensure that all information required on the form is completed; (iii) Where tick boxes are provided please ensure you tick all those boxes that apply to your application, unless you are required to select one box, then...

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-38A-Application-to-remove-trustee-for-reason-other-than-resignation-retirement-or-death-of-trustee.pdf (105 kb)

HOW TO FILE AND COMPLETE THIS APPLICATION FORM (i) This form must be accompanied with the appropriate application fee and can be filed with the Registrar in any office of the Court; (ii) Please ensure that all information required on the form is completed; (iii) Please read the notes at the end of this form; (iv) Where tick boxes are provided please ensure you tick all those boxes that apply to your application, unless you are required to...

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-37-Constitute-Ahu-Whenua-Trust.pdf (272 kb)

HOW TO FILE AND COMPLETE THIS APPLICATION FORM (i) This form must be accompanied with the appropriate application fee and be filed with the Registrar in the District in which the land is located; (ii) Please ensure that all information required on the form is completed; (iii) Where tick boxes are provided please ensure you tick all those boxes that apply to your application, unless you are required to select one box, then only select the box that...

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-36-Application-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust-202104.pdf (159 kb)