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Metadata
Title: National Register of Māori Incorporations for New Zealand
Date of data: 30 June 2025
Published by: Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court, Ministry of Justice, Wellington
Email: te.tiratu@justice.govt.nz
URL: Māori land data | Māori Land Court (xn--morilandcourt-wqb.govt.nz)
Release Notes: The information contained in this spreadsheet is a snapshot of data from Pātaka Whanau of the Māori Land Court, New Zealand
This data forms part of the public per...
(such as receipts, invoices and income details)
Signed by the Applicant(s) or on behalf of claimant group
Dated: / /
Dated: / /
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If the applicant is a trust board, trust, or other legal entity, the application
must be signed under the common seal or other legal form appropriate to
that body.
When we receive your application, we’ll send you a confirmation email. What to expect after you apply It will take up to two weeks after the application closing date to know if you’ve been shortlisted for an interview.
Lawyers that are appointed by the Court’s own motion may:
8.1 Be a lawyer who a Judge considers meets the competency and experience criteria
set out below; and
8.2 Be required to submit an estimate of costs, but are not required to submit a Special
Aid applicationform.
5 There is no need to prove that civil legal aid has been applied for and has been refused, but applicants
must address why civil legal aid or other funding avenues are not reasonably availa...
Upload any documents as required
TIP: If your applicationform is not showing, please visit Submit an application | Māori Land Court
which will give you different options for logging an application.
These years have not been
without challenges – introducing Pātaka Whenua
was a transformative yet difficult transition, par-
ticularly for landowners, whānau, applicants, and
other users of the Court’s services.
However, it is possible to make application to the Court to have an area excluded from a reservation pursuant to section 338(5), and then to set up an ahu whenua trust in relation to the excluded area with the object of allowing housing development to take place.
Disclosure of any matter which might give rise to objection should be undertaken even if
the judge has formed the view that there is no basis for recusal.
Awaiting Client Action or Information
A20190005443 10/06/2019 CJ 2020/7 - Erina Brown or Erina Munro or Lena Munro or Lena Brown or Erina Lena Munro and the James and Erina Brown WhanauTrust - and determination/whanautrust orders made at 143 Napier MB
136 on 10 April 1996 - Application to the Chief Judge
45/93 Deirdre Heleina Brown 1.
