māorilandcourt.govt.nz 6 Step 8 If your application has a Hearing details section, you can select the District and Preferred place of hearing using the drop-down boxes provided.
How-do-I-user-guides/Submitting-an-application-v1-6.pdf (2.2 mb)
Very Easy 33, 15% Somewhat Easy 65, 30% Neither Easy nor Difficult 54, 25% Somewhat Difficult 41, 19% Very Difficult 12, 6% Don’t Know, 11, 5% Refuse to answer, 1, 0% Don’t Know 48, 22% Very Difficult 27, 13% Somewhat Difficult 33, 15% Neither Easy nor Difficult 40, 18% Somewhat Easy 39, 18% Very Easy 28, 13% Refuse to Answer, 2, 1% Yes 100, 46% No 53, 25% Didn’t Have a Hearing 41, 19% Don’t Know 20, 9% Refuse to Answer, 3, 1% Very Useful 60, 28% Didn’t Receive a Draft Su...
Documents/Misc/MLC-User-Survey-2025-Infographic-V5-Te-Reo-Headings.pdf (372 kb)
These regulations only apply to Māori land blocks that do not have existing trustees or which are not vested in a Māori incorporation.
www.justice.govt.nz/maorilandcourt 9 Ngā Tari o te Kooti Whenua Māori Te Rohe o Te Taitokerau Tari Rēhita Papa Tuarua, Manaia House, Rathbone Street Pouaka Poutāpeta 1764, Whangārei 0140 W (09) 983 9940 Wh (09) 983 9941 Ī mlctaitokerau@justice.govt.nz Te Rohe o Tāmakimakaurau 135 Kolmar Road Pouaka Poutāpeta 23-358, Papatoetoe 2155 W (09) 279 5850 Wh (09) 279 5852 Ī mlcpapatoetoe@justice.govt.nz Te Rohe o Waikato Maniapoto Tari Rēhita Papa tuarua, BNZ Centre, 354-358 Victoria Stre...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-tereo.pdf (1.2 mb)
WAIKATO-MANIAPOTO PĀNUI Contact Details Office Waikato-Maniapoto District Address Level 2 BNZ Building, 348-354 Victoria Street, Hamilton Mailing address DX Box GX10101, Hamilton Phone 07 957 7780 Email mlcwaikato@justie.govt.nz Office hours Monday to Friday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (Closed on Public Holidays) He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai...
Documents/Panui/36.-Waikato-Maniapoto-5-May-2026.pdf (116 kb)
WAIKATO-MANIAPOTO PĀNUI Contact Details Office Waikato-Maniapoto District Address Level 2 BNZ Building, 348-354 Victoria Street, Hamilton Mailing address DX Box GX10101, Hamilton Phone 07 957 7780 Email mlcwaikato@justie.govt.nz Office hours Monday to Friday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (Closed on Public Holidays) He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai...
Documents/Panui/34.-Waikato-Maniapoto-23-April-2026.pdf (115 kb)
If you would like to speak to us kanohi ki te kanohi (face-to-face), please visit our district offices, where our kaimahi will do their very best to assist you with your enquiry.
Also, depending on the circumstances of your beneficiaries and your whenua, you might want to include purposes like these: (a) upholding the principles of whanaungatanga, kaitiakitanga and manaakitanga, and consciously protecting the interests of future generations as well as those alive today; (b) exercising kaitiakitanga over the bush and waterways by protecting, managing and improving these taonga as possible; (c) working with the beneficial owners and their whānau to promot...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)
The Māori Land Information System (MLIS), the Court’s previous system which held information about whenua Māori and the court record, was only accessible in the court’s district offices. In Pātaka Whenua, landowners can access this information online, from anywhere at any time.
On this page Applying for succession Succession application types Succession and whāngai Succession with no living descendants Succession with a living husband, wife, or partner Māori freehold land can be owned by one owner or several owners and in some cases, there might be hundreds of owners in one block or title of land. The accurate documentation of succession to land is critical and enables landowners to work together to make decisions about its use for the benefit of all landowner...
