Occupation orders can now be granted not only to the landowner or any person entitled to succeed to their interest, but also to beneficiaries of the whānau trust that holds a beneficial interest in the land.
You should now be able to login to Pātaka Whenua by entering your Username and password
Documents/Troubleshooting/Registered-User-Guide-v2.pdf (956 kb)
Use this form to create a Whānau Trust by vesting some or all of your interests in trustees to hold on behalf of the descendants of a given person or tupuna (the beneficiaries) If you are creating a Whānau Trust as part of a succession application please complete form 23.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-36-Application-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust-202104.pdf (110 kb)
Where a determination or order has already been made by a registrar, affected persons may also apply to the court to seek a review of that determination or order.
Documents/Panui/Maori-Land-Court-National-Panui-August-2025-Edition.pdf (2 mb)
Ngā kōtitanga Court hearings See a list of court hearings coming up across all of our venues.
Where an owner has a life interest or is a joint tenant in Māori Land you can use this form to transfer those interests to the beneficiaries (remainderman) or the other party to a joint tenancy where the life/joint tenant has passed away, wishes to surrender their interests or the life tenant has remarried or entered into a civil union or de facto relationship.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-24-Transmission-updated-1-9-22.pdf (200 kb)
If you cannot find all of the information you need in Pātaka Whenua, you can visit one of our district offices to view the physical record in person.
HOW TO FILE AND COMPLETE THIS APPLICATION FORM (i) This form must be accompanied with the appropriate application fee (if any) and may be filed at any office of the Court (with the exception of an application seeking leave to appeal out of time which must be lodged in the Office of the Chief Registrar); (ii) As this is a general application form, please ensure that all information required on the form is completed; (iii) If the order sought is agains...
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-1-General-application-v2.pdf (113 kb)
ISSN 1175 - 8120 (Print) ISSN 2463-3763 (Online) www.mäorilandcourt.govt.nz MAY | HARATUA 2024 The purpose of the National Pänui / Te Pänui ä Motu is to provide notice to interested parties of hearings being conducted in, and applications received by, the Mäori Land Court.
Types of access Access to whenua can be through a variety of roadways that cross or run through the land block.
