1. Aotea Notice to PCA
That sale cannot proceed unless the owners give to the preferred classes of alienees a right of first refusal.
Documents/Landowner-notices/1.-Aotea-Notice-to-PCA.pdf (94 kb)
Search results for "Determination of Whängai of a Deceased Owner"
Ngā ara ture hou mā ngā kaipupuri whenua Māori i raro i te ture hou
New legal pathways for Māori landowners under the Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025
28 Aug 2025
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Charging orders – water services charges In certain situations, Māori landowners may have to pay for water services. If an owner of Māori freehold land in multiple ownership has paid more than their share of water services changes, they can apply to the Māori Land Court for a “charging order” to recover the excess amount paid.
Kua whakaputaina Ngā Kōrero Ārahi mō te Tuku Pūtea Taurewa mō te Whenua Māori
Practice Note for Lending on Whenua Māori released
21 Mar 2024
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The practice note addresses important questions that whānau and professionals working in the sector are grappling with including: How do owners of whenua Māori approve a mortgage? How is a mortgage registered against whenua Māori?
Factsheet Legislative changes affecting incorporations web version
Setting up an incorporation Previously, landowners seeking to form an incorporation need to show that owners with not less than 15 percent of shares in the Māori land consented to the proposal.
Tō mātou hītori
Our history
Since the passing of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993, our role is to: promote the retention of Māori land in the hands of its owners, whānau and hapū facilitate the occupation, development and use of Māori land ensure that decisions made about Māori land are fair and balanced taking into account the needs of all the owners and their beneficiaries.
Whakahaerehia ō whenua
Manage your land
Because Māori land can have so many owners, creating a trust can be an efficient way to make decisions about the whenua.
Te kimi i ō whenua
Find your land
It is a good idea to ask them about: What land blocks you might be an owner in An accurate record of your whakapapa How you became an owner or beneficiary to your whenua.
Discussion on leases and licenses over Māori Reservation land
01 Apr 2012 | NewsIn the past the Housing Corporation, and its replacement Housing New Zealand, have been prepared to finance the building of dwellings on Māori land by taking security over the house, provided that the borrower can obtain a licence to occupy from the owners or trustees, where the land is held in trust, for a term of at least 21 years.
MLC Form 31 Agreement to sell or gift
(2) If the agreement is executed in New Zealand, the signature of the transferor must be attested by an independent person aged 20 years or more (not being a member of the transferor’s immediate family or an owner in the land being alienated) who must, print below his or her signature, his or her full name, occupation and residential address
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-31-Agreement-to-sell-or-gift.pdf (241 kb)
Ngā pānui kaipupuri whenua
Landowner notices
For some applications, landowners will need to notify other owners of their application to the Court ahead of time so they can attend hui, support the application, make a payment offer, or object to the application.