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MLC Form 32 Application to call meeting

FEE: $ 233.00 CHECKLIST OF DOCUMENTS REQUIRED: List of owners, trustees and their addresses Statement setting out how the alienee is a member of one of the preferred classes of alienees (if applicable), including any necessary whakapapa details Roll valuation or special valuation of the land and any improvements to it by a registered valuer (as applicable) MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS Applications should be lodged with the Registrar in the Māori Land Court...

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-32-Application-to-call-meeting.pdf (182 kb)

2025 08 31 Notification of Applications Over 6 months old in MLC MAC

The Māori Land Court moved to a new database, Pātaka Whenua, in late May 2023 replacing the Māori Land Information System (MLIS).

Documents/5-11-reports/2025-08-31-Notification-of-Applications-Over-6-months-old-in-MLC-MAC.pdf (4.2 mb)

Whakahaerehia ō whenua
Manage your land

Māori land trusts Māori land trusts are used to manage whenua owned by multiple people.

Located in: Māori land

Te whakatū i tētahi tarati, kaporeihana whenua rānei
Set up a trust or incorporation

Agreement on the lands that are subject to the trust. The term and powers of trustees.

Located in: Māori land Manage your land

August 2026 National Pānui Māori Land Court

For a full explanation, please refer to either the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 | Māori Land Act 1993 or the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 SECTION DESCRIPTION 4/55 Governor-General in council may declare land to be a Māori reserve 6/1983 Determine succession to Titi Islands lands (order) 12/75 Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found 18(1)(a)/93 Exercise general jurisdiction of court 18(1)(b)/93 Determine the relative interests of the owners...

Documents/Panui/August-2026-National-Panui-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (2.8 mb)

MLC Form 34 Confirmation family gathering

This form may be used to apply to the Court to confirm one or more resolutions passed by owners in Māori Freehold Land or General Land owned by Māori who together are members of the same family and who have taken the opportunity to meet together following a family gathering (such as tangi, wedding or reunion).

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-34-Confirmation-family-gathering.pdf (158 kb)

MLC applications english

The order will then be written up in the Court title records if it affects land, and will be sent to any party who has to act on it, for example the Māori trustee if the Māori trustee has been ordered to pay money he/she is holding, or a Māori incorporation if the order affects shares in that incorporation.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-applications-english.pdf (327 kb)