What does this mean for you?
If you file an application to the Māori Land Court or the Māori Appellate Court on or after 1 July 2026 , you will notice an increase in the fee you need to pay:
Our $23 fee will increase to $24
Our $68 fee will increase to $70
Our $228 fee will increase to $233
Our $399 fee will increase to $408
More information
The full list of updated fees is available here .
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Application Checklist For Acceptance
All applications MUST:
Have all relevant sections of the form completed
Be dated
Be signed by the applicant(s) and/or Counsel
Have applicant(s) full contact details:
Contact address;
Phone details: Home:
Mobile:
Email:
Other:
Where applicable have a statement of preferred place of hearing as opposed to
District
Where appropriate and applicable, have proper witnessing
Appropriate fee or fe...
NOTES TO ASSIST APPLICANTS
1 Death certificate
The original or photocopy should be filed. If a death certificate is not readily available by reasonable enquiry the
Court may accept other evidence as to death.
ROHE O TĀKITIMU
TE PĀNUI Ā-MOTU | NATIONAL PĀNUI
Ākuhata | August
2026
Ngā ihirangi | Contents
Applications for hearing in Ākuhata | August 2026
2 - 6 Descriptions of Application types by Section
7 – 43 Te Rohe o…
Usually, an application for a trustee’s
removal is filed by the trustees or the
beneficiaries. In terms of Regulation 3(h),
any trustee removed by the Court should
not later be reappointed as a trustee for the
same reservation (removal by Court is a
disciplinary matter).
Why and how the Rules are changing
The Rules set out how the Court operates – including what the Court and Registrar s must do, and what applicants and other parties need to do when filing applications and documents. As part of changes , it was recognised that amendments were needed to update and modernise them, specifically to provide for matters arising from new jurisdic...
Pātaka Whenua Guidance
Registered User Guide
Date produced: 15 August 2023
Last modified: 13 December 2023
māorilandcourt.govt.nz
Registered User Guide
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court
Being a registered user means you can:
• Create and submit applications online
• Save and return to your incomplete applications
• Track progress on your applications
• Pay filing fees
• Submit enquiries
• Receive notifications on your applications and enquiries from the court
•...
Term Description
2 1.1 Trust Name
1.4 Registry of the Court and address for service of the trust
3 2.2(g) If the owners wish to support specific Māori community purposes, to list
those purposes
11 7.1(e) Registry of the Court at which the accounts are to be filed
12 9.1 The frequency of General Meetings
9.2 Threshold of number/percentage of beneficial owners required to
requisition a General Meeting
14 10.3 Number of months required for convening a Special General Meetin...
