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A mortgage or loan may be acquired by: the sole owner of a Māori land block all the owners of a Māori land block acting together the trustees of a Māori land block who are empowered to raise finance against the block, or a Māori Incorporation which holds Māori land.

Located in:  Māori land Use your land

The Act recognises that blocks of Māori land are generally owned by people connected to each other and to the land through kin groups, such as iwi7 and hapū8.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 kb)

  This includes a list of all aggregated (or combined) Māori land blocks.  It does not include information about Crown Land, Crown Land Reserved for Māori, general land owned by Māori, or land blocks under internal review.

Located in:  The court record

This information helps us to find the correct records relating to your whānau and whenua so we can make sure the land is being transferred to the right people.

Located in:  Māori land Becoming a landowner

an amalgamation can include general land 12 and Māori land. if it does, the resulting block will be Māori land.

Uploads/MLC-title-improvement-english.pdf (385 kb)

an amalgamation can include general land 12 and Māori land. if it does, the resulting block will be Māori land.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-title-improvement-english.pdf (385 kb)

The website also contains a link to Māori Land Online, a tool that provides web based information on the current ownership and title information 1 for all Māori Land Court blocks.

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

Ngā Karere News 21 January 2025 | News Toitoi SILNA Block - Outstanding Original Owners The Māori Land Court is conducting an inquiry into the entitled successors of the Toitoi SILNA block as part of the Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement. 7 January 2025 | News Te whakatūwheratanga o Te Rā Tū, te Kooti Whenua Māori hōu o Tairāwhiti Opening of Te Rā Tū, the new Tairāwhiti Māori Land Court Te Rā Tū, the new Tairāwhiti Māori Land Court opened in November, wi...

Dated: / / For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz Page 13 M LC 07/24 - 21 SCH ED U LE 1 – EN TITLEM EN T TO D ECEA SED ’S IN TERESTS U N D ER TERM S O F A W ILL Land / Block Shares to be vested Proportion to be vested Name and address of beneficiary Releationship to deceased For m ore inform ation visit visit w w w .m āorilandcourt.govt.nz Page 14 MLC 07/24 - 21 MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS This application may be lodged w...

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-21-Application-for-succession2.pdf (617 kb)

I am pleased to confirm that I have approved the release of a new Practice Note covering lawyers appointed and paid for under the Māori Land Court’s Special Aid Fund. I attach the new Practice Note for your records and advise that you may also find a copy on the new Māori Land Court website.

Documents/Practice-notes/2023.10.17-MLC-Special-Aid-Practice-Note-FINAL.pdf (367 kb)