This includes our annual Māori Land Update, detailed Māori land information, Māori land spatial data.
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The court record
Pātaka Whenua, the Māori Land Court’s new online portal, launched in June 2023.
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Hui and court hearings
News
Both trust types are
land management trusts involving one or more Māori freehold land blocks (and in some cases,
general land owned by Māori ).
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-constitute-an-ahu-whenua-trust-or-whenua-topu-trust.pdf (539 kb)
The Chief Judge or Deputy Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court
may make statements affecting the Māori Land Court and the Māori Appellate Court.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Maori-Land-Court-and-Waitangi-Tribunal-Media-Guidelines.pdf (271 kb)
Succession applications are made under Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 and the Māori Land
Court Rules 2011.
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How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-apply-for-succession.pdf (508 kb)
If you’ve been dealing directly with a Māori Land Court staff member, we suggest you get in touch with them first.
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Te Puna Manawa Whenua, the Māori
Land Court Bench Book, serves as a reference for
Māori land law and Māori Land Court decisions.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)
If you don’t agree with a decision made by the Māori Land Court, you can consider appealing the outcome of your application.
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Our application process
Receive the outcome
Nā mātou, Te Kooti Whenua Māori .
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In your application you’ll need to provide:
written consents of the trustees
written consents of the beneficiaries
evidence of a properly notified meeting(s) held to terminate the trust, and
a schedule of land to be removed from the trust and to who those shares will be transferred
If you apply to terminate a trust which was set up under section 132(6) of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act (Māori customary land being managed by another Māori land trust), the...
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