What you need to know: • You can include Māori land, general land, or both. • You can include land regardless of its location (for example, the blocks do not need to be located next to each other)
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-apply-for-Partition-of-Maori-freehold-land.pdf (490 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.
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.
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)
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)
Māori Land Court | Judge’s Corner Judge Aidan Warren Dispute Resolution February 2022 As a newly appointed Judge of the Māori Land Court it is highly appropriate that my contribution to the Judges’ Corner relates to one of the new tools added to our kete by the legislative changes that came into effect in February this year.
As a newly appointed Judge of the Māori Land Court it is highly appropriate that my contribution to the Judges’ Corner relates to one of the new tools added to our kete by the legislative changes that came into effect in February this year.
(state full name), apply to the Court to constitute a whānau trust in respect of: tick as appropriate all my/our land interests the land interests listed in the schedule hereto Details of proposed whānau trust: 1.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-36-Application-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust-202104.pdf (159 kb)
The owner of a beneficial interest in land. Where land is vested in trustees, the trustees own the land as legal owners on behalf of the beneficiaries.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)
What if I am unhappy with the outcome of my complaint? If you are unhappy with our decision regarding your complaint, you have the right to raise your concerns with the Ombudsman.
