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More information is available on our website: http://www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz/disputes If you have any questions about the dispute resolution service, contact your local Māori Land Court office: www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz/contact-us https://www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz/en/mediator-list https://www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz/en/our-application-process/come-in-apply-to-the-court/application-forms https://www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz/en/maori-land/disputes-about-maori-

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Dispute-resolution-service-web-version.pdf (355 kb)

Contact details follow or go online to maorilandcourt.govt.nz/contact-us Contact the Māori Land Court The DX number is the postal address.

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

Apply online Download the application form Te tauatanga ki ngā pānga atu anō Succession to further interests If you’ve already submitted your succession application and you discover that there are more Māori land interests to include, you can apply for succession to further interests.

Located in:  Māori land Becoming a landowner

Apply online Download the application form Finances and mortgages Māori land can be used to secure finance or a mortgage just like any other interest in land.

Located in:  Māori land Use your land

Apply online Download the application form Land based trusts and incorporations Tarati ahu whenua Ahu Whenua trust An ahu whenua trust enables collective guardianship of one or more land blocks on behalf of landowners.

Located in:  Māori land Manage your land

Hold a whānau hui Meet with your whānau (in person or online) to discuss: • why you want to form the trust • who the trustees will be • what land interests will be vested 2.

How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust.pdf (512 kb)

  Tono tuihono Apply online Apply to the Court online in Pātaka Whenua.

Located in:  Māori land Manage your land

If those entitled to succeed do wish to vest the deceased’s interests in a whānau trust, please complete and attach to this application form 23 of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011. 20.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-21-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (1.2 mb)

Page 1 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 05/26 - 12A Form 12A Rule 8.14(2) WHAT IS THIS FORM FOR? This form is used to apply to the Māori Appellate Court for leave to appeal a decision after the time limit for filing an appeal has expired, in accordance with section 58(3) of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 and rule 8.14(2) of the Māori Land Court Amendment Rules 2026.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-12A-Application-for-leave-to-appeal-out-of-time.pdf (130 kb)

1 māorilandcourt.co.nz Ahu whenua trusts and whenua tōpū trusts are two trust types that can be formed to manage one or more Māori land blocks.

How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-constitute-an-ahu-whenua-trust-or-whenua-topu-trust.pdf (539 kb)