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Request for fee remittal, reduction or refund form Ō mātou tari a-rohe Our district offices Find your nearest district office.

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APPLICATIONS Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court For more information, go to maorilandcourt.govt.nz Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court (MLC) is the New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māori land.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.6E-OCT21-Applications.pdf (335 kb)

Finding out if you have entitlement for succession If a family member has died and you believe they may have owned interests in Māori land to which you may be entitled to succeed, you can find out about those interests by: • searching the Māori Land Online database.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (362 kb)

. • If the deceased had no children, the land interests go to the deceased’s siblings

How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-apply-for-succession.pdf (508 kb)

However, the reality was that some of our Māori Land Court staff were ill-equipped to do this due to both a lack of resources, and a lack of access to court records.

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Click either “Export to PDF” or “Export to Excel” – whichever you prefer māorilandcourt.govt.nz 2.5 SEARCHING DOCUMENTS – See our user guide on how to Search for Documents on our website. 2.6 MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE – Here you can find Trusts, Incorporations, Māori Reservations and others, and it will show you: • The overview of the organisation’s management structure • Members of the trust etc • Ownership details • Contact details for the...

Documents/Troubleshooting/Guest-User-Guide-v4.pdf (1.9 mb)

What are you not prepared to compromise on? 7 We can only ever control and be responsible for our own responses in challenging situations.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/3.7-MLC-Mediation-Workbook.pdf (343 kb)

A year of consolidation Welcome to our space, as we reflect on the past year for the Māori Land Court.

Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)

It gives an inaccurate impression of how the Act operates and fails to explain in any reasoned way how the Act inhibits (or enhances) Māori land owners’ aspirations.

Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)

MLC application forms can be obtained from our offices, offsite clinics or from our website, go online to maorilandcourt.govt.nz/ apply/fees-and-forms To find out more about how to set up a trust, go online to maorilandcourt.govt.nz/your-maori-land/trusts-and- incorporations/creating-a-trust-or-incorporation Types of trustees Te Ture Whenua Māori Act recognises three types of trustees.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-OCT21-Maori-Land-Trusts.pdf (341 kb)