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Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2025 | Hune 2025
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
to provide key statistics on Māori land, including the number and total area of Māori Customary Land
(MCL) and Māori Freehold Land (MFL) blocks, and how many of these are managed by trusts or
incorporations versus those that are not.
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such cases form 13 should be completed.
HOW TO FILE AND COMPLETE THIS APPLICATION FORM
(i) This form must be accompanied with the
appropriate application fee and be filed with the
Registrar in the District in which the provisional or
preliminary determination of the Court was made;
(ii) Please ensure that all information required on the
form is completed;
(iii) You must supply a list of Respondents and/or
affected parties and their contact details;
(iv) Where tick boxes are pr...
This is a resource to help you prepare for a mediation hui
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whakarite mō te hui nei
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How this resource can help
This service is based on the values and beliefs of Māori.
This certification should be filed with an application for succession (when grant of administration held) on form 21,
and replaces Schedule 1 of that form.
HOW TO FILE AND COMPLETE THIS APPLICATION FORM
(i) This form must be accompanied with the
appropriate application fee (if any) and may be
filed at any office of the Court
(ii) Please ensure that all information required on the
form is completed;
(iii) Where tick boxes are provided please
ensure you tick all those boxes that a...
Under Rule 8.1AAA of the Māori Land Court Rules 2026, all review
applications must be made using this form, Form 11B.
HOW TO FILE AND COMPLETE THIS APPLICATION FORM
(i) This form must be accompanied with the
appropriate application fee and may be filed at
any office of the Court;
(ii) Please ensure that all information required on the
form is completed;
(iii) Where tick boxes are provided please ensure
you tick all those boxes that apply to your
application, unless you...
You can send your application to any of our district offices, though we recommend you send your application to the district where your whenua is located. For information on how to pay by internet banking Can't afford the fee?
Improvements have been made to our web-
site to better support users of Pātaka Whenua.
New ‘How-do-I?’ guides providing step by step
guidance are now available on our website on an
updated Pātaka Whenua guidance page, as well as
in hard copy in all our offices.
The hope is that you can come to a decision about how to move forward without legal involvement. This service is voluntary, so everyone involved in the dispute must all agree to take part.
Where an person has a life interest or is a joint tenant in Māori Land you can use this form to transfer those interests
to the beneficiaries (remainderman) or the other party to a joint tenancy where the life/joint tenant has passed away,
wishes to surrender their interests or the life tenant has remarried or entered into a civil union or de facto
relationship.
HOW TO FILE AND COMPLETE THIS APPLICATION FORM
(i) This form must be accompanied with the
appropriate application fee and m...
This service is not available for matters relating to sections 26B, 26C, 26P, 26Q or
30(1) of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
HOW TO FILE AND COMPLETE THIS APPLICATION FORM
There is no fee for this type of application.
