National Pānui February 2026
Special fixtures are arranged and advertised in accordance with the provisions of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 and they may not necessarily be listed in this publication.
Special fixtures are arranged and advertised in accordance with the provisions of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 and they may not necessarily be listed in this publication.
In a similar way to how the various Land Title Offices managed the registration of European land interests, district registry offices of the Māori Land Court managed the aggregation of information about title reconstruction and improvement activities differently.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
Special fixtures are arranged and advertised in accordance with the provisions of the Mäori Land Court Rules and they may not necessarily be listed in this publication.
Documents/Panui/0724622-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-September-20221.pdf (541 kb)
Special fi xtures are arranged and advertised in accordance with the provisions of the Mäori Land Court Rules and they may not necessarily be listed in this publication.
Documents/Panui/0526122-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-July-2022-web1.pdf (493 kb)
The Māori Land Court moved to a new database, Pātaka Whenua, in late May 2023 replacing the Māori Land Information System (MLIS).
TRANSFERRING MĀORI LAND SHARES Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court For more information, go to maorilandcourt.govt.nz People entitled to receive Māori land shares or interests Māori land shares can only be sold or gifted to certain people who belong to a group defined in the Act as the preferred classes of alienees.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 kb)
Transferring shares Transferring shares as a sale or a gift You can only transfer Māori land shares by a sale or a gift with a vesting order, unless the Māori Land Court agrees to confirm a memorandum of transfer.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)
Transferring shares Transferring shares as a sale or a gift You can only transfer Māori land shares by a sale or a gift with a vesting order, unless the Māori Land Court agrees to confirm a memorandum of transfer.
Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)
Transferring shares Transferring shares as a sale or a gift You can only transfer Māori land shares by a sale or a gift with a vesting order, unless the Māori Land Court agrees to confirm a memorandum of transfer.
Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english-v2.pdf (333 kb)
Some people become landowners when a whānau member transfers land to them by gift or sale. The Maori Land Court will ‘vest’ the land interest by way of a vesting order.