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We work closely with Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) to ensure that information about Māori land is accurately recorded and maintained as part of the New Zealand property title and survey system.

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Most of the Māori freehold land in New Zealand is therefore concentrated in the centre and the east coast of the North Island.

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MĀORI RESERVATIONS 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/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)

TITLE IMPROVEMENT 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/MOJ0217.5E-OCT21-Title-Improvement.pdf (357 kb)

CROWN The Crown refers to the head of state of New Zealand. The current head of state is Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories, head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)

The Māori Land Court moved to a new database, Pātaka Whenua, in late May 2023 replacing the Māori Land Information System (MLIS).

Documents/5-11-reports/Notification-of-Applications-over-6-months-old-31-May-2024.pdf (1.7 mb)

ROHE O TĀKITIMU NATIONAL PĀNUI | TE PĀNUI Ā-MOTU May | Mei 2025 Contents Applications for hearing in May | Mei 2025 2 - 5 Descriptions of Application types by Section 6 – 43 Te Rohe o Aotea 44 – 60 Te Rohe o Tairāwhiti 61 – 90 Te Rohe o Taitokerau 91 – 108 Te Rohe o Tākitimu 109 – 125 Te Rohe o Te Waipounamu 126 – 170 Te Rohe o Waiariki 171 –200 Te Rohe o Waikato-Maniapoto 201 - 203 Māori Appellate Court 204 – 226 Applications that remain outst...

Documents/Panui/National-Panui-May-2025.pdf (2.4 mb)

He has also served as a former president of Te Hunga Rōia Māori o Aotearoa – the New Zealand Māori Law Society.

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Page 1 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 07/25 -53 The Māori Land Court of New Zealand / The Māori Appellate Court of New Zealand (Please select the name of the Māori Land Court District in which some or all of the lands or the subject matter of the application is located) Please select one District Taitokerau Waikato Maniapoto Waiariki Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Aotea Te Waipounamu 1.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-53-Special-aid.pdf (104 kb)

Use this form to seek Court confirmation of an instrument or agreement of sale or gift of Māori Land; or to confirm a resolution of assembled owners to transfer Māori Land by way of sale or gift.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-25-Confirmation-alienation.pdf (108 kb)