Both trust types are land management trusts involving one or more Māori freehold land blocks (and in some cases, general land owned by Māori).
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-constitute-an-ahu-whenua-trust-or-whenua-topu-trust.pdf (539 kb)
Māori Land Court A GUIDE TO OUR MINUTE BOOK ABBREVIATIONS MLC-FS1- Māori Land Court Minute Book Guide – 10/05/2017.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-Minute-Book-Abbreviations.pdf (470 kb)
Māori Land Court fees are increasing from 1 July 2026.
Whakapapa of any person who is receiving shares in Māori land. Explanatory Notes Where undivided interests or shares in Māori land are to be exchanged the Court has no power to make an order unless the person receiving the shares in a block is either - (i) a child or remoter issue of the owner in that block of the shares to be exchanged, or (ii) a descendant of any former owner who is or was a member of the hapū associated with the land, or...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 11:15 am AP-20240000007603 29/93 113/93 455/1998 Sara Jane Boyd Bruce Mason - Succession to Hāwea/Wānaka Substitute land (being Section 2 of 5, Block XIV, Lower Wānaka Survey District) - South Island Landless Natives (SILNA) Block SP2 11:30 am AP-20230000020070 A20220011290 241/93 William Herewini Riria Meremere Whanau Trust - Partial termination of trust in respect of William Herewini removing their interests SP3 12:00 pm AP-20...
Documents/Panui/27.-Special-Te-Waipounamu-5-December-2024.pdf (145 kb)
Click here to learn more about the service and to see the list of the mediators and judges you can select to hear your dispute.
What you need to know: • You can include Māori land, general land, or both. • You can include land regardless of its location (for example, the blocks do not need to be located next to each other)
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-apply-for-Partition-of-Maori-freehold-land.pdf (490 kb)
https://www.m%C4%81orilandcourt.govt.nz/ Untitled Check Box5: Off Check Box6: Off Check Box19: Yes Text24: Text25: Text26: Text28: Text29: Text30: Text31: Text32: Text33: Print: BlockRow1: Shares HeldRow1: Shares to be VestedRow1: BlockRow2: Shares HeldRow2: Shares to be VestedRow2: BlockRow3: Shares HeldRow3: Shares to be VestedRow3: BlockRow4: Shares HeldRow4: Shares to be VestedRow4: Blo...
Documents/Forms/FINAL_MLC-Consent-form-to-vest-shares-into-a-trust.pdf (575 kb)
Use this form to apply to the Court for a partition of Māori Land or the combined partition of Māori and General Land to separate out owner’s shares into new land titles.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-39-Application-for-a-partition.pdf (811 kb)
s.315-326 Application Checklist For Acceptance All applications MUST: Have all relevant sections of the form completed Be dated Be signed by the applicant(s) and/or Counsel Have applicant(s) full contact details: Contact address; Phone details: Home: Mobile: Email: Other: Where applicable have a statement of preferred place of hearing as opposed to District Where appropriate and applicable, have proper witnessing Appropriate fee or fe...
Uploads/Application-checklist-315_326-for-easement_roadway.pdf (313 kb)
