Applications is one of a series of Māori Land Court pamphlets designed to help Māori – and anyone else with an interest – to gain a fuller understanding of current Māori land matters. 2 Gathering information If you need information to complete your application, staff of the Māori Land Court are available to provide assistance.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-applications-english.pdf (327 kb)
You can download and edit these PDF forms for the Māori Land Court and the Māori Appellate Court applications and email or mail them to us.
...confirmation of an instrument of alienation 1 or about transfers of whole blocks of Māori land, please contact a Māori Land Court office (see page 6 for your nearest office). 2 Use of vesting orders Except when Māori land 2 is vested 3 in a Māori incorporation 4, Māori land shares can only be transferred by a vesting order 5 made by the Māori Land Court.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)
...confirmation of an instrument of alienation 1 or about transfers of whole blocks of Māori land, please contact a Māori Land Court office (see page 6 for your nearest office). 2 Use of vesting orders Except when Māori land 2 is vested 3 in a Māori incorporation 4, Māori land shares can only be transferred by a vesting order 5 made by the Māori Land Court.
Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)
...confirmation of an instrument of alienation 1 or about transfers of whole blocks of Māori land, please contact a Māori Land Court office (see page 6 for your nearest office). 2 Use of vesting orders Except when Māori land 2 is vested 3 in a Māori incorporation 4, Māori land shares can only be transferred by a vesting order 5 made by the Māori Land Court.
Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english-v2.pdf (333 kb)
1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington January 2026 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 12th of November 2025, are hereby notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down for inq...
If you’d like to receive the monthly National Pānui by email or post, contact one of our offices or send us an email at mlc.panui@justice.govt.nz Pānui (ngā marama tekau mā rua ō mua) Pānui (previous 12 months) Pānui Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington Court sittings that have been rescheduled National Pānui March 2026 Special Pānui Aotea 2 March 2026 Special Pānui Aotea 3 March 2026 Special Pānui Taitokerau 3 M...
That will certainly not result in the increased productivity of Māori land. Proposition 2: All Māori land should be capable of utilisation and effective administration The report recommends that the Act be amended to provide for a new category of governor of Māori land known as an “external manager or administrator”.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
This form should not be used to appeal against a final decision or determination of the Māori Land Court. In such cases form 13 should be completed.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-14-Leave-to-appeal-prelim.pdf (160 kb)
FRAGMENTATION/FRAGMENTING Fragmentation occurs when a person’s shares in land are divided amongst other people. GENERAL LAND Land that is not Māori land (either Māori Freehold Land or Māori Customary Land) and which is not Crown Land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)
