‘Mandatory’ duties must be performed by the trustee and cannot be changed or avoided by the terms of the trust (the trust order).
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-for-landowners-Trustee-Act.pdf (68 kb)
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make submissions or provide evidence concerning the application, you must notify the Registrar in writing by 4 pm on the 1st of September 2023 providing your name and address, telephone number, and email address (if any), and setting out your connection to the application and brief details of your concerns.
Documents/Panui/0805823-Ministry-of-Justice_Panui-September-2023-web.pdf (832 kb)
Much has been achieved by the project for Māori land owners, their whanau and hapu by giving greater certainty to title issues.
māorilandcourt.govt.nz Forgot Password Guide Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court If you forget your password, please follow these instructions.
Documents/Troubleshooting/Forgot-Password-Guide-v1.pdf (349 kb)
If you are interested in or affected by an application and wish to make representations on the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4 pm on the 1st of April 2023 and specify brief details of your concerns.
Documents/Panui/Special-Panui-Te-Waipounamu-April-2023.pdf (209 kb)
How to make a formal complaint If after talking with us you still have concerns, you can make a complaint: by email to complaints@justice.govt.nz in writing to the Māori Land Court: Level 7, Fujitsu Tower Māori Land Court SX11203 141 The Terrace Wellington Please include the following information with your complaint: Your first and last name (including company name if relevant) Your email address The details of your complaint.
Information about whenua is generally held by the district office that is located closest to that land block.
A subtribe or kin group that is linked by a common ancestor. 4. Land (other than Māori customary land and Crown land reserved for Māori) that has not been alienated from the Crown for a subsisting estate in fee simple. 5.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-OCT21-Maori-Land-Trusts.pdf (341 kb)
Approximately 58 per cent of Māori land is currently held by governance entities provided for under Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
Currently, the land is held in trust until the owners can receive the land.
