Use this form to apply to the Court for an order vesting part or all of any Māori Land or General Land owned by Māori in an owner or a person entitled to succeed to an owner for the purpose of a house site or to confirm an existing house site (including a house that has already been built and is located on the land).
Owner(s) of shares of land held within a trust. Beneficiaries are also called the beneficial owners.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.8E-SEP21-Maori-Incorporations-Factsheet.pdf (370 kb)
• An ahu whenua trust holds and manages the land on behalf of all the registered owners. • A whenua tōpū trust holds and manages the land for the use of hapū or iwi.
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-constitute-an-ahu-whenua-trust-or-whenua-topu-trust.pdf (539 kb)
Use this form when transferring interests in Māori Land by sale or gift between owners in the same block, owners and their children or owners and any other member of the preferred class of alienee.
A set of principles that form the constitution of an organisation. 14. The owner of a beneficial interest in land. Where land is vested in trustees, the trustees own the land as legal owners on behalf of the beneficiaries.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)
When searching for ownership it will show: • Owners details • Block associated with that owner • Share amounts • Any Trusts if applicable 2.9 SEARCHING OWNERSHIP TIP: When looking for an owner put a “%” (wildcard) in between the first and last name.
From 1 July 2025, the Māori Land Court fees will increase by 3.65%. The details are set out below.
Documents/Articles/Detailed-list-of-fee-changes.pdf (287 kb)
Currently, the land is held in trust until the owners can receive the land.
A copy of the notice of the meeting given to the beneficial owners is attached (including any newspaper advertisement. 7.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-38-Application-to-add-reduce-replace-or-remove-trustees-202104.pdf (299 kb)
Māori freehold land is owned in common in unequal shares. This means that each owner owns each piece of the land in that share.
