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Paneke are an opportunity for court users based in smaller towns and centres to meet with our kaimahi and kōrero about: completing application forms submitting an enquiry searching the court record updates on current applications and enquiries updating information in Pātaka Whenua other services normally available at a Māori Land Court office.

Located in:  Contact us

Paneke are an opportunity for court users based in smaller towns to meet with our kaimahi and kōrero about: completing application forms submitting an enquiry searching the court record updates on current applications and enquiries updating information in Pātaka Whenua other services normally available at a Māori Land Court office.

Located in:  Hui and court hearings

It is tūrangawaewae – the place where we come from, the place we belong to, the place we stand. As a court of record, the Māori Land Court is responsible for ensuring the accurate documenta- tion of Māori land succession and management.

Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)

Hold a whānau hui Meet with your whānau (in person or online) to discuss: • why you want to form the trust • who the trustees will be • what land interests will be vested 2. Record hui minutes Take clear notes of the decisions made during the hui.

How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust.pdf (512 kb)

You can request copies of land records registered with them.

Located in:  The court record

FEE: $228.00 NOTE: Information provided in all applications forms part of the Court’s permanent record under rule 7.19 of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-33-Confirmation-of-resolution.pdf (183 kb)

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)

Some examples of steps you may consider include: continuing with a current application in the Māori Land Court submitting a further application to the Māori Land Court seeking advice or continuing with further mediation outside of the Māori Land Court.

Located in:  Our application process Receive the outcome

Ā mātou ture Our rules and legislation Read about the rules and legislation the Māori Land Court operates under.

Located in:  Our application process Receive the outcome

Ngā tono $68 $68 applications Succession to Māori land Transfer of shares in Māori land Establishment of a trust over Māori land Adding, reducing, or removing trustees of a trust which manages Māori land Determining the ownership of structures on Māori land Occupation of Māori land Ngā tono $228 $228 applications Partition, subdivision, amalgamation and aggregation of Māori land Anything related to a Māori incorporation Roadways, acces...

Located in:  Our application process Apply to the court