APPLICATIONS Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court For more information, go to maorilandcourt.govt.nz Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court (MLC) is the New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māori land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.6E-OCT21-Applications.pdf (335 kb)
The website also contains a link to Māori Land Online, a tool that provides web based information on the current ownership and title information 1 for all Māori Land Court blocks.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-applications-english.pdf (327 kb)
Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand Toitū te Whenua hold information about historical transfers, surveying titles, or land that has been converted to general land.
(b) Promote title improvement by: (i) granting or acquiring any type of right or interest in land; (ii) subdividing any land; (iii) bringing any application to the Māori Land Court that might facilitate the operation of this trust and the improvement of title to land; and (iv) forwarding to the registrar of the Māori Land Court in relation to the above any instruments, titles, plans or other relevant documents for the purpose...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)
Information about whenua is generally held by the district office that is located closest to that land block. You can visit one of our offices to view: current and historic ownership lists for whenua Māori minutes of hearings of Court and Registrar decisions current and historic memorial schedule information recording leases, occupations and other land uses orders made by the court or a Registrar – including: title orders (creating Māori land) trust orders (name...
You can search the database using the following categories: • Block • Document • Management Structure • Ownership Search by Block You can use the block search option if you know either the block name, block ID, district, land status type, state, LINZ title reference, or a combination of the options.
Documents/Troubleshooting/Search-for-Documents-v5.pdf (1.7 mb)
However, if the document needs to be registered against the Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) title 13 to the land, then every trustee must sign it.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-english.pdf (389 kb)
Access to Māori land was generally considered when the title of the land was originally issued and in many cases: a roadway would have been created to give access to the land there may have already been a public or private roadway servicing the land, or a right of way to access land, across a neighbouring property, may have been put in place.
A mortgage or loan may be acquired by: the sole owner of a Māori land block all the owners of a Māori land block acting together the trustees of a Māori land block who are empowered to raise finance against the block, or a Māori Incorporation which holds Māori land.
(b) Promote title improvement by: (i) granting or acquiring any type of right or interest in land; (ii) subdividing any land; (iii) bringing any application to the Māori Land Court that might facilitate the operation of this Trust and the improvement of title to land (held by the Trustees on behalf of the Trust), including applications under Part 14 of the Act; and (iv) forwarding to the Registrar of the Māori Land Court in relatio...
