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Once an order is granted by the Court, the trust continues until the landowners, beneficiaries, trustees, and the Court agree to end it.

Located in:  Māori land

The title of ownership remains with the landowners, but the occupation order may be passed on by succession.

Located in:  Māori land Use your land

You can also contact the landowners individually, by post, telephone, or email.

Located in:  Māori land Manage your land

By creating a free, culturally appropriate and safe process outside of a court sitting, landowners and other Court users can kōrero and wānanga about the dispute privately and come up with their own workable solutions.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Dispute-resolution-service-web-version.pdf (132 kb)

Whakawātea whenua Alienation Alienation   is when a landowner gives certain rights on/over their land to another person.

Located in:  Māori land

They deliver a comprehensive range of services promoting the retention, use of, and development of Māori land as a taonga tuku iho by Māori landowners, their whanau and hapu, and their descendants.

Documents/Articles/Te-Kooti-Whenua-Maori-Purongo-a-tau-Matariki-2022-Matariki-2023.pdf (11 mb)

The period covered has been one of change for the Court, with the introduction of the new Pātaka Whenua system to support Court kaimahi, judges and landowners. As the report discusses, this has been a difficult process and has led to delays that have affected landowners and other Court users.

Located in:  Hui and court hearings News

He Pou Herenga Tangata He Pou Herenga Whenua He Pou Whare Kōrero 150 years of the Māori Land Court He Pou Herenga Tangata He Pou Herenga Whenua He Pou Whare Kōrero 150 years of the Māori Land Court Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori Ministry of Justice | Te Tāhū o te Ture W …

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)

Some people become landowners when a whānau member transfers land to them by gift or sale.

Located in:  Māori land Becoming a landowner

Most of the types of records in this class concern title reconstruction and improvement processes under Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 to facilitate the use and occupation of the land by Māori landowners. The class also encompasses all records to do with the use of land and with processes to change Māori land titles since the inception of the Māori Land Court.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)