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In any case, you cannot use a Māori land block as security without the permission and/or support of all other landowners.

Located in:  Māori land Use your land

Te Waharoa is where landowners make an application or submit an enquiry to the Court.

Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2022-Matariki-2023.pdf (11 mb)

They can be constructed to access your land until they are closed and handed back to the owners of the surrounding land blocks. To close an unformed private road the landowner’s agreement is required.

Located in:  Māori land Use your land

Ngā pānga whenua Land interests Land interests   are what a block of land is divided into. A landowner will own interests in that land.

Located in:  Māori land

Under s 23 of the 1865 Act the Court could vest blocks of land in tribes, but only if the block was larger than 5,000 acres.

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

Interest based trusts hold interests (or shares in Māori land blocks, while ‘land based’ trusts may manage a Māori land block or blocks  on behalf of landowners.

Located in:  Māori land

Māori incorporations are designed to manage whole blocks of land and are the most commercial of all Māori land management structures.

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

Apply online Download the application form Land based trusts and incorporations Tarati ahu whenua Ahu Whenua trust An ahu whenua trust enables collective guardianship of one or more land blocks on behalf of landowners. Māori landowners can use, develop, and manage their land and ensure benefits for all owners.

Located in:  Māori land Manage your land

It is a comprehensive guide to transferring Māori land shares by a vesting order: • when the ownership of a Māori land block is held in shares by a group of owners • when a land block is vested in a Māori incorporation.

Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)

It is a comprehensive guide to transferring Māori land shares by a vesting order: • when the ownership of a Māori land block is held in shares by a group of owners • when a land block is vested in a Māori incorporation.

Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english-v2.pdf (333 kb)