MĀORI RESERVATIONS 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/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)
For information about granting confirmation of an instrument of alienation 1 or about transfers of whole blocks of Māori land, please contact a Māori Land Court office (see page 6 for your nearest office). 2 Use of vesting orders Except when Māori land 2 is vested 3 in a Māori incorporation 4, Māori land shares can only be transferred by a vesting order 5 made by the Māori Land Court.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)
For information about granting confirmation of an instrument of alienation 1 or about transfers of whole blocks of Māori land, please contact a Māori Land Court office (see page 6 for your nearest office). 2 Use of vesting orders Except when Māori land 2 is vested 3 in a Māori incorporation 4, Māori land shares can only be transferred by a vesting order 5 made by the Māori Land Court.
Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)
For information about granting confirmation of an instrument of alienation 1 or about transfers of whole blocks of Māori land, please contact a Māori Land Court office (see page 6 for your nearest office). 2 Use of vesting orders Except when Māori land 2 is vested 3 in a Māori incorporation 4, Māori land shares can only be transferred by a vesting order 5 made by the Māori Land Court.
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MLC- FS1 - Māori Land Court Minute Book Guide – 10/05/2017. PAGE 1 of 12 This factsheet provides information about, and a summary of, abbreviations used for minute books of the Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court Introduction In the 150 year history of the Māori Land Court evidence and decisions have been recorded in local (and more) recently national minute books.
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Accessing Pātaka Whenua Step 1 In your web browser, visit the Māori Land Court website www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz and click the green tab in the top right area labelled“Pātaka Whenua – our online portal”.
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Page 1 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 07/25 - 26 The Māori Land Court of New Zealand (please select the name of the Māori Land Court District in which some of all of the land is located) Please select one District Taitokerau Waikato Maniapoto Waiariki Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Aotea Te Waipounamu BLOCK: .........................................................................................................................................
The information in this booklet does not apply to Māori reserves. 2 Māori reservation land Any Māori freehold land or any general land 1 may be set aside as a Māori reservation.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-english.pdf (389 kb)
1 Māori Land Update – Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua June 2025 | Hune 2025 This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori to provide key statistics on Māori land, including the number and total area of Māori Customary Land (MCL) and Māori Freehold Land (MFL) blocks, and how many of these are managed by trusts or incorporations versus those that are not.
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/2025-10-28-MLC-Maori-Land-Update-2025.pdf (229 kb)
Page no. Term Description 1 1.1 Trust Name 1.2 Tipuna Name 1.3 The Beneficiaries of the Trust 2 3.1 The minimum and maximum number of Trustees 3 3.7 and Schedule 1 Default Trustee duties 4 4.1(b) The frequency of general meetings 6 7.1 The frequency of reviews of trust MĀORI LAND COURT STANDARD WHĀNAU TRUST ORDER 1 INTRODUCTION A.
