Use this form to seek Court confirmation of an instrument or agreement of sale or gift of Māori Land; or to confirm a resolution of assembled owners to transfer Māori Land by way of sale or gift.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-25-Confirmation-alienation.pdf (194 kb)
Its purpose was to register all outstanding Māori Land Court orders relating to Māori land ownership in LINZ.
1 Otene – Tauhara Māori Reservation (1977) 58 Taupo MB 168 (58 TPO 168); Trustees of Waipahihi Reserve - Waipahihi Māori Reservation (1978) 59 Taupo MB 184 (59 TPO 184); and Pihema v Ngāti Whatua of Orakei Māori Trust Board – Section 722,790,792,793 and 794 Town of Orakei Blocks IX Rangitoto Survey District (1990) 3 Taitokerau Appellate Court MB 44 (3 APWH 44).
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)
Permission from trustees or Māori incorporation Māori land is often managed by a trust or incorporation on behalf of the owners or shareholders.
Two types of Māori land are defined - Māori freehold land and Māori customary land.
More information For more information about Māori Land Trusts please write to, phone, fax, email, or visit a Māori Land Court office.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-applications-english.pdf (327 kb)
Download the Māori Land Court glossary of terms. He rauemi reo Māori mō ngā kupu e whakamahia ana i te Kooti Whenua Māori me te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi A te reo Māori resource for words used in the Māori Land Court and the Waitangi Tribunal Māori words for the Māori Land Court and the Waitangi Tribunal prepared by Judge Alana Thomas.
Personally, being able to serve by assisting Māori to achieve their aspirations for their whenua and presiding over claims by Māori under the Treaty of Waitangi is a great honour.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 2 10:00 AM AP-20250000014217 59/93 Catherine Sixtus Appeal 2025/26 - Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu and a decision made at 97 Te Waipounamu MB 243-248 on 12 September 2025 - Notice of Appeal (Respondents: Trustees of the Hokotehi Moriori Trust, Trustees of the Moriori IMI Settlement Trust, Ministry for Culture and Heritage, Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri Iwi Trust and Dix Whānau)
Documents/Panui/SP-2-Appeal-2025-22-Sixtus-v-Hokotehi-Moriori-Trust.pdf (124 kb)
