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The Māori Land Court is notifying all owners of the above block about the following hui: Whenua: Urenui Lot 4B 1B 1B Part Sub 3 Section 24 Block IV Waitara SD Date: Sunday, 15 February 2026 Time: 10:00 AM Venue: Whai Community Centre 17 Princess Street Waitara 4320 Kaupapa: The Establishment of an Ahu Whenua Trust; Elect Responsible Trustee(s) Elect Advisory Trustee(s); and Determine the terms of trust e.g Te Tumu Paeroa’s standard Ahu Whenua Trust For...

Located in:  Hui and court hearings Landowner notices

You can find information about your whenua and other Māori land from a variety of sources.

Located in:  Māori land

This form may be used by the executor(s)/administrator(s) of an estate to certify those persons entitled to the Māori freehold land interests held by the estate, and/or in the case of a deceased Māori, any General Land intrests.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-20-Certificate-by-administrator.pdf (378 kb)

Judge Stephanie Milroy discusses leases and licenses over Māori Reservation land and papakāinga.

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(4) This form should be lodged with an application for confirmation of alienation on Form 25 or an application for vesting order on Form 30. MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS This application may be lodged with the Registrar at any office of the Māori Land Court.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-31-Agreement-to-sell-or-gift.pdf (326 kb)

Te Kooti Whenua Māori has directed that a hui-a-owners takes place for the sole purpose of an Election of Trustees, for each of the following Māori Reservations.

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Where an owner has a life interest or is a joint tenant in Māori Land you can use this form to transfer those interests to the beneficiaries (remainderman) or the other party to a joint tenancy where the life/joint tenant has passed away, wishes to surrender their interests or the life tenant has remarried or entered into a civil union or de facto relationship.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-24-Transmission-updated-1-9-22.pdf (291 kb)

The Māori Land Court is notifying all owners of the above block about the following hui: Whenua: Puna-O-Maru Section 96 Date: Saturday 27 September 2025 Time: 12:30 PM Venue: Waihoa Marae 26 Māori Road Morven Waimate Kaupapa: Vote on setting aside the whenua as a Māori reservation Vote on who the class of beneficiaries will be Election of trustees Discuss access to the urupā Any questions please contact  mlctewaipounamu@justice.govt.nz &...

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This form should not be used to Appeal against a decision of the Māori Land Court or Māori Appellate Court nor should it be used to correct an administrative error in a minute or order of the Court.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-12-Chief-judge.pdf (92 kb)

The Māori Land Court moved to a new database, Pātaka Whenua, in late May 2023 replacing the Māori Land Information System (MLIS).

Documents/5-11-reports/2025-11-30-5.11-report.pdf (4.5 mb)