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APPLICATIONS
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – MāoriLand Court
For more information, go to maorilandcourt.govt.nz
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – MāoriLand Court (MLC) is the
New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māoriland.
Ngā tono $66
$66 applications
Succession to Māoriland
Transfer of shares in Māoriland
Establishment of a trust over Māoriland
Adding, reducing, or removing trustees of a trust which manages Māoriland
Determining the ownership of structures on Māoriland
Occupation of Māoriland
Ngā tono $220
$220 applications
Partition, subdivision, amalgamation and aggregation of Māoriland
Anything...
For more information, go online to
maorilandcourt.govt.nz/your-maori-land/trusts-and-
incorporations
Māori trustee
The Māori trustee administers many Māoriland blocks and
distributes money to the owners.
In your application you’ll need to provide:
written consents of the trustees
written consents of the beneficiaries
evidence of a properly notified meeting(s) held to terminate the trust, and
a schedule of land to be removed from the trust and to who those shares will be transferred
If you apply to terminate a trust which was set up under section 132(6) of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act (Māori customary land being managed by another Māoriland trust), the...
Now, landowners and other court users can choose to resolve
disputes related to Māoriland through a free tikanga-based
dispute resolution service provided by the MāoriLand Court.
Apply online Download the application form
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Succession to further interests
If you’ve already submitted your succession application and you discover that there are more Māoriland interests to include, you can apply for succession to further interests.