If an owner of Māori freehold land with many owners has paid more than their share of water services charges, they can apply to the Māori Land Court for a ‘charging order’ under section 99 to recover the excess amount paid.
You can download and edit these PDF forms for the Māori Land Court and the Māori Appellate Court applications and email or mail them to us.
1 māorilandcourt.co.nz A whānau trust combines some or all the Māori land interests of an owner or owners into a single trust, to be held on behalf of their whānau.
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust.pdf (512 kb)
Use of this data should be read in conjunction with our standard disclaimer at https://www.justice.govt.nz/about-this-site/disclaimer-and-terms-of-use/ Header descriptions: Data Value descriptions: Headers Description Data Field Value Description District Māori Land Court District name Status Maori Customary Land Land which is still held in accordance with tikanga Māori the ownership for which has not been determined by the Māori Land
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/MLC-2024-06-30-National-List-Maori-Land-in-New-Zealand.xlsx (2 mb)
Use of this data should be read in conjunction with our standard disclaimer at https://www.justice.govt.nz/about-this-site/disclaimer-and-terms-of-use/ Header descriptions: Data Value descriptions: Headers Description Data Field Value Description District Māori Land Court District name Status Māori Customary Land Land which is still held in accordance with tikanga Māori the ownership for which has not been determined by the Māori Land
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/MLC-2025-06-30-National-List-Maori-Land-in-New-Zealand.xlsx (2 mb)
Use of this data should be read in conjunction with our standard disclaimer at https://www.justice.govt.nz/about-this-site/disclaimer-and-terms-of-use/ Header descriptions: Data Value descriptions: Headers Description Data Field Value Description District Māori Land Court District name Status Māori Customary Land Land which is still held in accordance with tikanga Māori the ownership for which has not been determined by the Māori Land
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/MLC-2024-06-30-National-List-Maori-Land-in-New-Zealand-v2.xlsx (2 mb)
Based in Kirikiriroa, Hamilton Kylee specialises in Māori land and Resource Management matters. She has extensive expertise in facilitation and dispute resolution involving Ahu Whenua Trusts, Māori Incorporations, Whānau Trusts, and Beneficial Owners of Māori Land across Aotearoa.
This trust will hold the land for the beneficial owners, hapū, iwi, or Whenua Tōpū trust.
Māori trustees and committee of management members are responsible for caring for and managing whenua on behalf of landowners (beneficial owners and beneficiaries).
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP5 2:30 PM AP-20260000004419 239/93 Maxwell Everitt Williams He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Maukoro Reserve B1B2 and B1C2 (B4) Replace Charmaine Tumakere with Anthony James Williams, Dean Keepa and Donna Patricia Edwards as responsible trustees of the Maukoro Reserve B1B2 and B1C2 (B4) Ahu Whenua Trust
Documents/Panui/6.-Waikato-Maniapoto-15-July-2026.pdf (74 kb)
