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Apply online Download the application form Manatōpū Māori Māori incorporation A Māori incorporation has a structure like a company and can be set up over any Māori land.

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Paneke means to ‘pass by’ or ‘pass through’ and it is the term used to refer to Māori Land Court services away from the district offices.

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Paneke means to ‘pass by’ or ‘pass through’ and it is the term used to refer to Māori Land Court services away from the district offices.

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Paneke means to ‘pass by’ or ‘pass through’ and it is the term used to refer to Māori Land Court services away from the district offices.

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Pātaka Whenua, the Māori Land Court’s new online portal, launched in June 2023.

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The register will record, for each member of the management committee: details of member’s interest in the Māori freehold land incorporated; the dealings in the interests by the member; and declarations made by members.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Legislative-changes-affecting-incorporations-web-version.pdf (63 kb)

Historically, most succession applications were heard by a Māori Land Court judge. Now, if your succession application is assessed to be ‘simple and uncontested’, then it can be decided by a Māori Land Court registrar without a court sitting (unless you request to be heard by a judge in a court sitting).

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Simple-and-uncontested-succession-applications-web-version.pdf (183 kb)

PROPOSED TRUSTEES TO BE APPOINTED: Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Signed by the Applicant (s): Dated: / / Dated: / / NOTE: (i) Consents of all beneficiaries to an estate must be filed.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-23-Application-Whanau-Trust.pdf (149 kb)

Use this form to file an appeal against a final decision or determination of the Māori Land Court. An appeal may only be lodged within 2 months from the date of the decision or determination, unless accompanied by an application seeking leave to appeal out of time on form 1.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-13-Notice-appeal.pdf (134 kb)

Why make this change? Succession to Māori land interests can be complex for whānau and for whāngai, and Māori land is often owned by members of different whānau (with different views on whāngai succession).

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Succession-for-whangai-web-version.pdf (172 kb)