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However, they are entitled to receive any income from that land interest, including income from incorporation shares or rights to any grants, for their lifetime.

Located in:  Māori land Becoming a landowner

Contents: Applications for hearing in MARCH | POUTÜ-TE-RANGI 2023: (Please note that these in person hearings may be substituted for remote hearing by Zoom depending on operating Covid-19 protocols) 2 - 11 Aotea District 12 - 17 Tairäwhiti District 18 - 27 Taitokerau District 28 - 30 Takitimu District 31 - 41 Waiariki District 41 - 47 Waikato Maniapoto District 48 - 62 Applications that remain outstanding in the Office of the Chief Registrar 63 Appendix 64 - 67 Notices 68 Informat...

Documents/Panui/0108423-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-March-2023-FINAL1.pdf (714 kb)

Fifth The project has also highlighted the need for the Māori Land Court to be more proactive in its identification and review of defunct trusts and incorporations due to circumstances such as the death of key trustee or management committee members.

Located in:  Who we are Our judges Judges' corner articles

Having made contact with the trustees of various ahu whenua trusts and the administrators of incorporations we now regularly receive correspondence from those entities.

Located in:  Who we are Our judges Judges' corner articles

SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP31 09:30 AM AP-20240000002904 19(1)(b)/93 Carmen Te Rerehau Hansen Gage Hauhungaroa 1C - Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation (Respondents: Hauhungaroa 1C Incorporation) SP32 09:30 AM AP-20240000009498 19(1)(a)/93 19(1)(ba)/93 Hauhungaroa 1C Incorporation Hauhungaroa 1C - Injunction against any person in respect of any actual thr...

Documents/Panui/Panui-National-January-2026.pdf (2.2 mb)

The order will then be written up in the Court title records if it affects land, and will be sent to any party who has to act on it, for example the Māori trustee if the Māori trustee has been ordered to pay money he/she is holding, or a Māori incorporation if the order affects shares in that incorporation.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-applications-english.pdf (327 kb)

Land Management Structures Note: This includes management structure types of Ahu Whenua Trusts, Whenua Tōpū Trusts, Māori Incorporations, Māori Reservations, and trusts that are a sole owner of a block.

Documents/Maori-Land-Data/2025-10-28-MLC-Maori-Land-Update-2025.pdf (229 kb)

Is the land vested in a Māori Incorporation? YES NO NOTE: If the answer is yes a copy of a special resolution supporting the application must be provided.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-39-Application-for-a-partition.pdf (322 kb)

You can visit one of our offices to view: current and historic ownership lists for whenua Māori minutes of hearings of Court and Registrar decisions current and historic memorial schedule information recording leases, occupations and other land uses orders made by the court or a Registrar – including: title orders (creating Māori land) trust orders (names of trustees and terms of trust) succession orders (names of successors to an estate) vesting orders (transfers of shares in Māori land...

Located in:  The court record

Some trusts and incorporations also provide financial assistance through grants and scholarships.

Located in:  Our application process Receive the outcome