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You must own an interest in the land or be the beneficiary of a whānau trust that owns an interest in the land. The title of ownership remains with the landowners, but the occupation order may be passed on by succession.

Located in:  Māori land Use your land

Interest based trusts Tarati whānau (utu tāpae $68) Whānau trust (filing fee $68) A whānau trust combines the interests of a whānau (family) into a single trust.

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Me tuku mai ō taipitopito Provide your details - Toitoi If you or your whānau are on the list of successors for the Toitoi block, please provide your current contact details.

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(state full name), apply to the Court to constitute a whānau trust in respect of: tick as appropriate all my/our land interests the land interests listed in the schedule hereto Details of proposed whānau trust: 1.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-36-Application-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust-202104.pdf (285 kb)

He aratohu kia mārama ai ki ngā kupu o Te Kooti Whenua Māori Guide to understand the words used in the Māori Land Court Download the resource here: External link Māori Land Court Glossary  (PDF 278 kb)

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PÄNUI NO: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: 1 A20220015703 239/93 Erica Herangi Pirini and Hiko Merito Whänau Trust - Reduction of Trustees by removing Tai Rutangiwhenua Merito as Trustee 2 A20220017373 220/93 Titihuia Myrtle Seidler Titihuia Te Noti Petipeti Tamehana Whänau Trust - Vesting interests of Myrtle Titihuia Seidler in trustees 3 A20220015413 118(6)/93 John Delamere Dutton Winifred Patience Barter Dutton also known as Winifred Patie...

Documents/Panui/National-Panui-January-20232.pdf (631 kb)

  He aratohu kia mārama ai ki ngā kupu o Te Kooti Whenua Māori Guide to understand the terms used in the Māori Land Court For more information on the legal terms used in the Māori Land Court click here .

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SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT AP-20250000009224 214/93 219/93 220/93 222/93 Evangeline Rahira Joseph, Marius Matarae Joseph, Olympia Pearl Fazakerley He whakatū i te OEM Joseph Whānau Trust me te kopou i ngā tarahitī me te tuku i ngā pānga whenua ki a rātou Constitute the OEM Joseph Whānau Trust over the interests of Marius Matarae Joseph and to appoint Olympia Pearl Fazakerley, Evangeline Rahira Joseph and Marius Matarae Jo...

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

For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the appropriate application number at: Physical address: Postal address: L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON Phone: 04 914 3102 Fax: 04 914 3100 Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz STEVEN DODD Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court 2 APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICA...

Documents/Panui/January-2026-Notification-of-Applications-in-Office-of-Chief-Registrar-v3.pdf (468 kb)

The whakataukī “Ko te tapu te mana o ngā kāwai tūpuna” (“tapu is the mana of the kāwai tūpuna”) demonstrates that mana shares a very strong positive connection with tapu.

Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)