Application guides
How to constitute a whānau trust Read the guide here on how to constitute a whānau trust.
How to constitute a whānau trust Read the guide here on how to constitute a whānau trust.
Currently, the Māori Trustee administers as trustee or agent approximately 1,800 Māori Land Trusts and other Māori entities. This is about one third of all Māori Land Trusts.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP11 10:20 AM AP-20240000013426 239/93 Henare Kuka He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Kuka Whanau Papakainga Trust - Replace Akanihi Kuka with Henare Kuka as trustee of the Kuka Whanau Papakainga Trust To be heard with Pānui 36 - AP-20250000001888 - He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Kuka Whanau Papakainga Trust - Replace Louise Ngatai with Henrietta Keelan-Lawson and Katarina Ngatai as trus...
Documents/Panui/3.-Waikato-Maniapoto-21-August-2025.pdf (123 kb)
Those entitled to succeed do not wish to form a whānau trust. Those entitled to succeed have conferred and wish to vest the interests of the deceased into a whānau trust.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-22-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (826 kb)
The information in this booklet does not apply to Māori reserves. 2 Māori reservation land Any Māori freehold land or any general land 1 may be set aside as a Māori reservation.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-english.pdf (389 kb)
In recognition of the principles of the Act that land is taonga tuku iho, of special significance, and to promote the retention of the land in the hands of its owners and their whānau and hapū, the judges usually require that an owner wishing to gift or sell an interest first consult with their children and whānau.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 kb)
Ngā Kaiwhakawā Our judges Meet the judges of the Māori Land Court.
Mā ngā trusts o ngā Rōpū Kaitiaki whānau e pooti mō te taha o ngā kaiwhiwhi takuhe 16 o ērā hea.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-incorporations-tereo.pdf (949 kb)
Acknowledgements to Te Puni Kōkiri for the use of their whare TE KOOTI WHENUA MĀORI - INFORMATION SEMINARS Venue: Te Puni Kōkiri, 9 Ronwood Avenue, Manukau Wednesday 29 July and 30 September 2026 9.30 AM – 11.30 AM CANCELLED ❖ Ownership, Succession and Whānau Trusts Pātaka Whenua: Searching the Record ❖ Ownership, Succession and Whānau Trusts Pātaka Whenua: Searching the Record Wednesday 26 August and 28 October 2026 9.30 AM – 11.30 AM CANCELLED ❖ A...
Documents/Paneke-Notices/MLC-Information-Seminar-TPK-Manukau-July-2026-v2.pdf (565 kb)
Acknowledgements to Te Puni Kōkiri for the use of their whare TE KOOTI WHENUA MĀORI - INFORMATION SEMINARS Venue: Te Puni Kōkiri, 9 Ronwood Avenue, Manukau Wednesday 29 July and 30 September 2026 9.30 AM – 11.30 AM CANCELLED ❖ Ownership, Succession and Whānau Trusts Pātaka Whenua: Searching the Record ❖ Ownership, Succession and Whānau Trusts Pātaka Whenua: Searching the Record Wednesday 26 August and 28 October 2026 9.30 AM – 11.30 AM CANCELLED ❖ A...
Documents/Paneke-Notices/MLC-Information-Seminar-TPK-Manukau-July-2026.pdf (565 kb)