Due to limited access to the building, the Auckland Information Office is available by appointment only. Please contact us by email mlctamakimakaurau@justice.govt.nz or phone 09 279 5850 to make an appointment
It's important to keep detailed records of the attempts you’ve made to contact people and advertise the details of the hui (this could include a scanned image of the newspaper notice, a screenshot from social media, text messages from whānau, etc.).
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
November 2025
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief
Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 10th of September 2025, are hereby
notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being
outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down for...
If you are a whānau or hapū member who did not submit the application but would like to speak in Court, you can file a ‘ Notice of intention to appear upon application ’.
...Māori land
Commercial fisheries and aquaculture-related applications
Chief Judge related applications
Confirmation of alienation by the court (transfer of shares or land)
Ngā tono $399 (Kooti Pīra Māori)
$399 applications (Māori Appellate Court)
Notice of appeal
Leave to appeal Ngā puka tono
Application forms
Find the application form you need.
If you do apply to one of these
courts, you must file a notice of your application with the
MLC so it won’t make any orders before the High Court or
Family Court has dealt with the matter.
Contesting the will
If anyone wants to contest 26 the deceased’s
will, they can make application to the High
Court or the Family Court for hearing under
the Family Protection Act 1955.
Notice of the application to the High Court
or the Family Court should be filed with
the Māori Land Court so that it will not
inadvertently make any orders before the
High Court or the Family Court has dealt
with the matter.
Contesting the will
If anyone wants to contest 26 the deceased’s
will, they can make application to the High
Court or the Family Court for hearing under
the Family Protection Act 1955.
Notice of the application to the High Court
or the Family Court should be filed with
the Māori Land Court so that it will not
inadvertently make any orders before the
High Court or the Family Court has dealt
with the matter.
Te Whakamaene also provides the
administrative support for all Notices of Appeal to
the Māori Appellate Court across which the whole
of the Māori Land Court sits.
You will need to provide:
evidence of meetings held (including the notice) to add, reduce or replace trustees and the meeting minutes
resignations (if any) for existing trustees
evidence that a trustee or trustees have passed away
The person(s) being becoming a trustee will also need to complete a trustee consent form to indicate that they consent to the appointment.
He Pou Herenga Tangata
He Pou Herenga Whenua
He Pou Whare Kōrero
150 years
of the Māori Land Court
He Pou Herenga Tangata
He Pou Herenga Whenua
He Pou Whare Kōrero
150 years
of the Māori Land Court
Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
Ministry of Justice | Te Tāhū o te Ture
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