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What does this mean for you? If you file an application to the Māori Land Court or the Māori Appellate Court on or after  1 July 2025 , you will notice an increase in the fee you need to pay.

Located in:  Hui and court hearings News

If you are applying for an exemption from providing a special valuation, you’ll need to complete a form 26 with your vesting order application and pay an additional fee of $23. Apply online Download the application form (form 30) Download the application form (form 31) Transferring land to someone who is not a member of the PCA To transfer your land by gift or sale to a someone who is not a member of the preferred class of alienee (link to definition), you will need t...

Located in:  Māori land Becoming a landowner

(Address to which documents or correspondence in connection with the application can be posted or delivered) PHONE NUMBER(S): Home: Work: Mobile: Fax: Email Address: NOTE: Where fax or email addresses are given these may be used as a means of notice and service.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-30-Vesting-order.pdf (336 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

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.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (355 kb)

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.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)

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.

Uploads/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)

An application fee of $228 is charged for these applications.

Located in:  Māori land Disputes about Māori land

(Address to which documents or correspondence in connection with the application can be posted or delivered) PHONE NUMBER(S): Home: Work: Mobile: Fax: Email Address: NOTE: Where fax or email addresses are given these may be used as a means of notice and service.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-26-Exemption.pdf (183 kb)

SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 7 10:00 AM AP-20250000014275 58/93 Stewart Robert Coulson Appeal 2025/27 - Lot 3 Deposited Plan 37325 (SA989/287) and a refusal to grant applications for injunction and determine status of land made at 283 Waikato Maniapoto MB 256-259 dated 15/9/2025 – Notice of Appeal (Respondent: Māori Land Court)

Documents/Panui/SP-7-Appeal-2025-27-Coulson-Lot-3-Deposited-Plan-37325.pdf (123 kb)