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You can send your application to any of our district offices, though we recommend you send your application to the district where your whenua is located.

Located in:  Our application process Apply to the court

To apply for a lease of more than 52 years (a long-term lease), you’ll need to complete a General Form of Application, and include evidence that at least half of the owners or people who own 50% of the land or 50% of the shares (if the land is vested in an incorporation) have approved the long-term lease.

Located in:  Māori land Use your land

Guides to help make an enquiry or application Te tuku tono Submitting an application Read the Submitting an application guide to learn how to make an application in Pātaka Whenua.

Located in:  The court record

Make the outcome of those conversations known when making your application.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Succession-for-whangai-web-version.pdf (172 kb)

SP 21 2:00 PM AP-20250000005169 19/93 Clarence Lee Brown Tuhuna 12A1 - Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation.

Documents/Panui/30.-Taitokerau-26-June-2025.pdf (155 kb)

For further clarification please contact: Office: Level 7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace, Wellington, DX Box SX 11203, WELLINGTON PH: (04) 914 3102 Fax: (04) 914 3100 Office of the Chief Registrar PĀNUI He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te whakawā , ki te uiui hoki, i ngā tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai Chief Judge application To be heard via Zoom 27 March 2024 Chief Judge C L Fox PĀ NUI NO: TI...

Documents/Panui/panui-27.03.2024-FINAL.pdf (206 kb)

You’ll need to engage a licensed surveyor to provide a survey plan of the new blocks to support your partition.

Located in:  Māori land Use your land

TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP16 10:15 AM AP-20250000004143 164/93 158/93 Kathleen Ann Jurgens He whakawhitinga hea o Kathleen Ann Jurgens mai i ngā poraka whenua o Whaanga 1A4 me Whaanga 1B2A hei koha ki a Maaria McFarland rāua ko Mason Jurgens Transferring shares of Kathleen Ann Jurgens from Whaanga 1A4 and Whaanga 1B2A by way of gift to Maaria McFarland and Mason Jurgens SP17 10:15 AM AP-20250000004193 23...

Documents/Panui/42.-Waikato-Maniapoto-16-October-2025.pdf (161 kb)

Accordingly, I direct the following applications that were scheduled to be heard in the Wairoa Māori Land Court on Thursday 27 June 2024 are adjourned and rescheduled to be heard at a Special hearing of the Māori Land Court: APPLICATION NO.

Documents/Panui/126-Tairawhiti-MB-101-102.pdf (132 kb)

For further clarification please contact: Office: Level 7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace, Wellington, DX Box SX 11203, WELLINGTON PH: (04) 914 3102 Fax: (04) 914 3100 Office of the Chief Registrar PĀNUI He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te whakawā , ki te uiui hoki, i ngā tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai Chief Judge applications To be heard via Zoom Thursday 28 September 2023 Chief Judge C L Fox PANUI...

Documents/Panui/panui-28-Sept.pdf (188 kb)