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Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2025 | Hune 2025
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
to provide key statistics on Māori land, including the number and total area of Māori Customary Land
(MCL) and Māori Freehold Land (MFL) blocks, and how many of these are managed by trusts or
incorporations versus those that are not.
This annual update was produced by the Office of the Chief Registrar,
Māori Land Court, Ministry of Justice, Wellington, New Zealand on 23 July 2014 and is intended to
provide general information only.
This annual update was produced by the Office of the Chief Registrar,
Māori Land Court, Ministry of Justice, Wellington, New Zealand on 23 July 2014 and is intended to
provide general information only.
Before you file your application, make sure you have:
Meeting information:
minutes, attendance lists, and any notices (such as advertisements) for meetings of owners
where the proposed partition was discussed.
Page 1 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt@govt.nz
HE PUKA WHAKAAETANGA KIA TUKUNA ATU NGĀ PĀNGA WHENUA MĀORI KI TĒTAHI TARATI
CONSENT FORM TO VEST MĀORI LAND SHARES INTO A TRUST
For more information visit www.māorilandcourt@govt.nz
Your Full Legal Name:
CONTACT DETAILS
Contact Address:
(Address to which documents or correspondence in connection with the application can be posted or delivered)
Phone Number(s) and Email Address:
Home: Work:
Mobile: Email Address:
(Address to which documents or correspondence in connection with the application can be posted or delivered)
PHONE NUMBER(S):
Home: Work:
Mobile:
Email Address:
NOTE: Where email addresses are given these may be used as a means of notice and service.
I would also like to take the opportunity at this point to acknowledge our Acting ChiefJudge who sits by my side today, over these past months and in fact, years, when an issue has arisen, a question, a complication, it has been our ACJ that has turned to offer me support and guidance, she has continued to advocate for the use of te reo Māori within her Courts – and so to our Acting ChiefJudge, a heroine in my eyes, one who is skilled in patient observation, Judg...
If
the problems cannot be resolved, the landowners can apply
to the MLC to:
• try and resolve issues through mediation using the Court’s
dispute resolution service
• review the terms, operation or other aspects of the trust
• add, replace or remove trustees
• investigate the trust
• enforce the terms of the trust
• vary the terms of the trust
• terminate the trust.
An application to the MLC needs to be filed on the relevant
application form and accompanied by the app...
