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The judiciary and the staff of the seven Māori Land Court registries have been working hard to move through the backlog of cases before the Court, there have been new judicial appointments and a host of activity has been undertaken to improve the service provided to Māori landowners.

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Māori Land Court application guides To support you through the application process, four plain-language application guides have been developed: How to apply for succession How to apply for Partition of Māori freehold land How to constitute a whānau trust How to constitute an ahu whenua trust or whenua tōpū trust These new guides are designed to help you identify the right application to make, understand where to begin, and prepare all the info...

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Legislative changes affecting incorporations Effective from Waitangi Day, 6 February 2021 Register of interest and annual declaration Māori incorporations must establish and maintain an interests register for the Māori land held by the incorporation.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Legislative-changes-affecting-incorporations-web-version.pdf (63 kb)

If you are whāngai and have any questions about an application, you should contact the Māori Land Court.

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

The Ombudsman will ask you if you have first tried to resolve the matter with us directly and will consider whether you have any other remedy available.

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TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP11 2:00 PM AP-20250000006049 45/93 Dr Stanley Joseph Pardoe CJ 2025/26 – Puatai A2, Pouawa A10, Whangara C1, Whangara C12 and Whangara C (Roadlines) and orders made at 143 Gisborne MB 7- 10 on 4/2/1998 and Puatai A2, Pouawa A10, Whangara C1, Whangara C12 and Whangara C (Roadlines) and orders made at 145 Gisborne MB 15 on 30/3/1999 – Application to the Chief Judge SP12 2:20 PM AP-2024000000893...

Documents/Landowner-notices/9-June-2026-Panui-DCJ.pdf (154 kb)

This certification should be filed with an application for succession (when grant of administration held) on form 21, and replaces Schedule 1 of that form.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-20-Certificate-by-administrator.pdf (85 kb)

Where required, information provided in this application will be included in resulting orders of the Court.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-23-Application-Whanau-Trust.pdf (365 kb)

Improvements claimed by the applicant:_______________________________________________________________ 8.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-39-Application-for-a-partition.pdf (811 kb)

Once all, or most, owners have been identified, the Trustees will consider opportunities for the whenua to be utilised productively, in a manner that may generate income and benefits for the whānau, as was originally intended.

Documents/Landowner-notices/Alton-Block-VII-Section-2-Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Panui.pdf (80 kb)