Any owner or interested person may use this form to apply to the Court to call or direct the Registrar to call a meeting
of assembled owners for any Māori Freehold land or General Land owned by Māori to consider 1 or more resolutions for
those matters set out in section 172 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 (attached as a schedule to this form)
Office use:
Application: ACCEPTED / REFUSED
Dated: ...........................................................
The Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025
introduces new provisions that allow owners of Māoriland
and water service providers to appeal to the MāoriLand
Court over decisions about access to Māoriland for water
infrastructure.
The MāoriLand Court is conducting an
inquiry to establish the successors to SILNA lands pursuant to Section 29, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 in accordance
with an application filled by the Minister of Māori Affairs, currently under application A20180009373.
This form may be used to apply to the Court to confirm one or more resolutions passed by owners in Māori Freehold
Land or General Land owned by Māori who together are members of the same family and who have taken the
opportunity to meet together following a family gathering (such as tangi, wedding or reunion).
All applications should be lodged with the Registrar in the District in
which some of all of the land is located
Fee: $24.00
If there is insufficient room on the form to provide the required infomation you should continue your application on a separate
sheet of paper
MĀORILAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS
This application mat be lodged with the Registrar at your local MāoriLand Court office
Office use:
Application: ACCEPTED / REFUSED
Dated: ............
PREFERRED PLACE OF HEARING:
SIGNATURE OF APPLICANT Dated: / /
Witness: (Signature)
Full name:
Occupation or qualification:
Address of Witness:
MĀORILAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS
This application may be lodged with the Registrar at any office of the MāoriLand Court.
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Te Kooti Whenua Māori o Aotearoa
The MāoriLand Court of New Zealand
Please select the name of the MāoriLand Court district in which some or all of the lands or the subject matter of the application is located.
This form should not be used to Appeal against a decision of the MāoriLand Court or Māori Appellate Court
nor should it be used to correct an administrative error in a minute or order of the Court.
S315 - masters
APPLICATION FOR AN EASEMENT
Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993, Section 315
In the MaoriLand Court
of New Zealand
Aotea District
APPLICATION is hereby made for an easement laying out access as shown on the plan
filed herewith over the land known as
being:
(a) Maori freehold land; or
(b) European land that ceased to be MaoriLand...
