MLC 2023 Glossary of terms
The titles remain separate, but there is only one common ownership list for all of the land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (385 kb)
The titles remain separate, but there is only one common ownership list for all of the land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (385 kb)
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).
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-34-Confirmation-family-gathering.pdf (158 kb)
NOTE: Where more than one order is involved, please provide details of other orders on a separate sheet.
TRUST REVIEW Within one year of the establishment of this trust, the trustees shall apply to the court for a review of the trust.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)
This project was completed in March 2010. One of the real benefits of this project is that now the majority of Māori land titles are defined as to survey, which will enable a full certificate of title or provisional certificate of title to be obtained.
Ihaia Raharuhi is a descendent of Hoani Te Uakihi, one of the successors to Tāmati Pirimona Marino.
▪ Mana tūpuna — authority that is ascribed mana from one’s lineage. ▪ Mana tangata — power acquired by an individual from one’s ability to develop skills, gain knowledge and provide leadership
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)
Note: The power of a Registrar or Judge to remit, reduce, or refund a fee is a discretionary one, and you must demonstrate that you are unable to, or ought not be required to, pay the required fee.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Document-A1-request-remittal.pdf (214 kb)
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make representations concerning the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4 pm on the 1st day of July 2026 providing your name, address, telephone number and email address (if any) and setting out your connection with the application and brief details of your concerns.
Documents/Panui/July-2026-National-Panui-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (3.2 mb)
This may be because the owners have consciously chosen to not put one in place, or have attempted to do so and have been unsuccessful, or have not turned their minds to the options.