Discussion on leases and licenses over Māori Reservation land
01 Apr 2012 | NewsSome marae are lucky enough to be supported, at least in part, by ahu whenua land trusts which may make donations, in money or in kind, to keep the marae running.
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MLC Form 36 Application to constitute a whanau trust 202104
Use this form to create a Whānau Trust by vesting some or all of your interests in trustees to hold on behalf of the descendants of a given person or tupuna (the beneficiaries) If you are creating a Whānau Trust as part of a succession application please complete form 23.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-36-Application-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust-202104.pdf (110 kb)
Discussion on the appointment of trustees to Māori land trusts
01 Feb 2012 | NewsWhat other modes of communication are available that trustees could reasonably expect to include as part of the notification process? How prescriptive do trust orders need to be to impose minimum standards of notice for the calling of a trust’s meetings for the purpose of holding an election?
05 08 2025 Marae Charter Template
Persons who are not allowed to be trustee: 3.8 The following are persons not entitled to act as trustees: 3.8.1 3.8.2 3.8.3 3.8.4 3.8.5 3.8.6 Persons under 18 years of age; Undischarged bankrupts; Persons subject to a Compulsory Treatment Order under part 2 of the Mental Health Act 1992; Persons convicted of an offence punishable by imprisonment for a term of 6 months and whose sentence has not yet been served; Persons disqualified as a director of a company registered under th...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/05-08-2025-Marae-Charter-Template.pdf (632 kb)
Ngā uiui pāpāho
Media enquiries
The Māori Land Court is a part of the Ministry of Justice, so any media enquiries must go through the Ministry's media centre.
He kete whakahaere parawai me te kōkīkī mō te whenua Māori
Sediment and debris management package for Whenua Māori
03 Jul 2023
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This package forms part of the funding towards the recovery for whenua Māori owners affected by Cyclone Gabrielle.
Tū mai
Receive the outcome
If your application was for dispute resolution, only the order will become a part of the record.
Ngā heke
Who we are
Mā tātou te whenua e ora, mā te whenua tātou e ora We will care for the land, the land will care for us Whenua is part of the identity of tangata whenua. It is tūrangawaewae – the place where we come from, the place we belong to, the place we stand.
Kōrero ki tāku Swearing In
20 May 2023 | NewsThat is perhaps a good place to end my expressions of gratitude to my family and the part of this kōrero that had the potential of making me cry, but alas it shall not be.
Te Kaiwhakawā Matua o Te Kooti Whenua Māori me te Heamana o Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court and Chairperson of the Waitangi Tribunal
03 May 2023
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The former Chief Judge continues to be presiding officer of the Waitangi Tribunal over those inquiries that have been already heard or part-heard by him.