Detailed list of fee changes
From 1 July 2025, the Māori Land Court fees will increase by 3.65%. The details are set out below.
Documents/Articles/Detailed-list-of-fee-changes.pdf (287 kb)
From 1 July 2025, the Māori Land Court fees will increase by 3.65%. The details are set out below.
Documents/Articles/Detailed-list-of-fee-changes.pdf (287 kb)
(e) If the parties cannot agree on a mediator, then one will be appointed by a Judge of the Māori Land Court in the district where the relevant land is located.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/2021-03-12-Example-Occupation-Order.pdf (150 kb)
Furthermore, the completion of succession through the Court often represents the only time the successors and whānau engage with someone who holds qualifications in the law in relation to their land.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 12:15 PM AP-20260000009885 19/93 Sandra Lee Martin Waharuhe / Haora Koura Whanau Trust - Injunction SP2 12:15 PM AP-20260000009889 231/93 Sandra Lee Martin He arokatenga i te Waharuhe / Haora Koura Whanau Trust Review of the Waharuhe / Haora Koura Whanau Trust
Documents/Panui/28.-Te-Waipounamu-6-August-2026.pdf (118 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP7 10:00 AM AP-20260000006898 240/93 Korea Tepuawaitanga Matthews He tauwehe i a Karen Francis Matthews rātou ko Tia Paula Te Ara Bailey, ko Leanne Tiraha, ko Korina Matthews i te Te Puawaitanga Mokopuna Whānau Trust Remove Karen Francis Matthews, Tia Paula Te Ara Bailey, Leanne Tiraha, and Korina Matthews as responsible trustees of the Te Puawaitanga Mokopuna Whānau Trust Judicial Conference – the Court may convene to mak...
The owner of a beneficial interest in land. Where land is vested in trustees, the trustees own the land as legal owners on behalf of the beneficiaries.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)
FRAGMENTATION/FRAGMENTING Fragmentation occurs when a person’s shares in land are divided amongst other people. GENERAL LAND Land that is not Māori land (either Māori Freehold Land or Māori Customary Land) and which is not Crown Land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)
Whenua tōpū trusts, again a land management trust, which provide for iwi or hapū based trusts designed to facilitate the use and administration of the land on behalf of a wider class of owner, normally a whānau, hapū or iwi grouping.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – the Māori Land Court is part of Tāhū o te Ture – the Ministry of Justice.
The Aotea Māori Land Court has been trialling a Fast-Track Process for appointing and replacing trustees of Māori land trusts.