Once created, the trust is a separate legal entity and is required to have its own IRD number. To find out more, visit ird.govt.nz (keywords: business advisory) and ask a Kaitakawaenga Māori or Community Compliance Officer to contact you.
Uploads/MOJ0217-v2.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)
Once created, the trust is a separate legal entity and is required to have its own IRD number. To find out more, visit ird.govt.nz (keywords: business advisory) and ask a Kaitakawaenga Māori or Community Compliance Officer to contact you.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)
In some instances this is because the land has only one or just a few owners, or because the land is unsuitable for any form of development and owners have decided to leave it in its natural state. However, a number of blocks of Māori land held in multiple ownership that are suitable for development are also without any governance entity.
The project has proven, simply by the volume of work completed and by the number of title anomalies uncovered, that both title systems were in a parlous and unsatisfactory state.
For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the appropriate application number at: Physical address: Postal address: L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON Phone: 04 914 3102 Fax: 04 914 3100 Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz STEVEN DODD Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court 2 APPLICATION NO: SECTIO...
For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the appropriate application number at: Physical address: Postal address: L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON Phone: 04 914 3102 Fax: 04 914 3100 Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz STEVEN DODD Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court 2 APPLICATION NO: SECTIO...
Documents/Panui/June-2026-Notification-of-Applications-in-Office-of-Chief-Registrar-v2.pdf (586 kb)
This is an important provision given that there will always be a number of potential conflicts of interest in the Māori world.
This is an important provision given that there will always be a number of potential conflicts of interest in the Māori world.
Conflicts of interest arise in a number of different situations. Judges should be alert to any appearance of bias arising out of connections with litigants, witnesses or their legal advisors, and should always inform the parties of facts that might reasonably give rise to a perception of bias or conflict of interest.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Maori-Land-Court-Recusal-Guidelines.pdf (226 kb)
First-name Last-name māorilandcourt.govt.nz 10 Step 14 After submitting the application, a green banner will confirm the submission and provide you with your application reference number.
How-do-I-user-guides/Submitting-an-application-v1-6.pdf (2.2 mb)
