The Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025
introduces new provisions that allow owners of Māori
land and water service providers to appeal to the
Māori Land Court over decisions about access to Māori
land for water infrastructure.
to change the status of the above Māori customary land have applied to the Māori Land Court at
Māori freehold land
(select type of land)
HE PĀNUI WHAKAMŌHIO MŌ TĒTAHI TONO KIA PANONITIA TE TŪNGA TAITARA
MAI I TE WHENUA MĀORI KI TE WHENUA ATU I TE WHENUA MĀORI
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF STATUS FROM MĀORI LAND TO GENERAL LAND
Section 135, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993
For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz
Form 24A
Rule 11.2(5)(a)
For more information visit w...
Hātepe 6
Ina kite koe i te ingoa kaipupuri tika e whakaaturia ana ki te wāhi Search results, pāwhiria te
nama i te tīwae Owner name kia huaki ai te whārangi mōhiohio kaipupuri.
External link
Māori Assembled Owners Regulations 1995
Sets out the rules on how a meeting of owners of Māori land must be held, how it is recorded and how the outcomes are reported.
Our kaimahi can answer pātai and provide printed application forms, ownership lists, and publicly available court records. For general enquiries, you don't need an appointment.
You can visit one of our offices to view:
current and historic ownership lists for whenua Māori
minutes of hearings of Court and Registrar decisions
current and historic memorial schedule information recording leases, occupations and other land uses
orders made by the court or a Registrar – including:
title orders (creating Māori land)
trust orders (names of trustees and terms of trust)
succession orders (names of successors to an estate)
vesting orders (transfers of shares in Māo...
Ngā puka taupānga me te puka Tarahiti
Succession and Trust application forms
External link
Form 20: Certificate by administrator
Rule 10.2(3), Sections 111 or 113
(PDF 85 kb)
External link
Form 21: Succession (grant of administration)
Rule 10.2(2)(a), Sections 113 and 117
(PDF 919 kb)
External link
Form 22: Succession (no grant of administration)
Rule 10.2(1),(2), Sections 113 and 118
(PDF 216 kb)
External link
Form 23: Application for whānau trust...
Trustee responsibilities can include:
researching options for the whenua on behalf of owners
attending regular trustee meetings to discuss and debate plans for the trust
communicating with owners and organising hui for owners or trustees to discuss plans for the whenua
visiting the whenua regularly to check on the wellbeing of the land, and
working with people involved in the whenua or trust, such as a lessee, accountant, or management team.