AOTEA PĀNUI Contact Details Office Aotea Māori Land Court, Ingestre Chambers Address 74 Ingestre Street Mailing address DX Box PX10207, Whanganui Phone 06-3490770 Email mlcaotea@justice.govt.nz Office hours Monday to Friday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (Closed on Public Holidays) He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai Special Court Sitting The followin...
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF REGISTRAR PĀNUI Contact Details Office Office of the Chief Registrar Address Level 7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace, Wellington Mailing address DX Box 11203, Wellington Phone 04 914 3102 Email mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz Office hours Monday to Friday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (Closed on Public Holidays) He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake...
Documents/Landowner-notices/11-June-2026-Panui-CJ.pdf (154 kb)
Māori Land Court application guides How to apply for partition of Māori freehold land Date produced: December 2025 Last modified: June 2026 Understanding partition Types of partition 2 māorilandcourt.co.nz Option three – Full partition A full partition means some or all the new blocks may be transferred to people outside the existing ownership, hapū or group associated with the land.
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-apply-for-Partition-of-Maori-freehold-land.pdf (490 kb)
Pātaka Whenua, the Māori Land Court’s new online portal, launched in June 2023. In Pātaka Whenua, landowners can find information about their whenua, search the court record, and apply to the court directly online.
Use this form if: • the interests come from a deceased person • you are lodging a succession application at the same time Māori Land Court application guides How to constitute a whānau trust Date produced: January 2026 Last modified: June 2026 Constituting a whānau trust Types of whānau trust application forms 2 māorilandcourt.co.nz The following supporting documents are needed for both application forms: • Form B1 – consent to be appointed as truste...
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust.pdf (512 kb)
Supporting documents required: Form B1 completed by each elected trustee draft trust order notice, minutes and attendance list of a meeting of owners Constituting an ahu whenua or whenua tōpu trust Option one – application to constitute an ahu whenua trust (Form 37) Māori Land Court application guides How to constitute an ahu whenua trust or whenua tōpū trust Date produced: January 2026 Last modified: June 2026 2 māorilandcourt.co.nz a sta...
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-constitute-an-ahu-whenua-trust-or-whenua-topu-trust.pdf (539 kb)
Māori Land Court application guides How to apply for succession Date produced: December 2025 Last modified: June 2026 Before you apply Types of succession applications 2 māorilandcourt.co.nz Supporting documents required: death certificate (if a death certificate is not available the Court may accept other evidence of death you may have, for example, a photo of the deceased’s headstone or copy of the funeral program) minutes of a whānau hui (if appl...
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-apply-for-succession.pdf (508 kb)
Background to the review The Panel’s appointment in June 2012 was preceded by two earlier reports released in 2011: Owner Aspirations Regarding the Utilisation of Māori Land, Te Puni Kokiri (2011), and Māori Agribusiness in New Zealand: A Study of the Māori Freehold Land Resource, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (2011).
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
Also, on 20 June 2014, an invitation to submit feedback on the draft RDS was placed on the Māori land Court and Waitangi Tribunal website’s.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
As of 30 June 2025, 32 of the 41 PIR recommendations approved by the joint judicial and Ministry of Justice steering committee have been completed, with the remain- ing nine in progress.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)
