Maori Land Court Annual Report Matariki 2023 Matariki 2024
S The total number of allocated ownership records recorded in all blocks is 3,287,810.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2023-Matariki-2024.pdf (11 mb)
S The total number of allocated ownership records recorded in all blocks is 3,287,810.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2023-Matariki-2024.pdf (11 mb)
The deceased left children or their issue as next of kin and they are listed below; OR The deceased had no children but left brothers and sisters or their issue as next of kin and they are listed below; OR The deceased left no children or brothers and sisters as next of kin, but I/we* list below or attach a whakapapa record showing the next of kin to the deceased, including, where possible, the names, sex, age, and postal address of those...
Documents/SILNA/S113-29-93-Appln-to-Determine-Successors-for-SILNA-Lands-Hawea-Wanaka.pdf (407 kb)
fair and durable resolution tatūtanga mau roa, tōkeke hoki filing / file whakatakotohia final recommendation tūtohunga whakamutunga financials tuhinga pūtea finding of fact otinga mō ngā meka finding otinga / kitenga fragmentation whakawehewehe function āheinga funds pūtea gifted takohatia give appropriate weight tuku whakaarotanga e tika ana grant (as in application) whakamana grant leave (to appear) tuku whakaaetanga granting of extension tuku whakaroatan...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Kuputaka-Reo-Maori-Comms.pdf (23 mb)
This practice note applies to the appointment, engagement and payment of the fees of any lawyer1 per ss 70(3), 98(3) and 98(9)(c) of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 (Act) out of the Māori Land Court Special Aid Fund (Special Aid Fund). 2.
Documents/Practice-notes/2023.10.17-MLC-Special-Aid-Practice-Note-FINAL.pdf (367 kb)
As a court of record, we are responsible for the accurate documentation of the succession and management of Māori land.
Pātaka Whenua Our online portal Visit Pātaka Whenua to find information about your whenua, search the court record, or send us an application or enquiry.
Where a copy is produced the Court may still require production of the original. (iii) Next of Kin – where there is no will the next of kin for the purposes of succession are children of the deceased; if there are no children then brothers and sisters; if neither of these then next of kin are the nearest relatives on the side of the family from whom the land originated.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-22-Application-for-succession2.pdf (392 kb)
You can request copies of land records registered with them.
Former Chief Māori Land Court Judge, who then became a Justice of the High Court, ET Durie provided the following analyses of the nature of Māori rights to land; Maori see themselves not as masters of the environment but as members of it.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)
If you’d like to speak to us kanohi ki te kanohi but you’re unable to travel to one of our offices, you can attend paneke, which offer Māori Land Court services in smaller centres across the motu.