After Part 4 searches had been carried out at the Māori Land Court I learnt that in 1967 an uncle of mine had appeared at the Māori Land Court and had succeeded to some interests in the name of his mother and father (my grandparents).
Use this form to apply to the Court for an order vesting part or all of any Māori Land or General Land owned by Māori in an owner or a person entitled to succeed to an owner for the purpose of a house site or to confirm an existing house site (including a house that has already been built and is located on the land).
Page 12 of 15 C2. Whenua Māori governance Describe your understanding of matters relating to trusts, incorporations, succession, marae structures and governance, and Māori reservations issues.
Documents/Articles/MLC-DRS-expression-of-interest-application-form.pdf (2 mb)
Special fixtures are arranged and advertised in accordance with the provisions of the Mäori Land Court Rules and they may not necessarily be listed in this publication.
Documents/Panui/Maori-Land-Court-National-Panui-August-2024.pdf (1.3 mb)
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...
The order will then be written up in the Court title records if it affects land, and will be sent to any party who has to act on it, for example the Māori trustee if the Māori trustee has been ordered to pay money he/she is holding, or a Māori incorporation if the order affects shares in that incorporation.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-applications-english.pdf (327 kb)
Some trusts and incorporations also provide financial assistance through grants and scholarships.
1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington January 2026 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 12th of November 2025, are hereby notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down for inq...
Documents/Panui/January-2026-Notification-of-Applications-in-Office-of-Chief-Registrar.pdf (468 kb)
1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington January 2026 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 12th of November 2025, are hereby notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down for inq...
1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington January 2026 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 12th of November 2025, are hereby notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down for inq...
