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Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2025 | Hune 2025
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
to provide key statistics on Māori land, including the number and total area of Māori Customary Land
(MCL) and Māori Freehold Land (MFL) blocks, and how many of these are managed by trusts or
incorporations versus those that are not.
This annual update was produced by the Office of the Chief Registrar,
Māori Land Court, Ministry of Justice, Wellington, New Zealand on 23 July 2014 and is intended to
provide general information only.
This annual update was produced by the Office of the Chief Registrar,
Māori Land Court, Ministry of Justice, Wellington, New Zealand on 23 July 2014 and is intended to
provide general information only.
All applications should be lodged with the Registrar in the District in
which some of all of the land is located
Fee: $24.00
If there is insufficient room on the form to provide the required infomation you should continue your application on a separate
sheet of paper
MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS
This application mat be lodged with the Registrar at your local Māori Land Court office
Office use:
Application: ACCEPTED / REFUSED
Dated: .................................
Fee: $408.00
MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS
This application must be lodged with the Registrar in the District in which the provisional or preliminary determination of the Court was made.
...Family Protection Act 1955
An application under the Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act 1949
Ngā tono $23
$23 applications
Changing your name in the Māori Land Court record
Noting of mortgages, leases, licenses or other land use agreements by a registrar
Confirmation of an alienation instrument by a registrar (e.g., mortgage, lease)
Status change from general land to Māori land
Further interest succession to Māori land (where more interests are found after succession ha...
...45/93 Rihitia Totorewa,
Rangaiti Mathews
CJ 2017/35 - Parihaka
Papakainga and a trustee
order made at 72 Taranaki
MB 86 on 25 January 1962
- Application to the Chief
Judge
SP 21 10:30AM AP-20230000019655
A20170007136
45/93 Deputy Registrar,
Māori Land Court
CJ 2017/38 - Taraire 1V
block - Tirarau Tamati and
a succession order made
at 5 Kaikohe MB 178 on
25/9/1968 and other orders
- Application to the Chief
Judge
SP 22 10:45AM AP-20230000019686
A20190002253...
...consenting to proposed removal of trustee
• Key documents supporting reason for proposed removal (ie, evidence of a conviction or an example of reputational
harm caused)
MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS
This applications should be lodged with the Registrar in the District in which some or all of land is located.
...Elisabeth
Clair
CJ 2020/37 - Patrick
Werimana Clair or Patrick
Vernon Clair or Patrick
Vernard Clair - and a
succession order made at
112 Waikato MB 248-251
on 4 May 2005 -
Application to the Chief
Judge
Office of the Chief Registrar
PĀNUI
PĀNUI
NO.
TIME
APPLICATION NO.
HOW TO FILE AND COMPLETE THIS APPLICATION FORM
(i) This form must be accompanied with the
appropriate application fee and must be filed with
the Registrar in the District in which the land is
located;
(ii) Please ensure that all information required on the
form is completed;
(iii) Where tick boxes are provided please
ensure you tick all those boxes that apply to your
application, unless you are required to select one
box, then only select the box that applies;
(iv) If there is ins...
