FINAL Panui November 2023 web
For further assistance please contact the registry office in which the application has been considered.
For further assistance please contact the registry office in which the application has been considered.
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Documents/Maori-Land-Data/2025-10-28-MLC-Maori-Land-Update-2025.pdf (229 kb)
Nau mai is about preparing to enter the marae. You can search for information about whenua and contact us for assistance.
These are: • Form 36 – application to constitute a whānau trust (non-succession) • Form 23 – application to form whānau trust (to be used with an application for succession) Option One – Form 36 Application to constitute a whānau trust (non- succession) Use this form if: • the shareholders are alive • they want their own interests vested into a whānau trust for the benefit of the descendants of a named person or group, such as descendants of a particula...
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust.pdf (512 kb)
Today, there is around 1.47 million hectares of freehold land, about six percent of all land in Aotearoa New Zealand.
For more information about individual incorporations you will need to contact your local Māori Land Court.
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/MLC-2025-06-30-National-Register-of-Maori-Incorporations.xlsx (24 kb)
If you have a current application in the Māori Land Court that is being delayed by a dispute, you can ask for your application to be put on hold while you attempt to settle the dispute outside of court.
Once the court record is updated, your application is complete. As part of the application, the Court may make additional orders (to the succession order) to give full effect to the application.
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-apply-for-succession.pdf (508 kb)
For further assistance please contact the registry office in which the application has been considered.
Documents/Panui/0111324-Ministry-of-Justice_Panui-March-2024.pdf (1 mb)
They can also submit applications and enquiries online and receive real time updates.