Before your application can be processed, you will need to pay the application fee.
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 in Māo...
If you are applying for an exemption from providing a special valuation, you’ll need to complete a form 26 with your vesting order application and pay an additional fee of $23. Apply online Download the application form (form 30) Download the application form (form 31) Transferring land to someone who is not a member of the PCA To transfer your land by gift or sale to a someone who is not a member of the preferred class of alienee (link to definition), you will need t...
We hold court sittings, paneke, outreach hui, and trustee training sessions, both kanohi ki te kanohi and online.
The Māori Land Court is notifying all owners of the above blocks about the following hui: WHENUA: Karikarirau, Huruaute, Te Kaha No 31, Te Koau 1 and Te Koau 2 blocks TRUST: Te Koau Lands Trust DATE: 30 May 2026 TIME: 9:30 AM registration 10:00 AM start VENUE: Te Kaha Beach Hotel 3 Hotel Road Te Kaha ZOOM: Meeting ID: 851 0825 3828 Passcode: 024235 Kaupapa: • Elect new (5) trustees • Consider proposal for an occupation order Any questio...
Documents/Landowner-notices/Te-Koau-Lands-Trust-Notice.pdf (308 kb)
You will also need to provide: a copy of their death certificate or other evidence of death an original or certified copy of the will written confirmation from any spouse or partner who wishes to surrender a lifetime right (if applicable) consents agreeing to include succession by whāngai (if applicable) a completed Whānau Trust application, draft trust order, written consent from trustees, and minutes from the hui agreeing to constitute a Whānau Trust (if you ar...
Our Act provides various safeguards to ensure that Māori land may only be transferred by court order following an application to succeed, gift, or sell to the PCA. Ownership interests can only be transferred outside of the PCA if members of the PCA decline to apply for those interests.
Ka tuhia te tono ki roto ki ngā rīkoata o te kooti mēnā e pā ana ki te whenua, ā, ka tonoa ki te tangata, ki te rōpū rānei kia mahia ngā mahi o te tono, pēnei i te kaitiaki rawa o te Māori, arā Māori trustee, kia utua ngā moni kei te puritia e ia, ā, me te kaporeihana Māori mēnā e pā atu ana ki ngā hea o te kaporeihana.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-applications-tereo.pdf (326 kb)
Ngā mahi a ngā tiaki whenua Kei te herea ngā tiaki whenua ki te ’ture’ arā ki te ture Trustee Act 1956. Ko ā rātou tino mahi, he whakanui ake i ngā taonga pūtea, me te whakaiti iho i ngā herenga utu o te tiaki whenua.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-land-trusts-tereo.pdf (754 kb)
Te rautaki Ao Māori A te reo Māori resource for words used in the Māori Land Court and the Waitangi Tribunal Ngā Kupu Māori mō te Kooti Whenua Māori me te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi ����������������� acting prudently mahi i runga i te āta tūpato acting reasonably mahi i runga i te āta whakaaro acting competently mahi i runga i te matatau ki ngā mahi acting in good conscience mahi i runga i te whakaaro pai acting impartially mahi i runga i te tōkeke active (as in inqu...
Documents/Articles/MLC-Purongo-a-tau-te-reo-printer-version.pdf (16 mb)
