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1 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.

Documents/Maori-Land-Data/2025-10-28-MLC-Maori-Land-Update-2025.pdf (229 kb)

Freehold titles are often divided by partition order. The land retains the status of Māori land.

Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)

Freehold titles are often divided by partition order. The land retains the status of Māori land.

Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english-v2.pdf (333 kb)

Freehold titles are often divided by partition order. The land retains the status of Māori land.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)

Pae Tukutuku Poutama Pae Tukutuku Poutama are responsible for the reg- istration of land titles, records integrity and storage including the data in system.

Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2022-Matariki-2023.pdf (11 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/MLC-National-Panui-February-2024-web.pdf (1015 kb)

Fee: $ 233.00 CHECKLIST OF DOCUMENTS REQUIRED: Current roll valuation or a valuation by a registered valuer for both blocks affected by the exchange. Where land other than Māori land is to be exchanged a full description of that land so as to enable it to be clearly identified together with particulars of all encumbrances recorded against the land Where any piece of land to be exchanged is only part of the land comprised in a title, a plan d...

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-35-Exchange-order.pdf (176 kb)

APPLICATIONS Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court For more information, go to maorilandcourt.govt.nz Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court (MLC) is the New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māori land.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.6E-OCT21-Applications.pdf (335 kb)

In 2003, realising that there was only one uncle and one aunty still alive, something needed to be done. 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).

Located in:  Who we are Our judges Judges' corner articles

The website also contains a link to Māori Land Online, a tool that provides web based information on the current ownership and title information 1 for all Māori Land Court blocks.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-applications-english.pdf (327 kb)