During the holiday period, Māori Land Court offices will be closed from 3pm, Wednesday 24 December 2025 and will reopen 10am, Monday 5 January 2026.
A national service for only urgent injunction applications is available Monday 29, Tuesday 30 and Wednesday 31 December. More details can be found here.
Due to limited access to the building, the Auckland Information Office is available by appointment only. Please contact us by email at mlctamakimakaurau@justice.govt.nz
For example, an
application for succession will require a
death certificate, any grant of administration
(probate 2 or letters of administration 3) or the
original will, minutes of a whānau meeting if
a whānau trust is required and consents of
the proposed trustees.
Ngā Tono, he kohinga pukapuka ēnei nā
Te Kooti Whenua Māori hei āwhina i te iwi
Māori – me ētahi atu e ngākaunui anaki –
te whai māramatanga mō ngā take whenua
Māori o te wā.
2
Te whai māramatanga
Ki te hia kōrero koe e pā ana ki tō tono, mā ngā
kaimahi o te Kooti koe e āwhina.
Ko te ritenga kaitiaki 2 ko ngā
kawenga mō ngā tāngata kaitiaki.
He tautuhinga ture
Ko te tautuhinga o te ritenga kaitiaki he
kawenga ōrite 3 e here ana i te tangata (te
tangata kaitiaki) ki te whakahaere i ngā
ritenga o te whenua kei raro nei i tōna mana
(te whenua kaitiaki) hei painga hoki mō
tētahi atu tangata (ngā tāngata whai pānga)
e āhei nei tētahi o rātou ki te whakatū atu i
te kawenga nā tō rātou whai pānga 4.
Management Structures
(Note: This includes all types of management structure, including Ahu Whenua Trusts, Whenua Tōpū Trusts, Pūtea Trusts, Māori
Incorporations and non-Māori Land Court created structures or organisations but it does not include agencies or agents)
Rohe #
Structures
# Blks with
Structures
# Blks without
Structures
Area vested (ha) Area not vested (ha)
Taitokerau 1,122 1,510 3,925 88,812.2909 (60%) 59,081.0339 (40%)
Waikato-Maniapoto 1,309 1,673...
Management Structures
(Note: This includes all types of management structure, including Ahu Whenua Trusts, Whenua Tōpū Trusts, Pūtea Trusts, Māori
Incorporations and non-Māori Land Court created structures or organisations but it does not include agencies or agents)
Rohe #
Structures
# Blks with
Structures
# Blks without
Structures
Area vested (ha) Area not vested (ha)
Taitokerau 1,136 1,529 3,919 85,686.6001 (62%) 52,443.7963 (38%)
Waikato-Maniapoto 1,309 1,685 2...