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Latest report: ➜ Notification of Applications over 6 months old - 30 November 2025 Ngā pūrongo o mua Previous reports Report Date Notification of Applications over 6 months old 31/08/2025 Notification of Applications over 6 months old 31/05/2025 Notification of Applications over 6 months old 28/02/2025 Notification of Applications over 6 months old 30/11/2024 Notification of Applications over 6 months old 31/08/2024 Notification of

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In the interim, the judiciary will continue to have the discretion to set applications down for special hearings to progress the many applications that are waiting for resolution.

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The Māori Land Court of New Zealand / Māori Appellate Court of New Zealand [Please select the name of the Māori Land Court District in which your application will be lodged] Select one District Taitokerau Waikato-Maniapoto Waiariki Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Aotea Te Waipounamu Subject of application – block / deceased / other matter [Please state name and block number of land, Māori incorporation, person, or other matter in respect of which the application is made] I...

Documents/Forms/MLC-Document-A1-request-waiver.pdf (1.4 mb)

Simple and uncontested trust applications Before 6 February 2021 Trust applications are decided by a Māori Land Court judge.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Amendments-to-Te-Ture-Whenua-Maori-Act-1993-December-2020.pdf (891 kb)

  There are various other rules and regulations under which we operate, including:  External link Māori Land Court Rules 2011 Sets out how we operate, including how we receive, review, notify, process and conclude applications.  External link Māori Land Court Fees Regulations 2013 Sets our application fees.

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  If you submitted the dispute resolution application without direction from a judge / registrar, your application will be closed.

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For some applications, landowners will need to notify other owners of their application to the Court ahead of time so they can attend hui, support the application, make a payment offer, or object to the application.

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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 go through the dispute resolution process.

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Your role in the proceedings (e.g. applicant, respondent, legal representative for the applicant). 3.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Maori-Land-Court-Judgment-Delivery.pdf (128 kb)

Alongside these changes, we face an increase in applications, COVID-19 impacts, and higher-than-normal staff turnover, which has slowed down our response times to enquiries and the processing of your applications.

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