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.
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
information about granting confirmation
of an instrument of alienation 1 or about
transfers of whole blocks of Māori land,
please contact a Māori Land Court office
(see page 6 for your nearest office).
2
Use of vesting orders
Except when Māori land 2 is vested 3 in a
Māori incorporation 4, Māori land shares can
only be transferred by a vesting order 5 made
by the Māori Land Court.
For
information about granting confirmation
of an instrument of alienation 1 or about
transfers of whole blocks of Māori land,
please contact a Māori Land Court office
(see page 6 for your nearest office).
2
Use of vesting orders
Except when Māori land 2 is vested 3 in a
Māori incorporation 4, Māori land shares can
only be transferred by a vesting order 5 made
by the Māori Land Court.
APPLICATION TO FORM WHĀNAU TRUST
TO BE USED ONLY WITH AN APPLICATION FOR SUCCESSION
Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993
Section 214
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CONSENT
We, the undersigned, consent to the formation of the Whānau Trust and, where named above as a trustee,
consent to our appointment.
A claim or liability attached to property, for example a lease, a mortgage or a
charge.
2. When the High Court confirms the appointment of an executor to administer the
will of a deceased person, the authority for that person to act is given in a grant of
probate.
3.
He tauira tēnei, ko te tono
mō ngā pānga whenua o te tangata mate,
me whai tiwhikete rēhitatanga o te matenga
o taua tangata rā, he tuku whakahaerenga
(tono whakamau wira 2, ngā reta tuku
whakahaere 3 rānei), te wira tuatahi rānei,
ngā kōrero mai i te hui ā-whānau mēnā kei
te whakatūria he rōpū Kaitiaki Whānau, arā
Whānau Trust me ngā whakaaetanga o ngā
tāngata ka whakaingoatia ki runga ki te trust.
These guidelines are provided to assist judges
of the Māori Land Court in considering any question of recusal.
2. General Principles
A judge has an obligation to sit on any case allocated to them unless grounds for recusal
exist.
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2.5 SEARCHING DOCUMENTS – See our user guide on how to Search for Documents on our website.
2.6 MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE – Here you can find Trusts, Incorporations, Māori Reservations and others, and
it will show you:
• The overview of the organisation’s management structure
• Members of the trust etc
• Ownership details
• Contact details for the Administrator...
Interest based trusts
Tarati whānau (utu tāpae $68)
Whānau trust (filing fee $68)
A whānau trust combines the interests of a whānau (family) into a single trust.