You can contact any office of the court to seek copies; however, if these are not available in the court’s document management system, you will need to contact the office in which those records are located so they can review the physical file and where possible copy the physical record.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-Minute-Book-Abbreviations.pdf (470 kb)
If the family of a deceased person wants to set up a whānau trust, they should obtain a copy. Māori Trust Office The Māori Trust Office administers many Māori land blocks and distributes money to the owners.
If the family of a deceased person wants to set up a whānau trust, they should obtain a copy. Māori Trust Office The Māori Trust Office administers many Māori land blocks and distributes money to the owners.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)
To apply for a lease for less than 52 years, you’ll need to send us two copies of the lease documents. A registrar will update our records and return one copy to you with our endorsement.
However, any person included in the trust must consent to their interests being included in the trust.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (362 kb)
Those entitled to succeed have conferred and wish to vest the interests of the deceased into a whānau trust. If those entitled to succeed do wish to vest the deceased’s interests in a whānau trust, please complete and attach to this application form 23 of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-22-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (216 kb)
Making copies of the court record We can send you copies of the court record as PDF documents via email, free of charge.
Te Hiku Iwi Development Trust We have started working with Te Hiku Iwi Development Trust, formed by Ngāi Takoto, Te Apōuri, and Te Rarawa, on developing a joint action plan.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2023-Matariki-2024.pdf (11 mb)
Copies are available from the MLC. Māori reservations are different to Māori reserves.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)
Trustees Where the land is vested in trustees and where the trust order 14 allows, the trustees may negotiate the terms of an easement with the interested parties.
