Use this form to create an Ahu Whenua Trust (a land trust) by vesting one or more land blocks in trustees to manage, as set out in a trust deed/order on behalf of the beneficial owner(s).
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-37-Constitute-Ahu-Whenua-Trust.pdf (272 kb)
Use this form to apply to the Court for an order vesting part or all of any Māori Land or General Land owned by Māori in an owner or a person entitled to succeed to an owner for the purpose of a house site or to confirm an existing house site (including a house that has already been built and is located on the land).
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 12 10:30 AM AP-20240000009048 239/93 338(7)/93 Te Runanga o Ngāti Kea Ngāti Tuara He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Horohoro 40 Māori reservation - Replace Hepora Young, Albert Hapi, Eru George, Kuia Ihe and Vincent Eru with Anthony Leonard Peni, Hone Philip Waudby, Alana Ngawai Collins, Ema Maria Bargh, Kataraina Ake Nanua George, Danielle Latai Michelle Marks, Ngahuia Mary Corbett and Brook Tahaumaraeariki George as responsible...
Documents/Panui/17.-Special-Waiariki-21-October-2024.pdf (148 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 12 10:30 AM AP-20240000009048 239/93 338(7)/93 Te Runanga o Ngāti Kea Ngāti Tuara He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Horohoro 40 Māori reservation – Replace Hepora Young, Albert Hapi, Eru George, Kuia Ihe and Vincent Eru with Anthony Leonard Peni, Hone Philip Waudby, Alana Ngawai Collins, Ema Maria Bargh, Kataraina Ake Nanua George, Danielle Latai Michelle Marks, Ngahuia Mary Corbett and Brook Tahaumaraeariki George as responsib...
Documents/Panui/57.-Special-Waiariki-21-October-2024.pdf (170 kb)
An administrative structure similar to a company for managing Māori land vested in it by the Māori Land Court. http://justice.govt.nz/
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.6E-OCT21-Applications.pdf (335 kb)
Apply online Download the application form Subdivision A private subdivision of whenua may be made, without lodging an application with the Māori Land Court, if: all the legal owners agree to the subdivision (where there is no trust) all the trustees agree to the subdivision (where the land is vested in trustees) the management committee of a Māori incorporation agrees (where the land is vested in a Māori incorporation) the new titles, issued by Land Information New Zea...
Exceptions include: • a succession to further interests where there has been previous succession to the deceased person • vesting of lands in a minor who has turned 20 (provided that all appropriate documentary evidence is filed with the application).
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-applications-english.pdf (327 kb)
1 THE ADEQUACY OF LAWS FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES CULTURAL HERITAGE AND CUSTOMARY RIGHTS IN NEW ZEALAND Ka kuhu ahau ki te ture, hei matua mo te pani I seek refuge in the law, for it is a parent of the oppressed (Te Kooti Arikirangi Te…
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)
Yes No 6. Is the land vested in a trust or body corporate, or subject to Part 2 of the Māori Affairs Restructuring Act 1989 (Māori land development)?
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-39-Application-for-a-partition.pdf (811 kb)
Māori land data updates Total Aotea Waiariki Waikato-Maniapoto Taitokerau Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Te Waipounamu Area (ha) of Māori Customary Land Titles by District 1,204.3 659.1 453.2 48.3 38.5 4.8 0.2 0 Total Aotea Waikato-Maniapoto Taitokerau Waiariki Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Te Waipounamu Number of Māori Customary Land Titles by District 39 15 14 5 2 2 1 0 Total Taitokerau Tairāwhiti Waiariki Aotea Waikato-Maniapoto Te Waipounamu Tākitimu Number of Māori Free...
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2023-Matariki-2024.pdf (11 mb)
