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Fee increase summary
Current rate New rate
$22 $23
$66 $68
$220 $228
$385 $399
Detailed fee list
Māori Land Court Current rate (inc
GST)
New rate
(inc GST)
Filing an application in respect of the following:
(a) hearing and determining any claim to recover damages from trespass or any other
injury to Māori freehold land
(b) hearing and determining any proceeding founded on contract or tort where debt,
demand, or damage relates to Māori freehold land
(c) any other de...
The beneficiaries are the descendants of the tīpuna (ancestors) named in the trust order and can include whāngai.
The benefits of a whānau trust include:
The trust becomes the single point of contact for all your Māori land interests.
WHANAUNGA
Relative.
WHĀNGAI
A person adopted informally in accordance with tikanga
Māori and brought up as the adopting parent’s own child
without formal adoption being concluded by any Court.
Invariably Māori land estates involve deceased owners who have not been
succeeded to for many years; there may be several generations of owners who
remain un-succeeded; owners often hold interests in multiple blocks; some interests
are held in a trustee capacity; most estates are intestate; where there are wills, there
are statutory restrictions on who may receive Māori land interests; because of those
restrictions, the Court can be asked to make special provision out of the estate’s
incom...
For a
full explanation, please refer to either the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 | Māori Land Act 1993 or the
Māori Land Court Rules 2011
SECTION DESCRIPTION
4/55 Governor-General in council may declare land to be a Māori reserve
6/1983 Determine succession to Titi Islands lands (order)
12/75 Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found
18(1)(a)/93 Exercise general jurisdiction of court
18(1)(b)/93 Determine the relative interests of the owners
19/93 Application for inju...
For a
full explanation, please refer to either the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 | Māori Land Act 1993 or the
Māori Land Court Rules 2011
SECTION DESCRIPTION
4/55 Governor-General in council may declare land to be a Māori reserve
6/1983 Determine succession to Titi Islands lands (order)
12/75 Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found
18(1)(a)/93 Exercise general jurisdiction of court
18(1)(b)/93 Determine the relative interests of the owners
19/93 Application for inju...
Ko ngā whenua
Karauna he whenua kei te puritia e te
Kāwana o te motu.
8 He tāngata kaitiaki/he matua whāngai.
9 He tangata kāhore anō kia eke noa ngā
tau ki te rua tekau, kāhore anō hoki kia
mārena noa.
10 Ki te taha o te ture he hauā ā-tinana,
ā-hinengaro, ki tā te kooti he tangata kāhore
e whai kaha ana nā tōna hauātanga ki te
whakahaere i te katoa, i ētahi wāhi anō
rānei o tōna noho, i āna taputapu rānei.
11 Ko te whānau he whānui atu kē te titiro ki
ngā mātua me ngā tam...
For a full
explanation, please refer to either the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 | Māori Land Act 1993 or the
Māori Land Court Rules 2011
SECTION DESCRIPTION
4/55 Governor-General in council may declare land to be a Māori reserve
6/1983 Determine succession to Titi Islands lands (order)
12/75 Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found
18(1)(a)/93 Exercise general jurisdiction of court
19/93 Application for injunction
19(1)(a)/93 Issue injunction in respect of trespass...
For a
full explanation, please refer to either the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 | Māori Land Act 1993 or the
Māori Land Court Rules 2011
SECTION DESCRIPTION
4/55 Governor-General in council may declare land to be a Māori reserve
6/1983 Determine succession to Titi Islands lands (order)
12/75 Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found
18(1)(a)/93 Exercise general jurisdiction of court
18(1)(b)/93 Determine the relative interests of the owners
18(1)(h)/93 Determine whethe...
