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Setting aside new urupā A number of well established principles in relation to Māori reservations have been developed by the Court – these principles apply to urupā reservations as much as to marae or papakāinga. When the owners or trustees of a block of land make an application to set aside an urupā reservation over land that has not previously been used for burials, the applicants will need to show that they have called a well-notified meeting of the owners to discuss th...

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Land management structure details Other statistics S Blocks with a land management structure have an average size of 108.55 ha and average 211 beneficial owners. S Blocks without a land management structure have an average size of 12.88 ha and average 41 owners.

Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)

Where the Māori Trustee has been appointed as responsible trustee of a Māori Land Trust, we provide a range of services that support the owners and trustees, including: Administer trusts in accordance with the trust order Convene and facilitate owner hui, also known as meetings of owners Provide reports and information regarding the administration of the trust and the whenua to advisory trustees and owners Identify and undertake work to protect and enhance the wh...

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Where the Māori Trustee has been appointed as responsible trustee of a Māori Land Trust, we provide a range of services that support the owners and trustees, including: Administer trusts in accordance with the trust order Convene and facilitate owner hui, also known as meetings of owners Provide reports and information regarding the administration of the trust and the whenua to advisory trustees and owners Identify and undertake work to protect and enhance the wh...

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The Māori Land Court is notifying all owners of the above block about the following hui: Whenua: Puna-O-Maru Section 96 Date: Saturday 27 September 2025 Time: 12:30 PM Venue: Waihoa Marae 26 Māori Road Morven Waimate Kaupapa: Vote on setting aside the whenua as a Māori reservation Vote on who the class of beneficiaries will be Election of trustees Discuss access to the urupā Any questions please contact  mlctewaipounamu@justice.govt.nz   View the noti...

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The purpose of updating the list of owners is to ensure successors can attend and vote at meetings of owners to decide on how to receive the land.

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Ngā puka taupānga me te puka Tarahiti Succession and Trust application forms Form 20: Certificate by administrator Rule 10.2(3), Sections 111 or 113 (PDF 378 kb) Form 21: Succession (grant of administration) Rule 10.2(2)(a), Sections 113 and 117 (PDF 510 kb) Form 22: Succession (no grant of administration) Rule 10.2(1),(2), Sections 113 and 118 (PDF 512 kb) Form 23: Application for whānau trust (with succession) Rule 12.3, Section 214 (PDF 14...

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Fee: $ 68.00 NAME AND SIGNATURE OF TRANSFEREE(S) Full Name Signature Page 7 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 07/25 - 20 SCHEDULE 1 FURTHER PARTICULARS Number of shares to be transferred Gift/Sale (State Amount) Block(s) Name of Transferor (shown on List of Owners) Name of Transferee Relationship between Transferor/Transferee Block(s) Name of Transferor (shown on List of Owners) Name of Transferee Relationship between Transfero...

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-30-Vesting-order.pdf (336 kb)

• Aggregation merges only the owners into one new list. Boundaries between the blocks remain.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-title-improvement-english.pdf (385 kb)

• Aggregation merges only the owners into one new list. Boundaries between the blocks remain.

Uploads/MLC-title-improvement-english.pdf (385 kb)