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Te Rā Tū, the new Tairāwhiti Māori Land Court opened in November, with some 100 people gathering for the official event.

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ROHE O TĀKITIMU NATIONAL PĀNUI | TE PĀNUI Ā-MOTU May | Mei 2025 Contents Applications for hearing in May | Mei 2025 2 - 5 Descriptions of Application types by Section 6 – 43 Te Rohe o Aotea 44 – 60 Te Rohe o Tairāwhiti 61 – 90 Te Rohe o Taitokerau 91 – 108 Te Rohe o Tākitimu 109 – 125 Te Rohe o Te Waipounamu 126 – 170 Te Rohe o Waiariki 171 –200 Te Rohe o Waikato-Maniapoto 201 - 203 Māori Appellate Court 204 – 226 Applications tha...

Documents/Panui/National-Panui-May-2025.pdf (2.4 mb)

For more information, please contact your local Mäori Land Court office. Individual districts may mail out separate Pänui where 14 clear days notice is not provided in the National Pänui / Te Pänui ä Motu.

Documents/Panui/0108423-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-March-2023-FINAL1.pdf (714 kb)

    Tono tuihono Apply online Apply to the Court online in Pātaka Whenua.

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Historically, trust applications were heard by a Māori Land Court judge. Now, if your application is assessed to be ‘simple and uncontested’, then it can be decided by a Māori Land Court registrar without a court sitting (unless you request to be heard by a judge in a court sitting).

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Legislative-changes-affecting-trusts.pdf (303 kb)

(b) A mortgagee sale does not have to be confirmed by the Court. (c) Generally, the Court is not involved in a mortgagee sale unless an application is made per Part 3 of the Property Law Act 2017.

Documents/Practice-notes/Banking-Practice-Note.pdf (204 kb)

Fee: $ 68.00 Page 5 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 07/25 - 38 CHECKLIST OF DOCUMENTS REQUIRED: Please tick to confirm the following Signed consents of trustees Notice of meeting given to beneficiaries or owners (eg written notification, public advertisement etc) Minutes of meeting consenting to replacement or addition of trustees MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS This applications should be lodged with the Registrar in the District

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-38-Application-to-add-reduce-replace-or-remove-trustees-202104.pdf (123 kb)

Dated: / / Page 4 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 07/25 - 37 MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS This application must be lodged with the Registrar in the District in which some or all of the land is located.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-37-Constitute-Ahu-Whenua-Trust.pdf (121 kb)

Discussion between the judge and the parties about whether to proceed should normally be in open court, unless the case itself is to be heard in chambers. 2.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Maori-Land-Court-Recusal-Guidelines.pdf (226 kb)

FEE: $ 228.00 CHECKLIST OF DOCUMENTS REQUIRED: List of owners, trustees and their addresses Statement setting out how the alienee is a member of one of the preferred classes of alienees (if applicable), including any necessary whakapapa details Roll valuation or special valuation of the land and any improvements to it by a registered valuer (as applicable) MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS Applications should be lodged with the Registrar in the Māori Land Court...

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-32-Application-to-call-meeting.pdf (88 kb)